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SEDRUN, Switzerland - Workers hugged, cheered and set off fireworks as the huge drill broke through the last stretch of rock deep in the Swiss Alps. There was delight at the end of the tunnel — the world's longest — when it was completed Friday. Full Story »

The most massive conglomeration of galaxies ever spotted in the early universe has been found, astronomers say. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Friday the federal deficit hit a near-record $1.3 trillion for the just-completed budget year. Full Story »

KABUL, Afghanistan - An outbreak of a tropical disease caused by sand fly bites that leaves disfiguring skin sores has hit Afghanistan, with tens of thousands of people infected, health officials said Friday. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. narrowed its third-quarter loss slightly, as the chip maker's remaining stake in factories it spun off last year dragged down the results. Full Story »

DETROIT - General Motors said Friday it was recalling more than 300,000 Chevrolet Impala sedans because the seat belts may fail to restrain people in the front seats during a crash. Full Story »

NEW YORK - A vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates used phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, the largest fraud by one criminal enterprise in the program's history, U.S. authorities said Wednesday. Full Story »

MOSCOW - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reached a deal with Russia on Friday to build the South American country's first nuclear plant, as questions arose why a nation rich in oil and gas would feel the need to venture into atomic energy. Full Story »

Is the common nature of cancer worldwide purely a man-made phenomenon? That is what some researchers now suggest. Full Story »

ANTANANARIVO (AFP) - A new species of carnivorous mammal, likely highly endangered, has been discovered in eastern Madagascar, conservationists told AFP Thursday. Full Story »

The monstrous Tyrannosaurus rex was not only a danger to other dinosaurs, but to itself. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Tyrannosaurus rex was certainly the king of dinosaurs, but may also have been dinosaur a la king. Full Story »

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Production restarted Friday at the metals plant whose broken reservoir unleashed a massive flood of caustic red sludge, even as villagers began returning to one of the affected towns in western Hungary despite warnings from environmentalists that it was too early and too dangerous to return. Full Story »

NEW YORK - In a sign of warming relations between the two companies, Verizon Wireless is going to start selling Apple Inc.'s iPad at the end of this month, the companies said Thursday. Full Story »

It seemed too good to be true: You bought a house in foreclosure at a fraction of the former price. Maybe you even knocked out a wall or two and remodeled with all the money you saved. Full Story »

SEDRUN, Switzerland (AFP) - A giant drilling machine punched its way through a final section of Alpine rock on Friday to complete the world's longest tunnel, after 15 years of sometimes lethal construction work. Full Story »

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling 322,409 model year 2009 and 2010 Chevrolet Impala sedans because front seat belts may not be properly anchored, the automaker and federal regulators said on Friday. Full Story »

Change your passwords twice a year and never reuse them. Those are a few of the tips Google lists in an online security checklist that helps people stay one step ahead of the scammers. Full Story »