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Qantas stepped up pressure on Thursday on engine maker Rolls-Royce to settle damages related to an engine failure on one of its giant Airbus A380 aircraft, but said it would keep the door open for an out-of-court settlement.

The teenagers were drinking alcohol and one of the party-goers was a juvenile out on bail, awaiting trial for murder.

Classified U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks suggest that Iran goes into next week's nuclear talks with few remaining allies, increasingly isolated not only from the United States and Europe but also from most of its Muslim neighbors in the Middle East.

RARITAN TWP. - Approximately 50 acres of farmland on Kuhl Road is proposed to house solar panels.

A recently foiled terrorism plot involving a 21-year-old Baltimore construction worker adds further proof Al Qaeda's radicalization extends way beyond the borders of the Middle East.

he Richard Nixon Presidential Library will open a trove of records at the facility and online Thursday, including 265 hours of White House tapes, officials said. The library, in Yorba Linda, California, will also open more than 140,000 pages of presidential records and 75 hours of video oral histories, officials said. The library is part of the National Archives.

Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey JournalNicquan Scott of Jersey City was acquitted of murder late yesterday. A 22-year-old Jersey City man was acquitted yesterday of the execution-style murder of a father of four, officials said.Nicquan Scott, aka "Beans,'' of Bergen Avenue, was...

The nonprofit world is stewing over the ban Apple has put on making donations on the iPhone via charity apps. No one, including Apple, has data on how many nonprofits have created apps for the iPhone. Organizations like the Monterey Bay Aquarium and American Cancer Society have them, but none can be used to make gifts. Prospective donors instead are directed out of a nonprofit's app and to its Web site, which the organizations say makes the process of contributing more cumbersome.

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Wesley Snipes said he was nervous about going to jail on Thursday, but was hopeful that his prayers would be answered.

San Francisco (CNN) -- Just hours after Google unwrapped the newest version of its smartphone operating system, Android head Andy Rubin gave a peek at the next major release, which will cater to tablets.

Vick looked a little more ordinary after a spectacular performance in a 59-28 win over Washington on Monday night, but he led the Eagles (7-3) to a comeback win nonetheless, and into sole possession of first place in the NFC East.

The family of a 2-year-old boy was posing for pictures in a luxury suite high inside Staples Center when he managed to scale a clear safety barrier and fell more than 20 feet to his death, police said on Monday.

A national study finds St. Louis overtook Camden, N.J., as the nation's most dangerous city in 2009.

The mood of exhilaration following the last-minute win by the Jets quickly turned to concern early tonight when five fans returning to the Secaucus transit hub after the game were injured on an escalator that stopped abruptly, authorities said.

Atlantic County authorities say a Middlesex County man met a 13-year-old runaway at an Atlantic City casino this summer and had sex with her.

Pollution in Beijing was so bad Friday that the U.S. Embassy, which has been independently monitoring air quality, ran out of conventional adjectives to describe it, at one point saying it was "crazy bad."

The Yankees have seen Carl Crawford from the beginning, from his first month in the majors with Tampa Bay in 2002. They have seen him slash line drives into gaps and over fences. They have seen him charge around the bases and soar to snag fly balls that seemed destined to fall. They have seen him lead his team to the top of the standings.

A Clifton man pleaded guilty Wednesday to the fatal beating of an infant girl during a fight with the baby's mother in 2008, according to a report by NorthJersey.com.

It was September 2008 and a band of Somali pirates made a startling discovery. The Ukrainian freighter they had just commandeered in the Gulf of Aden was packed with weapons, including 32 Soviet-era battle tanks, and the entire arsenal was headed for the regional government in southern Sudan. The Ukrainian and Kenyan governments vigorously denied that, insisting that the tanks were intended for the Kenyan military.

It was September 2008 and a band of Somali pirates made a startling discovery. The Ukrainian freighter they had just commandeered in the Gulf of Aden was packed with weapons, including 32 Soviet-era battle tanks, and the entire arsenal was headed for the regional government in southern Sudan. The Ukrainian and Kenyan governments vigorously denied that, insisting that the tanks were intended for the Kenyan military.