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For 17 abandoned puppies and their mother, Karen Read came along just in time. Read stopped late Friday night while driving along State Park Road... Kim Bellware http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-bellware/

TEMECULA, Calif. -- A Tennessee man who stole a big-rig truck in California, caused several accidents and told investigators he was fleeing zombies when he... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

The percentage of American households that reported owning guns dropped more than 40 percent between 1977 and 2010, according to surveys by the University of... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-wing/

WASHINGTON -- A Guantanamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S.... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mollie-reilly/

MOUNT WASHINGTON, Ky. -- Authorities in Kentucky have charged a man who officers say had an overnight feast in a closed supermarket outside Louisville. The... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans police and federal authorities were searching early Tuesday for a young man who is suspected of opening fire at a... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

TRENTON, N.J. -- The woman whose decomposing body was pulled from a New Jersey home following a tense, 37-hour standoff died from stab wounds and... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

TOKYO -- An outspoken nationalist mayor said the Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jade-walker/

NEW ORLEANS — Police identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of nearly 20 people during a Mother's Day parade in New... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anjali-sareen/

In March 2005, Kevin Berthia climbed over the railing of the Golden Gate Bridge. Desperate and distressed, the young man was ready to jump to... Dominique Mosbergen http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dominique-mosbergen/

Last week in Manhattan two anti-gay assaults were reported. Despite the fact that New York state legalized same-sex marriage in 2011, and that New York City has a very large LGBT population, last week's events are a sad reminder that homophobia is still alive and thriving in this city. Murray Lipp http://www.huffingtonpost.com/murray-lipp/

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Authorities in western Colorado say a human skeleton found in a partially buried car belongs to a man who was reported... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

CLEVELAND — A man charged with holding three women captive for about a decade had been accused of threatening his neighbors, attacking his common-law wife... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

PHOENIX -- Jodi Arias has been transferred back to a Phoenix jail after spending the weekend on suicide watch at another facility. Maricopa County Sheriff's... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

As Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) said Sunday, "The military leadership at this point has shown that they have not been capable of fixing this problem." This truth will not change until justice is detached from power and rank no longer rules. Michael D'Antonio http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-dantonio/

The May 4 SAT exam was cancelled in South Korea after allegations of widespread cheating surfaced. Some 1,500 South Korean students had been signed up... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-klein/

Decades of exaggerated claims and egg frying commercials have taught us that wild and fictitious notions about drugs do very little to generate confidence, trust and safety among young people. Sharda Sekaran http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sharda-sekaran/

A student accidentally shot a police officer's handgun on a Northern Virginia school bus on Monday. Four students were on the bus at the time,... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-wrigley/

TOMS RIVER, N.J. -- With other accusers stepping forward, a former yeshiva teacher changed pleas Monday in the middle of his trial, admitting he sexually... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

A teenager in Georgia was fatally struck by a train after what police are calling a game of ‘chicken’, the Associated Press reports. Malik Cortez... The Huffington Post Canada http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mohamed-omar/