Orange County prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man who's charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend's father and sister nearly three years ago.District At...

Mosab Hassan Yousef, who helped Israel's security forces kill and arrest members of the Islamic militant group Hamas, is probably marked for death.He should be keepi...

Neil Patrick Harris is the narrator of a PBS documentary exploring the bond between service dogs and those they help.Harris recorded the narration this week for "Thr...

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that victory in Iraq and Afghanistan won't come in one glorious battle.Instead, Adm. Mike Mullen told a Kans...

Three Los Angeles elementary school teachers accused of giving children portraits of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade have be...

Patients of a northern Kentucky psychiatrist jailed on a charge he stabbed a woman with a sword have tried to keep appointments with him in jail. Kenton County jail Chief D...

A Colorado family has decided not to appeal a judge's decision to allow their mother's remains to be cryogenically frozen.Mary Robbins, 71, signed a contract with Al...

The family of a teen who may have bumped a fuel lever on a helicopter that led to a fatal crash in Alaska says the operator should have installed an inexpensive guard to ke...

As planes waited to take off from Kennedy Airport, the jargon-packed radio chatter between controllers and pilots was interrupted by a young boy's voice: "JetBlue 171, clea...

California law enforcement officials say a convicted sex offender was linked to the death of Chelsea King through DNA matching of semen found in the victim's clothing.<...

At least 15 Toyota drivers have complained to U.S. safety officials that their cars sped up by themselves even after being fixed under recalls for sticky gas pedals or floo...

Former Mayor Larry Langford, who was ousted after being convicted of bribery, won 555 electronic bingo jackpots over three years at a casino run by a longtime friend and su...

Prosecutors say a Southern California man who removed his grass to save water now has enough drought-tolerant plants to comply with an ordinance requiring 40 percent of a y...

The former mayor of Racine, Wis., has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to two charges stemming from an Internet sex sting.Fifty-two-year...

Scientists are impressed with the flood of data beamed back by NASA's most advanced Mars orbiter.The space agency said Wednesday the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has ...

After a sweeping scandal nearly five years ago that cost the state's insurance fund for injured workers $300 million because of investments in Beanie Babies, rare coins and...

Police in a Connecticut town say an aggressive red-tailed hawk has attacked at least five people, including a woman who was cut on the head and needed medical care.P...

Federal and state investigators were probing blackened debris Wednesday at a southeastern New Mexico oil refinery where a storage tank explosion killed two Texas men and cr...

As planes waited to take off from Kennedy Airport, the jargon-packed radio chatter between controllers and pilots was interrupted by a young boy's voice: "JetBlue 171, clea...

A former adviser to former Gov. Jerry Brown who became an activist on transportation issues has died in what California authorities believe was a suicide.Mariposa Sh...

A convicted sex offender charged Wednesday with murdering 17-year-old Chelsea King while raping or attempting to rape her was linked to the crime by DNA from semen found in...

A federal report on a 2008 helicopter crash in Alaska that killed four people says the design of its floor-mounted fuel controls was likely a contributing factor.A N...

As planes waited to take off from Kennedy Airport, the jargon-packed radio chatter between controllers and pilots was interrupted by a young boy's voice: "JetBlue 171, clea...

For the first time, an experimental drug has extended the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments and are out of options...

A district superintendent who fired all the teachers from one of the state's most troubled schools said Wednesday she's willing to negotiate with its teachers' union after ...

Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that re...

The principles of "cowboy ethics" are now part of Wyoming law.Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed legislation Wednesday adopting an official Wyoming state code.The s...

San Diego prosecutors charge convicted sex offender with murder of teenager Chelsea King....

Debra Medina was hardly the ideal candidate in Tuesday's Republican primary: She didn't raise much money and came under fire for suggesting the U.S. might have been involve...

One gay couple met on a Star Trek fan site, another dancing at a country western bar. Some have been together for months, others more than a decade.About 150 pairs h...

TransCanada executives said Wednesday they will consider letting Montana and North Dakota crude oil onto a proposed pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico, after hearing demand for...

State wildlife officials Wednesday ruled that the California tiger salamander deserves protection as a threatened species, subjecting landowners to more scrutiny if they wa...

A janitor has pleaded not guilty to fatally stabbing a popular Roman Catholic priest in New Jersey.Jose Feliciano entered his plea through his attorney Wednesday in ...

Police in Delaware say a man angry about his sewer bill was arrested after he suggested someone should crash a plane into a county government center.New Castle Count...

An air traffic controller at New York's Kennedy Airport has been suspended after he allowed two children to radio instructions to several pilots.The Federal Aviation...

Two months after ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, Tavis Smiley is gathering African-American advocates to press the case for a "black agenda."T...

Victims of a 2006 Florida nightclub shooting are suing the rapper PLIES claiming he has increased his credibility in the violent gangsta rap world and made money because of...

Tax returns show an ousted Alabama mayor won 555 electronic bingo jackpots at one casino and claimed gambling winnings of $1.5 million over three years.Former Birmin...

The following recalls have been announced:_Homemade Gourmet of Canton, Texas, is recalling about 320 packages of 1.96-ounce tortilla soup mix, because it could be co...

The American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for prostate cancer screening on Wednesday. The advocacy group is one of many organizations that make such recommendation...

The arm of the New York State Police that guards governors and state offices is once again fending off allegations that it doubles as a political goon squad, hijacked by st...

Piercing screams drowned out the snap and pop of burning wood and exploding glass as the blaze raced through the rickety wooden house on Detroit's west side.Somewher...

In a story March 2 about Sen. Jim Bunning, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Bunning was the first pitcher to record 100 wins and 1,000 strikeouts in the Ameri...

Three Los Angeles school teachers have been suspended for giving children pictures of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade.Thousands attend memorial for slain Calif. deputy

A sheriff's deputy killed in a California mobile home shootout is being remembered as a mentor to his colleagues.The memorial for 49-year-old Joel Wahlenmaier on Wed...

There's been a sharp drop in the percentage of America's children being bullied or beaten up by their peers, according to a new national survey by experts who believe anti-...

Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has flown his final flight.The pilot who landed a US Airways plane safely on the Hudson River last January said Wednesday he is ...

Four social workers were convicted Wednesday of fraud for submitting phony paperwork for visits they never made to a disabled teenage girl who weighed only 42 pounds and wa...

Officials said a bikini and the First Amendment provide enough coverage for a model advertising a suburban Denver coffee shop called Perky Cups. Aurora City Council member ...

Gov. Bill Ritter will stay in the hospital for three or four days recovering from broken ribs and a separated shoulder he suffered in a bicycle wreck, doctors said Wednesda...

An Ohio man who bludgeoned his girlfriend to death with a hammer before dismembering her and scattering her body parts around the apartment complex where they lived has bee...

A central Pennsylvania man faces charges for three separate incidents involving police in a span of three hours. Manheim Township police said 49-year-old Mark E. Blaylock w...

A Rhode Island woman pleaded not guilty in Massachusetts to charges she threw a hot cup of coffee on a parking enforcement officer. Krystle Charley was arraigned Wednesday ...

Several police officers responded to a 911 report of a naked woman tied to a tree in Point Defiance Park in Tacoma. Spokesman Mark Fulghum told The News Tribune officers ta...

The operator of a speed-camera van was shuffling through paperwork when he was knocked to the side by multiple gunshots that killed him hours later, according to video obta...

A poll shows many New Yorkers don't want Gov. David Paterson to quit and don't want state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to investigate the scandal that could sink him.<...

New York Gov. David Paterson, trying to hold onto office in the face of one scandal, was accused Wednesday of violating state ethics laws when he sought and obtained free Y...

A video provided by Phoenix police shows the operator of a speed-camera van quietly doing paperwork before he was fatally shot by a passer-by who pulled slowly alongside hi...

Greece has announced a new euro4.8 billion (US$6.5 billion) austerity package to deal with the financial crisis. Here is a summary of some of the key measures:_Cuts ...

Four Northern California police officers who were present during the violent videotaped arrest of an unarmed college student will not face criminal charges, prosecutors sai...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:Feb. 26The Denver Post, on need for securing borders before reforming imm...

The prosecution of the largest-ever American Indian artifacts looting case has been rattled by the apparent suicide of the government informant who broke open the investiga...

Authorities in central Georgia say a mother and father offered sex with their 14-year-old daughter in lieu of making payments on their minivan.Dodge County sheriff's...

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he thinks Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (KUR'-stehn JIHL'-uh-brand) could have been defeated by either one of the people who are no longer c...

Thousands of people have gathered in Fresno to honor a sheriff's detective killed in a mobile home shootout last week.Attendees quickly filled Peoples Church, which ...

First lady Michelle Obama visited Jackson on Wednesday and watched children play on swings and a jungle gym at a school whose programs have been lauded for fighting obesity...

Eighteen-year-old William Marks has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges in connection with the home invasion and machete attack that left a New Hamp...

A central Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to killing his estranged girlfriend and two of their children.Shane Kettner cried as he entered the pleas Wednesday in Por...

More than 10,000 drums of nuclear waste that have been buried in Utah likely include some radioactive material that's too hot to be buried under state law, according to an ...

A Coast Guard helicopter crashed Wednesday morning in remote Utah mountains after providing security at the Winter Olympics, and three people were airlifted to local hospit...

The New York governor's aide at the center of a domestic violence scandal has visited Family Court in New York City with his attorneys.Court officials say David John...

Every high school has at least a handful of them, gifted students who blow through Faulkner as if it were a comic book, teenagers who catch on to calculus as if it were che...

Federal and state investigators were probing blackened debris Wednesday at a southeastern New Mexico oil refinery where a storage tank explosion killed two Texas men and cr...

2010 Audi A3 2.0 TDI FWD S-TronicBASE PRICE: $27,270 for gasoline-powered model with manual transmission; $28,750 for gas model with automatic; $29,950 for diesel mo...

Fuel-thrifty, smaller cars aren't always plain, utilitarian and boring. Audi's entry-level car, the A3, proves it.For the first time since its U.S. introduction in 2...

Investigators are looking into an elderly heart patient's possible "psychiatric issues" after he allegedly tucked a revolver into the folds of his hospital gown and shot a ...

The human gut is a virtual zoo, full of a wide variety of bacteria, a new study found. And scientists say that's a good thing.The first results of an international e...

A 63-year-old elephant has died at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Orlando.Zoo officials say the elephant named Mary died Tuesday of age-related i...

The Rev. Don Wildmon has resigned as chairman of the American Family Association that he founded and helped build into a Christian political movement.AFA said Wednes...

Federal and state investigators are probing blackened debris at a southeastern New Mexico oil refinery where a storage tank explosion killed two men and critically injured ...

In the home country of Pope Benedict XVI, new revelations of child abuse by Roman Catholic priests at German high schools are surfacing almost daily.The Catholic chu...

A New York ethics panel has charged Gov. David Paterson with a violation involving a gift of free Yankees tickets for the 2009 World Series.The commission said Wedne...

Space shuttle Discovery is at its launch pad for an Easter Monday flight to the International Space Station.NASA moved the shuttle out of its giant hangar around mid...

Scientists report finding roughly 170 types of bacteria in the average person's gut. And they say that's a good thing.A study that catalogs all these bacteria found ...

The National Guard says a western Illinois soldier charged with possession of child pornography in Afghanistan has been discharged from the Army and will not face a court-m...

Pope Benedict XVI will make a two-day visit to Spain in November, with a stop in Barcelona to consecrate the famed Sagrada Familia church, his spokesman said.The Rev...

Fire marshals say electrical wiring for construction lights caused the smoky basement fire that shut down Manhattan's main criminal courthouse.The fire Tuesday postp...

Criminal charges will be filed Wednesday against a convicted sex offender suspected of killing 17-year-old Chelsea King, prosecutors said.Meanwhile, authorities trie...

A student threw a homemade explosive device in the hallway of a school on Wednesday, causing it to leak fumes and forcing the school's evacuation but not injuring anyone, a...

A Michigan judge has ordered a stay-at-home mom to attend a murder trial and serve 24 hours in jail because she arrived late for jury selection.Carmela Khury was rel...

A Kentucky sheriff says a claustrophobic deputy has lost his job after accidentally locking himself in a jail cell and trying to shoot his way out of it. Adair County Sheri...

Maryland corrections officials say they've made changes to ensure no more prisoners are mistakenly released.Raymond Taylor walked out of a Baltimore prison last Thur...

Joseph Leahy's successes come little by little these days.Standing for 30 seconds without becoming disoriented is a win. Talking in a clear, strong voice despite a t...

Police say a cashier shot inside a crowded Florida supermarket has died.Orlando police spokesman Sgt. Patrick Guckian says 34-year-old Anicia Yankton died at a hospi...

New York Gov. David Paterson forged ahead with his work day Wednesday, planning a budget meeting in the midst of a rapidly growing scandal that has now claimed two top law ...

Authorities say a Connecticut nurse who was shot while trying to grab a gun from a patient was seriously injured, but that his condition has stabilized.Danbury Mayor...

Gov. David Paterson's chief of staff says the governor is determined to continue his term and fix New York's fiscal crisis.Lawrence Schwartz spoke Wednesday as Pater...

Authorities say a homemade bomb was detonated in the hallway of a Detroit school and that a student has been taken into custody.Detroit Police spokesman John Roach s...

Four San Jose police officers will soon learn whether they will be charged in the videotaped beating of an unarmed college student.The Santa Clara County District At...

Growth in the U.S. service sector accelerated in February to its fastest pace in more than two years, but jobs remained hard to find.The Institute for Supply Managem...

The American Cancer Society is urging doctors to make clearer to men that the test used to screen for prostate cancer has limits and may lead to unnecessary treatments that...

A U.S. congressman from North Carolina wants the $50 bill redrawn to feature the face of former President Ronald Reagan.Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry wants Congres...

The Los Angeles Police Department apologized to the family of Robert F. Kennedy for exhibiting the tie, white shirt and black jacket the senator was wearing when he was ass...

National Democratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine is the latest party member refusing to back New York Gov. David Paterson as scandal threatens his administration.Kaine w...

Fire swept through a Detroit home, killing three children and critically injuring two others who escaped out a second-floor window, authorities said Wednesday.A 3-mo...

Republican strategist Karl Rove says in a new memoir that the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq badly damaged the Bush administration's credibility and le...

An air traffic controller at New York's Kennedy Airport is in hot water after he allowed his young son to radio instructions to several pilots.The Federal Aviation A...

Today is Thursday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2010. There are 302 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 4, 1789, the Constitution o...

Stock futures were trading in a narrow range Wednesday as investors avoided making big bets ahead of reports on the jobs market and service sector industry.Overseas ...

Mark Becker stood passively Tuesday as a jury found him guilty of murder in the shooting of a nationally known Iowa high school football coach.He seemed far removed ...

At least 50 same-sex couples lined up to apply for marriage licenses when city offices opened Wednesday as the unions became legal in the nation's capital.Cheering e...

A Maryland man who admitted participating in an illegal street race that killed eight people has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.Before a Prince George's County...

Police in Connecticut say an elderly heart patient remains hospitalized under guard, charged with shooting a nurse who tried to wrest his gun away.Danbury police say...

Wet and snowy weather was expected along both coasts on Wednesday, while mild conditions were forecast for the Central U.S.A strong low pressure system that brought ...

Thousands of mourners walked the sidewalks of a wide avenue in silence, holding candles and tearfully embracing.Many were at a loss for words over the discovery of a...

New York Gov. David Paterson forged ahead with his work day Wednesday, planning a budget meeting in the midst of a rapidly growing scandal that has now claimed two top law ...

A panel says the attorney at the middle of a text messaging sex scandal involving former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick committed misconduct.The ruling by the Michig...

Same-sex couples can start applying for marriage licenses Wednesday in Washington.Supporters say couples planned to line up before the city's marriage bureau opened ...

Lawmakers are considering cutting all services for nearly 26,000 people with disabilities as South Carolina tries to plug a $560 million budget hole.Parents say the ...

A winter breeze rustles through the brittle and dormant vines twisting along the hills of Bill Hopkins' vineyard, the latest transformation of a Connecticut farm that since...