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Ashley Tisdale's stalker is not backing down. Nicholas Fiore, who's been allegedly harassing the 27-year-old actress since 2012, was issued a restraining order earlier this... Liat Kornowski http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liat-kornowski/

MEXICO CITY -- It started to rain last Saturday night and the temperature dropped. So 19-year-old Said Sanchez Garcia stopped home to get a sweater.... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-craggs/

VALLEJO, Calif. -- A Northern California man is facing vandalism charges after authorities say he painted a crosswalk on a street, allegedly telling officials it... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

At the close of Saturday's "Real Time," Bill Maher made the case for legalizing marijuana to be the next big civil rights issue, following in... Carol Hartsell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-hartsell/

WASHINGTON -- For a time, the Internal Revenue Service inspired awe and admiration in Americans, not just trepidation and lame jokes about death and taxes.... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paige-lavender/

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a government that works properly can be best-equipped to help and protect the public. Republican believers in a less-is-more... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paige-lavender/

By Leela de Kretser BEDFORD STUYVESANT — An 11-year-old girl was shot in the neck as she walked outside her home Friday night when a... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-mathias/

-- Eleven young people were brazenly kidnapped May 26 from an after-hours bar in Mexico City's Zona Rosa, a normally calm district of offices,... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-craggs/

LOS ANGELES -- An 8-year-old boy who authorities say died after being beaten had remained in the house where the alleged abuse occurred despite six... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-almendrala/

-- What should a tourist do if arrested in Mexico and accused of carrying drugs? By several accounts, Phoenix-area resident Yanira Maldonado did everything... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

LIMA, Peru -- Convicted Dutch murderer Joran van der Sloot is in love and planning to marry a Peruvian woman in the prison where he's... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

PHOENIX -- Yanira Maldonado spent her wedding anniversary in a Mexican jail. And now that she's free and a drug smuggling allegation has been dropped,... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

Stardom has never looked so scary to Matt Roloff and his family. The Roloffs -- stars of the reality TV show "Little People, Big World"... David Lohr http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lohr/

KINGSTON, N.H. -- A memorial service is planned in New Hampshire on Saturday for Nancy Lanza, whose son shot her to death in their Connecticut... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-jeltsen/

By slashing anti-drug programs we know are not working, we can save hundreds of billions, while also reducing the collateral human costs of these programs at home and abroad. Leo Beletsky http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-beletsky/

Friends of a 39-year-old woman who has been missing since earlier this week are appealing for help locating her. Family members last saw Holly Fischer... David Lohr http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lohr/

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A man released last year from prison after serving a decade for armed robbery is now charged with two counts of murder,... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

HOUSTON — Four firefighters were killed while battling a fire that engulfed a Houston motel and restaurant on Friday, and at least five other people... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

* Man in Texas being questioned about letters to Obama, Bloomberg * Five threatening letters sent earlier from Washington state * Ricin letter to CIA... Reuters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reuters/

Al Qaeda's most recent issue of its propagandist magazine, Inspire, focuses almost exclusively on the Boston Marathon bombings, celebrating the suspects and taking credit for... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexandra-schuster/