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Authorities say four people are dead and one is wounded in a shooting at a restaurant in North Hollywood. Los Angeles Police officer Rosario Herrera says officers responded to an emergency call Saturday afternoon from the Hot Spot Cafe on Riverside Drive and found three people dead. The gunman had fled. Herrera says two people [...]

Results released by Iraq’s election commission show a secular challenger has beaten the country’s prime minister in parliamentary elections, positioning him to be the first to try to form a government. The full election results show former prime minister Ayad Allawi winning 91 seats, edging out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as results were released Friday [...]

Toyota is telling dealers it will provide replacement accelerator pedals to owners who are dissatisfied with their repairs under the massive recall. The Japanese automaker says in a memo obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press that if a customer is unhappy with the feel of the accelerator after it’s fixed, dealers can provide a replacement [...]

The fantasy took $34.5m (£23m) in its third weekend on release, swelling its overall US takings to $265.8m (£179m). Its nearest rival was family film Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which opened in second place with a $21.8m (£14.5m) tally.That put it ahead of comedy The Bounty Hunter, whose $21m (£14m) takings won it third [...]

A volcano erupted in the south of Iceland overnight, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate the area and diverting flights after authorities declared a local state of emergency, officials said on Sunday. Shortly before midnight, the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, the island’s fifth largest, started to spew smoke and lava from several craters along a rift which [...]