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Most Americans also believe these kinds of mass shootings are isolated and not a sign of broader problems.

Poet Monica de la Torre takes inspiration from Mexican taekwondo champion Maria del Rosario Espinoza. "I am dumbfounded and positively moved by Maria del Rosario's improbable story," the poet says.

The Obama administration has initiated more prosecutions against leakers than all previous administrations combined. But Mitt Romney is focusing on what he alleges is the administration's record of leaking classified information for political purposes. Republicans cite the details of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden as one example.

A former New Hampshire hospital employee was arrested in connection with an outbreak of hepatitis C. He's accused of tainting syringes that were later used on patients. Now officials are investigating whether patients in other states were exposed.

Three women charged with blasphemy went on trial Monday in Russia in a case that's being seen as a major test of President Vladimir Putin's tolerance for dissent. The women are members of the band Pussy Riot. They were arrested after staging a punk rock protest at the altar of a Moscow cathedral.

Rolo the hamster escaped from his cage and was spotted scurrying down the street with a cat in hot pursuit. The Mirror reports that London police saved him by throwing a helmet over him. It wasn't hard to find his 13-year-old owner; a nearby home had a "Beware of the Hamster" sign in the window.

The American Red Cross says it is in the midst of its worst blood shortage in 15 years.Officials say it is normal for blood donations to go down about 20%…

The USS Indianapolis was top of the line technology when World War II started, and as such, the official ship used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.When…

Julian Castro, the high-achieving and young mayor of San Antonio, will become the first Hispanic American to give the keynote address at a Democratic convention.

The U.S. women's gymnastics team has won the team gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, handily beating Russia, which took silver, and Romania, which took bronze. China finished fourth.