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Queen Elizabeth II will have Prince Charles stand in for her at November Commonwealth meeting

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II is cutting down on her travelling and will skip the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Sri Lanka later this year - the first time she's missed the biennial gathering since 1971, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday.

Firefighters mop up remnants of Southern California wildfire as much-needed rain falls

CAMARILLO, Calif. - Rains moved across Southern California on Monday, dousing remnants of a wildfire that blackened thousands of acres in coastal mountains and bringing much-needed moisture to a region left parched by a dry winter.

Marathon bomb suspect's mom wants body sent to Russia; funeral director chasing burial offers

BOSTON - A funeral director says he has received burial offers for more than 100 out-of-state graves for the body of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed in a gun battle with police but none are panning out, even as Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother told him she wants the body returned to Russia.

Upstate NY high school teacher wears same outfit to work every day as anti-bullying statement

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. - Picking out clothes in the morning is easy for Faith Perry. She wears the same outfit every day to work as a statement against bullying.

Frantic call leads police to 3 missing women in Ohio; 3 brothers arrested

CLEVELAND - The voice of the long-missing woman was frantic and breathless, choking back tears. "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she told a 911 dispatcher. "I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."

Officer who led Air Force's sex assault response branch accused of groping in Virginia

ARLINGTON, Va. - An Air Force officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit has been charged with groping a woman in a northern Virginia parking lot, authorities said Monday.

Limo driver, survivor offer different views of Calif. limo fire that killed 5 women

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - As smoke thickened and a fire grew in the back of a limousine, Nelia Arellano desperately tried to squeeze through a 3 foot by 1 1/2-foot partition.

Queen to miss Commonwealth meeting for the 1st time since 1971

LONDON - Buckingham Palace says the Queen will skip the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Sri Lanka later this year - the first time she's missed the biennial gathering since 1971.

Queen Elizabeth II has Prince Charles stand in for her at November Commonwealth meeting

LONDON - Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Commonwealth heads of government meeting - the first time she's missed the biennial session since 1971.

Police: 3 missing women found at Cleveland home had been tied up; 3 brothers arrested

CLEVELAND - Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago were found Monday in a home just south of downtown and likely had been tied up during years of captivity, said police, who arrested three brothers. One of the women said she had been abducted and told an emergency dispatcher in a frantic call, "I'm free now."

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