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A state law that prevents convicted criminals from getting full-time jobs in nursing homes or long-term-care facilities is unconstitutional, the Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania ruled.

Mikhail Sebastian came to the South Pacific island for what should have been a short vacation; he has now been there for a year. U.S. immigration officials say he self-deported.

Sinéad O'Connor, the acclaimed Irish singer who had one of the biggest hits of the early '90s with her version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," has died. She was 56.

Execution, extortion, and exploitation. No, it's not an episode of Showtime's Dexter. It's Puccini's operatic thriller Tosca, which takes a surprisingly realistic approach to the passage of dramatic time with scenes of physical and psychological torture.

Colorado's big winter means there's still enough snow to ski and snowboard on this Fourth of July weekend.

Mozart's The Magic Flute is a fanciful tale of troubled lovers, good battling evil and a lesson or two about which is which.

San Francisco police said the route will be cut in half, as thousands of demonstrators gathered along the city's waterfront to await the flame. Authorities did not offer an immediate explanation for the change, but officials had warned they might shorten the route for security reasons.

Aetna, Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealthcare and WellPoint are looking to band together and increase their influence on the implementation of policy and overhaul of the nation's health system.

Boeing was set to launch its first astronauts into space next month. But engineers found flammable tape and problems with the capsule's parachutes. The Starliner program has been plagued by delays.

Authorities said all patients at the psychiatric hospital were safe, and the state trooper who killed the shooter was not wounded. No further information was released about the victim or the shooter.