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SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (AP) -- Thousands of spectators gathered to watch the demolition of the city's tallest building -- but the Zip Feed Mill tower was no pushover. The 202-foot-tall concrete structure dropped slightly, leaned a little -- and stopped. Onlookers at viewing spots all over downtown groaned and gasped -- with a few jokes mixed in. "The leaning tower of Zip," one woman said. "The building won!" yelled another man, to the cheers of onlookers. ( Watch the failed demolition - ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tina Turner and Tony Bennett, two legends of American music, earned accolades from a broad array of pop and jazz stars Sunday during the Kennedy Center Honors. In honor of Turner, Queen Latifah sang "What's Love Got to Do With It," Melissa Etheridge sang "River Deep, Mountain High" and Beyonce Knowles performed "Proud Mary." Oprah Winfrey called herself "Tina's biggest known groupie" and spoke of seeing Turner perform live, advising the star-studded audience at the John F. K ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The mother of two children who were shot to death and buried by their father 21/2 years ago plans to visit the shallow Ohio grave where their bodies were finally found last week. The remains of Sarah Gehring, 14, and her brother Philip, 11, were identified Saturday by the medical examiner's office in Summit County, Ohio. The discovery of their wrapped bodies, each marked with a duct-tape cross as their father had said, ended Teri Knight's long search, but renewed her mourn ...

VERNON, New Jersey (AP) -- New Jersey hunters take to the woods Monday for a controversial season aimed at thinning the state's growing population of black bears, whose hungry foraging has frightened suburban residents. Up to 5,000 hunters were expected to take part in the six-day hunt -- only the second in New Jersey in 35 years -- which begins at sunrise Monday. John Rogalo planned to set out with his 12-year-old son to hunt in Allamuchy Mountain State Park. "It's a chance to harvest a bear ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- Mexico created an elite force of federal agents modeled on the FBI four years ago, but now one in five members of the agency is under investigation for committing crimes, the attorney general's office said on Sunday. In a report obtained by Reuters, the attorney general's office said 1,493 members of the Federal Investigation Agency, or AFI, are under investigation "for probably committing crimes," and 457 of those currently face prosecution. Founded by President Vice ...

NAJAF, Iraq (CNN) -- Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi was chased from a mosque Sunday in Najaf in what he said was an apparent attempt on his life. "We were on a visit to the holy city of Najaf and also to meet some religious figures," Allawi said. "We went then to the holy shrine of Imam Ali, and during the prayer, a group of people -- and they were about 60 people dressed in black carrying machetes and pistols -- started chanting against us, and it appeared to be an assassination atte ...