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Weary and miserable, sickened by the stench of sewage, the last of more than 3,000 passengers walked off a hobbled cruise ship Friday, bringing their five-day floating nightmare came to an end.

Meet Nicolas Colin, a tax inspector for the Ministry of the Economy and Finance in France and author of a  radical idea to change the fundamentals of how taxes are levied. He wants to tax data.

The announcement of the proposed merger between American Airlines—now in bankruptcy proceedings—and US Airways has drawn mixed reactions from the AFL-CIO unions, which represent workers at both airlines.

Authorities are looking for the person who fatally shot and beat a pet cat in the lower Hudson River Valley in New York last month, and officials say the suspect may be the same individual who has killed three other cats near the area since July.

A woman charged with burglarizing a Virginia home where an elderly man was found dead will appear in court Friday.

A Brooklyn rabbi is being accused of trying to lure an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old girl to meet for sex. The Brooklyn district attorney's office says Nathan David Rabinowich was arrested Wednesday after he showed up at a pre-arranged meeting in Queens.

The last few weeks for La Palma Police Chief Eric Nunez have been tense. He and his family endured 24-hour protection after being mentioned in Christopher Dorner's manifesto.

In the face of dire warnings from President Obama and some congressional leaders about the looming spending reductions, there seem few signs of panic on Capitol Hill now that they are just weeks away.

The last passengers left the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship early Friday, ending a five-day ordeal aboard a vessel described as a "nightmare" of filth.

Tim Tebow will speak at an anti-gay, anti-Semitic Dallas megachurch on April 28.