Residents of a broken north St. Louis neighborhood called Monday for a restoration of hope and dignity, and in Atlanta, the Rev. Al Sharpton declared war on community viole...

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2009. There are 37 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 24, 1859, British naturalist Charles...

TV Guide Channel says it will air a special program starring singing sensation Susan Boyle next month.The one-hour documentary, "I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle S...

A 14-year-old Alabama girl might have helped arrange the gang rape of her ninth-grade classmate and could face charges as an accomplice based on her comments in a televised...

As of Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in l...

As of Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at least 4,365 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.<...

An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack on his Texas post will likely plead not guilty to the charges against him and may use an insanity defense...

Two suspects charged in the killings of three men whose decomposed bodies were found by hunters have implicated themselves in statements to police, a prosecutor said Monday...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker defended Rep. Patrick Kennedy on Monday against a bishop who has acknowledged asking the Rhode Island congressman not to receive Holy Communion beca...

A former Marine has been arraigned on six counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute feat...

Nude, yes. Lewd, no.A New York judge dismissed public lewdness and other charges Monday against a model who posed for a nude photo shoot at a museum while visitors l...

Just weeks after California first lady Maria Shriver apologized for parking in a red zone, her husband appears to have violated the same law.The Web site TMZ.com on ...

Fire investigators in Philadelphia say a candle caused a weekend apartment fire that injured nearly 21 people, including four firefighters.Officials said Monday that...

An attorney for an Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack at Fort Hood says his client will likely plead not guilty and may pursue an insanity defe...

An Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter because she had become too Westernized has pleaded not guilty in a Phoenix court.Faleh Hassan Almaleki pleaded not...

A scheme to transport stolen cell phones, laptops and video game systems that evolved into a plot to ship machine guns and anti-aircraft missiles to Syria was broken up wit...

The corruption case of former New York Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno has gone to the jury, which will decide whether he used his power to line his pockets and depri...

A Kansas nurse convicted of enslaving mentally ill residents of a Newton group home was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday after a federal judge acknowledged the origin...

A California rancher who houses homeless people on his property chose to serve 90 days in jail rather than accept probation after being convicted of misdemeanor safety viol...

Drifter Dwight Johnson was on the subway with his bag on the seat next to him when another passenger demanded it be moved because he wanted the spot, even though there were...

Promising both "true brotherhood" and "fun," several Somali men convinced fellow immigrants in Minneapolis to return to their East African homeland and take up arms with a ...

A Seattle woman who was convicted of killing a romantic rival is accused of trying to kill again in a jealous rage over a man.Patricia Crowl was charged with attempt...

The troubles of the San Francisco Bay area's transit police went viral again as video hit the Internet showing what some claim was another use of excessive force.A c...

The offices of Oklahoma's governor and lieutenant governor were temporarily evacuated Monday after a man wearing a military fatigue jacket threw a briefcase onto a security...

A Wisconsin man transformed his apartment into a pornographic shrine to young girls, arranging mannequins in a sex act, plastering every flat surface with pictures and sett...

A federal judge is sentencing a man who firebombed a mosque in central Tennessee to 14 years in prison.Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Echols sentenced 23...

The federal government said Monday that it has found a "strong association" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that...

A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-yea...

An animal protection group is asking a federal judge to block the government's planned roundup of thousands of wild mustangs in Nevada next month.California-based In...

Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt says that he has prostate cancer and expects to have surgery in January.The 57-year-old Hunt, pastor of the Atlanta...

Sen. Schumer vows Democrats will pass health care bill with or without GOP supportWASHINGTON (AP) — Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic s...

A judge reserved ruling Monday on whether a former Philippine National Police officer who served prison time for receiving classified U.S. government documents will be extr...

Clemson University is getting nearly $100 million in federal stimulus funds to study wind energy.U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Monday that the ...

Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Monday as thousands greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like...

Michael Jackson's doctor returned to work at his Houston medical clinic on Monday for the first time since the pop star's death and his patients welcomed him back without r...

The District of Columbia has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a lawsuit by protesters arrested during demonstrations nine years ago.The preliminary agre...

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against eight more people as part of a long-running investigation of young men who left the United States to fight in Somalia.No DUI charge for John Kerry's daughter

Prosecutors say John Kerry's eldest daughter won't be charged with drunken driving in Los Angeles.Police arrested Alexandra Kerry in Hollywood last week on suspicion...

Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers....

Police say a 17-year-old Warwick boy who skipped school to rob a bank has been arrested after leaving fingerprints on the threatening note he passed to the teller. Warwick ...

A cat went from meow to ow when officials say it accidentally made contact with a substation's fuse, causing an outage to about 1,500 homes and businesses in southwestern I...

A former Las Vegas supervisor for the political advocacy group ACORN was sentenced Monday to up to three years' probation for his role in a plan to pay canvassers to regist...

Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Monday and hundreds greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like...

You'll need to be 21 to take a bite out of this Thanksgiving turkey. New York City tavern owner Paul Hurley said he'll unveil what he is calling the nation's first 100-proo...

A riding lawn mower may have four wheels, a powerful engine and can cost as much as a used car. If it's stolen, however, the Georgia Supreme Court concluded Monday that it'...

Brynwood Partners VI LP, a private investment firm in Greenwich, Conn., said Monday it bought energy bar company Balance Bar Co. from Kraft Foods for an undisclosed sum.Alleged Hawaii spy found competent to stand trial

A Maui man accused of selling military secrets to China has been found competent to stand trial.In part, Noshir Gowadia is accused of providing data on making cruise...

A former federal prosecutor and prominent New Jersey defense attorney whose past clients have included Queen Latifah and Lil' Kim has pleaded not guilty to bribery, drug an...

Police say an unfounded report of a hostage situation in a building near the Missouri governor's mansion was caused by someone calling an elevator phone to warn of a hostag...

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is wrapping up a three-hour book signing by thanking soldiers and shaking their hands at a North Carolina Army bas...

The sister of an unruly passenger injured after being removed from a San Francisco Bay area commuter train says transit police used excessive force on the mentally ill man....

A central California woman convicted of abandoning her three newborns, one of whom froze to death, has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison.Nancy Ortiz was c...

A Syracuse teenager who falsely confessed to fatally shooting a neighbor has been sentenced to two to six years in state prison.Sixteen-year-old Ja-Le Johnson admitt...

Good news this Thanksgiving: Compared to 50 years ago, some staples of the Turkey Day table have fewer calories.The bad news? It probably won't matter because most A...

A freight train carrying coal has derailed in southwest Houston.No injuries were reported. At least a dozen cars including some seen crumpled next to each other went...

Seemingly contradicting his own public statements, an attorney for the man accused of gunning down a Kansas abortion provider has argued in court documents that his client ...

Carl Kasell will finally get to sleep in. The veteran newscaster is retiring from NPR's "Morning Edition."The 75-year-old Kasell has done the newcast during NPR's fl...

Gov. Mark Sanford is accused of breaking 37 ethics laws regarding campaign finances and travel, including using taxpayer money for high-priced airplane tickets that took hi...

Embattled SC Gov. Mark Sanford faces 37 ethics charges he broke travel, campaign funding laws....

The readings at this 2-mile-high station show a troubling upward curve as the world counts down to crucial climate talks: Global warming gases are building in the atmospher...

Fire investigators in Philadelphia are trying to determine what caused a weekend apartment fire that left nearly two dozen people hurt, including four firefighters.F...

Police say a western Pennsylvania man told them he kicked his girlfriend's puppy to death because he was upset that the pit bull wouldn't behave before the start of the Pit...

A train passenger's video of an arrest shows heavy-duty glass shattering and showering down on a San Francisco area transit police officer and an unruly passenger in an inc...

Fire investigators in Philadelphia are trying to determine what caused a weekend apartment fire that left nearly two dozen people hurt, including two firefighters.Fi...

Michael Jackson's doctor returned to work at his Houston medical clinic on Monday for the first time since the pop star's death.Dr. Conrad Murray arrived at the Arms...

Hundreds of people are lined up at an Army base in North Carolina where former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is signing books.Palin arrived a li...

An impromptu memorial of artificial flowers and dozens of stuffed animals remained Monday near strands of yellow crime-scene tape in a vacant lot where relatives say 15-yea...

Officials are trying to determine how workers cutting a pipe stirred up radioactive dust at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.Plant spokesman Ralph DeSantis ...

What happens when you combine Thanksgiving — a holiday dedicated to overindulging — with America's love of all things Supersized? Not as much as you'd think.Whil...

Kentucky State Police say two arrests have been made following the discovery of three bodies in rural Kentucky.State police said Monday that the bodies of three Hisp...

The priest at a predominantly Polish Roman Catholic church in St. Louis at odds with the archdiocese says he's willing to step down if it will help the parish.The St...

Sarah Palin on Sunday dined and prayed with the Rev. Billy Graham, who has counseled presidents and other politicians for decades.Graham had never met Palin, who is ...

Police in Lincoln, Neb., are investigating the armed robbery of a pastor at his church.Police say the pastor, 52-year-old Christopher Anderson, opened a door at Glad...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin promises to limit her enthusiasm during her visit to North Carolina's Fort Bragg.The former Republican vice presidential candidate pla...

Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.A...

A teenager killed in a confrontation with New York City police over the weekend was shot 11 times, the medical examiner's office said Sunday.Dashawn Vasconcellos, 18...

A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, helping to install a 1,200-pound oxygen tank at the International Space Station a...

Firefighters have found one body and rescued several people from a fire at a southwestern Indiana motel.The Vincennes Fire Department says two people suffering from ...

The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission is being held up by a suit problem.A valve on the drink bag in astronaut Robert Satcher Jr.'s suit c...

A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding...

A convicted murderer who is seeking a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation has asked a judge to order Massachusetts prison officials to provide electrolysis treatments....

The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants s...

At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" — a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of heated mari...

Drier weather was expected to return to much of the West on Monday as a building ridge of high pressure replaces the eastern Pacific storm from Sunday.Ridging over t...

Michael Jackson's doctor is expected to return to work at his Houston medical clinic for the first time since before the pop star's death.An attorney for Dr. Conrad ...

Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those mate...

An oil boom is under way in California's agricultural heartland, as evolving tastes and a trend toward healthy fare have transformed a profession as old as civilization: ol...

A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the di...

It's another spacewalking day for the crew of space shuttle Atlantis.Astronaut Randolph Bresnik — the father of a new baby girl — will venture outside for the se...

Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involv...

Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surpris...