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March 09, 2010 
Minority births on track to outnumber white births, Hope YenMinorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.<...
Obama using 'bounty hunters' for health care fraud, Ricardo Alonso-zaldivarPresident Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his fina...
Obama using 'bounty hunters' to root out fraud, Ricardo Alonso-zaldivarPresident Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his fina...
Obama pushes senators for climate bill, Matthew DalyPresident Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this y...
Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally, Desmond ButlerPresident Barack Obama stood with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Tuesday and pledged that the United States would work with its ally, even as Greece's enormous d...
How AP-Gfk Poll on health care was conductedThe Associated Press-GfK Poll was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from March 3-8. It was based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nati...
Analysis: Greece's crisis could presage America's, Tom RaumGreece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?Many of the same risky financial practices that now imperil...
AP-GfK Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health, Charles BabingtonAmericans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan cooperation that's nowhere in sight. The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it makes its reports.The InterAcademy Council will be given complete control to review ... Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, offered contradictory explanations for his behavior Tuesday, acknowledging he groped ... The Associated Press-GfK Poll was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from March 3-8. It was based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nati... Americans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan cooperation that's nowhere in sight. The following recalls have been announced:_ About 149,000 Gerber Gator Machetes and 6,000 Gator Machetes Jr., manufactured in China and imported by Gerber Legendary ... As of Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at least 4,382 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.... Michelle Obama said Tuesday that she'll always cherish the moment she slipped into her inaugural ball gown, a one-shouldered, white chiffon design she wore for her first Ci... The latest Associated Press-GfK poll shows that Americans and their lawmakers are out of sync on health care.Large majorities of those questioned want Democrats and ... A moderate Democrat insisted Tuesday she remained opposed to pushing a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote, despite saying she wanted to see wha... Vice President Joe Biden is condemning Israel's approval of 1,600 new settlement homes in disputed East Jerusalem and says the timing undermines the peace process the Unite... Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate.... President Barack Obama reacted positively to European ideas about cracking down on currency speculation, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (pah-pahn-DRAY'-oh) said fol... Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as it approaches a make-or-break vote in the... Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees i... A senior State Department official said Tuesday he's sorry for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi that prompted Libya to threaten diplomatic retali... The political team that helped Scott Brown stage his improbable victory in the Massachusetts Senate race wants to apply its winning strategy elsewhere this election year. F... The government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings — those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents strap around their chests to give the little o... The White House says the United States condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new settlement homes in disputed East Jerusalem.Spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Tues... President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this y... A senior State Department official apologized Tuesday for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi that prompted Libya to threaten diplomatic retaliation... The Navy says that three dogs died and dozens more were in poor health after being neglected by a private security contractor in Chicago that had been hired to train the do... Major business groups say President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is a job killer, and they're launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to take that message to vot... New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting again... The U.S. government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings — those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents can sling around their chests to carry th... The Navy says that three dogs died and dozens more were in poor health after being neglected by a private security contractor in Chicago that had been hired to train the do... As tax day approaches, the Internal Revenue Service is giving agents more flexibility to work with taxpayers who have seen their incomes drop during the recession.IR... First lady Michelle Obama will be the featured graduation speaker at three commencement ceremonies this spring.Mrs. Obama will speak to graduates at the University o... With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank own... Young adults are financially anxious, worried that they can't meet their educational, housing and health care needs, according to a new poll that exposes a growing pessimis... A moderate Democrat insisted Tuesday she remained opposed to pushing a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote, despite saying she wanted to see wha... Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero on Tuesday proposed having Michigan follow the lead of North Dakota and open a state-owned bank that could make low-interest loans to businesses ... The House's No. 2 Democrat is dismissing as "absurd" former Rep. Eric Massa's claims that he was forced out by party leaders because of his opposition to health care legisl... A moderate Democrat who had vowed to oppose any effort by party leaders to push a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote is rethinking her position... The Supreme Court will not tinker with a federal prison policy that prohibits death row inmates from giving face-to-face interviews to reporters.The justices on Mond... President Obama's spokesman is brushing aside allegations by a resigned New York congressman who says he was forced out by the administration and Democratic leaders because... President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister George Papandreou (pah-pahn-DRAY'-oh) of Greece on Tuesday before sitting down with senators from both parties to talk abou... Ahead of a meeting Tuesday with President Barack Obama, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the United States cannot afford to ignore the financial woes of his coun... Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees i... The political team that helped Scott Brown stage his improbable victory in the Massachusetts Senate race wants to apply its winning strategy elsewhere this election year. F... President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but it would not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars as some abortion opponents fear.... For a guy who professes to have no interest in running for president, Gen. David Petraeus can come off as surprisingly eager to talk about it — sometimes without even bei... Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone ...Outside science academies to review warming panelMassa denies he sexually groped male stafferHow the poll on health care was conductedAP Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health, Charles BabingtonRecall newsUS military deaths in Iraq war at 4,382Michelle Obama donates ball gown to Smithsonian, Darlene SupervilleAP Poll: Americans want health care bipartisanship, Charles BabingtonDemocratic senator opposes fast-track health bill, Erica WernerBiden condemns new E. Jerusalem settlementsReconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail, Alan FramGreek PM urges US to crackdown on speculators, Desmond ButlerBusiness groups launch ad against health care bill, Ricardo Alonso-zaldivarJobless aid measure clears Senate hurdle, Andrew TaylorUS official apologizes for joke about Gadhafi, Matthew LeeBrown team to apply winning strategy elsewhere, Michelle R. Smith And Glen JohnsonGovt to warn on baby slings because of deaths, Jennifer C. KerrWhite House condemns new E. Jerusalem settlementsWhite House hosts meeting on energy, climate, Matthew DalyUS official apologizes for insulting Libya leader, Matthew LeeNavy says 3 dogs died after contractor neglect, Anne FlahertyBroad business coalition opposing health care billFACT CHECK: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories, Andrew MigaGov't to warn on baby slings because of deathsNavy says 3 dogs die after contractor neglect, Anne FlahertyIRS eases rules on tax settlements, Stephen OhlemacherFirst lady to deliver 3 commencement addressesWoes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate race, Deanna BellandiPoll: Financially pinched, young adults lose faithModerate Dem says opposes fast-track health bill, Erica WernerDem gov candidate wants to open Mich. state bank, Kathy Barks HoffmanDem leader calls Massa claims 'absurd', Erica WernerModerate Dem rethinks position on health bill, Erica WernerCourt won't disturb ban on death row interviewsGibbs brushes off resigned congressman's complaintObama to meet with Greek PM, hold energy powwowGreek PM not looking for aid in meeting with Obama, Desmond ButlerSenate to take up unemployment insurance extension, Andrew TaylorBrown team takes campaign template on the road, Michelle R. Smith And Glen JohnsonA policy change on abortion, but how radical?, Ricardo Alonso-zaldivarPetraeus for president? 'No' is his handy answer, Robert BurnsHoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening, Lauran Neergaard
Today in HistoryToday is Wednesday, March 10, the 69th day of 2010. There are 296 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 10, 1876, the first succe...
Lawyers: Respect Roethlisberger accuser's privacyAttorneys for the woman who accuses Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault said that she did the right thing by going to police and asked for ...
Residents vote to incorporate Grand Canyon townEarly results show residents of a small Arizona community that serves as a gateway to the Grand Canyon's popular South Rim have voted to incorporate.Tuesday's electi...
Police make 3rd arrest in Calif. church shootingPolice say they've made another arrest in a shooting at a Northern California church that injured two teenage brothers.Richmond police Sgt. Bisa French said Tuesday ...
NH campaign finance activist Granny D dies at 100Doris "Granny D" Haddock, a New Hampshire woman who walked across the country at age 89 to promote campaign finance reform and later waged a quixotic campaign for U.S. Sena...
Owners of NY club where groom was shot are chargedA mother and son who owned a New York City strip club made infamous by a 50-bullet police shooting of an unarmed man there on his wedding day have been charged in a mortgag...
Partner convicted in NY execution-style slayingA Long Island man has been convicted in the execution-style slaying of his business partner in the parking lot of a Korean restaurant.A Suffolk County jury on Tuesda...
Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling', Jay ReevesU.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congr...
All 6 dead in Ariz. crash were Mexican citizensAuthorities say all six people killed in last week's pre-dawn bus crash on an Arizona interstate were Mexican citizens.The bus — operated by Van Nuys, Calif.-based...
Israel says `bad options' for Iran getting closer, Edith M. LedererThe two "bad options" for Iran — letting the country develop nuclear weapons or using force to destroy its nuclear capabilities — are closer than they were a year ago, ...
Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CAAuthorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a So...
Trucker tells Michigan jury he killed 2 gentlemenThe man who confessed to fatally shooting an abortion protester and a businessman in a small Michigan community told jurors Tuesday he deserves to die for the killings....
NYPD: Rooftop body casts are art, not jumpersThe New York Police Department wants the public to know that the figures soon to be gazing down from buildings near a midtown park are an artist's body casts — not reside...
Colo. man who claims pot as sacrament is convictedA Colorado man who says marijuana is a sacrament in his religion has been convicted of misdemeanor drug charges.A Clear Creek County judge found Trevor Douglas of Av...
Police kill Calif. man suspected of shooting wifePolice near Los Angeles say officers have fatally shot a man who chased his estranged wife down the street and fired a gun at her multiple times, riddling her with bullets....
Man allegedly robs pharmacy, puts cash on counterPolice in northern Idaho arrested a robber accused of demanding a controlled drug from a pharmacy, then throwing cash on the counter before fleeing. Kootenai County Sheriff...
Gov. wants sex offenders' parole records retained, Don ThompsonGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday ordered California corrections officials to keep sex offenders' parole records indefinitely after he learned the files of a man now ch...
Pa. woman accused of recruiting jihadists online, Maryclaire DaleA suburban woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, eve...
Calif. jury recommends death for serial killer, Gillian FlaccusRelatives of four women and a 12-year-old girl who were brutally slain in the late 1970s exploded in applause Tuesday as the jury recommended death for Rodney Alcala, a con...
Gas price rises seen gentler on consumer wallets, Chris Kahn And Deborah Jian LeeAs the economy recovers, energy prices are rising and that is placing extra strain on families' budgets.Each spring brings a familiar ritual in gasoline markets — ...
Prius driver's 911 call: 'My car can't slow down', Elliot SpagatThe driver of a Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a San Diego County freeway sounded panicked at times as he told a dispatcher about a stuck accelerator.The C...
Bank sued for seizing Pa. woman's home and parrotBank of America has apologized to a Pittsburgh-area woman after one of its contractors allegedly trashed her house and took her parrot while wrongly repossessing her home.<...
Calif. jury: Death for serial killer Rodney Alcala, Gillian FlaccusA California jury has recommended death for convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala in the 1970s slayings of four women and a 12-year-old girl.The jury in Orange Count...
Governor: Retain parole records on sex offenders, Don ThompsonGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday ordered California corrections officials to keep sex offenders' parole records indefinitely after he learned the files of a man now ch...
Ex-Edwards aide narrowly avoids jail over sex tape, Mike BakerA former aide to John Edwards narrowly escaped jail time Tuesday over his handling of a videotape purportedly showing the two-time presidential candidate in a sexual encoun...
Outside science academies to review warming panel, Seth BorensteinThe beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports.An international group, the InterAcademy Council, will be given c...
Ex-Edwards aide narrowly avoids trip to jail, Mike BakerA former John Edwards aide has narrowly avoided getting sent to jail for contempt over his handling of a purported sex tape showing the former presidential candidate. The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young chi... Making more arrests and throwing more offenders behind bars will not bring an end to the crimes against children and other violence that is plaguing many of the nation's Am... A suburban New York City writer who offered jobs to women from Hungary, France and Brazil has been accused of sexually abusing them.A Westchester County grand jury h... A challenger to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter filed an ethics complaint Tuesday, claiming a fundraising letter for the Republican incumbent's campaign makes illegal use of a ... A ring accused of helping people from the Middle East obtain student visas by taking their proficiency exams and classes has exposed vulnerability in the nation's security ... The Massachusetts man accused of killing his 4-year-old daughter by overmedicating her with prescription drugs is blaming his wife and a psychiatrist for the girl's death i... U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Obama's State of the Union address was "very troubling" and the annual speech has "degener... A ring accused of helping people from the Middle East obtain student visas by taking proficiency exams and classes for them has exposed a vulnerability in the nation's trac... The U.S. Interior Department's assistant secretary for Indian Affairs says the federal government and tribal law enforcement officers cannot simply arrest their way out of ... A judge has ruled that part of a search warrant can be unsealed in the case of an animal research technician charged with killing a Yale University graduate student.... Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week... The replacement for the New York State Police superintendent who retired amid the scandal enveloping Gov. David Paterson announced his own retirement Tuesday after just a w... Montana authorities say powder released when an envelope burst while being handled by state workers in Helena posed no threat.Police in Butte were looking for a susp... A man charged with helping smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine from Mexico to the United States has pleaded not guilty in Denver federal court.Oscar Arriola... A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile.Researchers abruptly lost contact with the $1.1 million robot Frid... A lovesick graduate student from China who slipped under a rope barrier at Newark Liberty International Airport to say goodbye to his girlfriend, prompting a security breac... Evidence collected by the United States against an East African charged with providing support to a Somali terrorist organization linked to al-Qaida includes lengthy statem... A 32-year-old Kentucky woman who said she didn't know that she was pregnant delivered her newborn son on the floor of her laundry room by herself and even cut the umbilical... A second ex-New Orleans officer charged in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina is expected to plead guil... Michelle Obama said Tuesday that she'll always cherish the moment she slipped into her inaugural ball gown, a one-shouldered, white chiffon design she wore for her first Ci... A well-dressed man who talked his way into a Florida sugar baron's hotel room and stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry may be the same person who pulled simi... Former eBay chief Meg Whitman's campaign for governor of California has a familiar ring to it: She's an outsider from the business world who promises to sweep the Capitol c... A suburban Philadelphia woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been charged with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorist... Police are looking for a man they say posed as a hotel worker and made off with thousands of dollars in jewelry belonging to a wealthy Florida businessman and his wife who ... The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besi... New Jersey residents weary of frequent visits from bears may see a lot less of them come late fall.New Jersey's Fish and Game Council on Tuesday voted to include the... Relatives of the victim sobbed and held each other as a judge handed down a life prison term Tuesday for a doctor convicted of killing his wife by lacing her calcium supple... An envelope containing a suspicious powder burst open Tuesday while being handled by state workers in a Montana government office.Three Department of Labor workers a... Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala asked a California jury on Tuesday to spare his life, arguing that the long appeals process would cause more suffering to his victims'... A decade-old probation report on a sex offender accused of murdering California teenager Chelsea King contained a psychiatrist's conclusion that the defendant had "signific... An Arizona company that promised to protect consumers from identity theft has agreed to pay $12 million to settle false advertising claims brought by the Federal Trade Comm... It sounds fishy but a New York City pet shop owner says it's true. Buttkiss, the black pacu he owns, is 43 and weighs 20 pounds. A pacu is a breed that's related to the pir... An 800-foot tanker struggling with poor visibility and strong winds apparently failed to center itself in a narrow waterway off the Gulf of Mexico, possibly contributing to... Breast milk cheese, anyone? A Manhattan chef has posted a recipe on his blog for what he calls "My spouse's mommy milk cheese." Daniel Angerer co-owns Klee Brasserie with h... Police in New Orleans say the body of a missing Texas oil executive has been pulled from the Mississippi River.Bob Young of the New Orleans police department says po... Officials say an Ohio inmate who intentionally overdosed on pills hours before his scheduled execution has returned to prison and is on suicide watch.Prisons spokesw... An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one ... A prosecutor has asked an Orange County jury to recommend death for serial killer Rodney Alcala.Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy told jurors during closing argum... Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been arraigned on a probation violation and released on a $10,000 personal bond pending another hearing.A Wayne County Circ... Forecasters say a wetter-than-usual winter and a jet stream ripping over the part of the country known as "Tornado Alley" could lead to an active spring — perhaps startin... Albuquerque police have identified a couple found shot to death in their home after the woman's former boyfriend told authorities where to find the bodies.The bodies... A television producer admitted Tuesday to trying to shake down David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night icon's affairs with staffers, avoiding a long prison sent... A Rutgers University graduate student from China charged with a security breach at Newark Liberty International Airport that led to worldwide flight delays pleaded guilty t... A teacher trying to park her SUV Tuesday backed through a large window and into a classroom at the suburban Detroit school where she taught, slightly injuring several presc... A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one teen and suspected in the death of another appeared in court Tuesday as a judge issued a gag order and delayed a key hea... The archbishop of Denver on Tuesday defended a decision by a Catholic school not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple. Authorities in Pennsylvania say a gas station patron died when static electricity ignited a fire as he filled up his tank.Authorities say 19-year-old L. David Byers ... A Texas judge criticized for declaring the death penalty unconstitutional took back his controversial ruling Tuesday but scheduled a hearing for next month to hear evidence... A man accused of a January shooting rampage in Florida that left three people dead has pleaded not guilty to two of the murder charges.Authorities say 55-year-old Jo... New Mexico became the second state to "ban the box" with Gov. Bill Richardson's signature on a law prohibiting employment applications for government agencies from asking j... Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture's most enduring images, has reached a long-t... Federal officials are sending an investigator to determine what caused a Toyota Prius to race out of control on a California freeway.A spokeswoman for the U.S. Depar... A former aide to John Edwards narrowly escaped jail time Tuesday over his handling of a videotape purportedly showing the two-time presidential candidate in a sexual encoun... A person familiar with the case says a TV producer is expected to admit trying to shake down David Letterman over the comic's sexual affairs.The person says Robert "... Biologists at Pinnacles National Monument are celebrating the first condor egg laid by a mating pair inside the park boundaries in more than a century.The egg marks ... Workers hiked up the side of a Colorado canyon Tuesday to examine another boulder threatening to fall on a major interstate, days after a rock slide punched gaping holes in... A San Diego judge has postponed the preliminary hearing for a sex offender accused of murdering 17-year-old Chelsea King.Superior Court Judge David J. Danielsen on T... A tax squabble is forcing voters to decide next week whether to dissolve the boundaries of a central New York village known as the birthplace of women's rights and the insp... Authorities say a teacher accidentally backed her SUV through a window and into her classroom at a suburban Detroit school. Several preschool students were injured but none... The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit.Thanks to GPS, scientists at Ohio State Un... Hundreds of construction workers raised a rallying cry of "Build it now!" on Tuesday, gathering with elected officials at the World Trade Center site to urge a quick rebuil... Labor union members, religious leaders and other activists protested in the nation's capital against what they call an abusive health insurance industry.Organizers w... Officials say a condemned Ohio inmate who intentionally overdosed on pills hours before his scheduled execution took medication prescribed to him.Prison system spoke... The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 5.1 quake has struck the Andreanof Islands region of the Aleutian chain, but there are no reports of damage and th... A man opened fire at two police officers who were responding to a domestic disturbance call, killing one officer and wounding the other early Tuesday before being fatally s... Internet con artists appear to be targeting victims of Bernard Madoff.The Securities Investor Protection Corporation warned Tuesday that someone had set up a bogus W... Centralians have long believed the government's demolition of their beloved town in the 1980s was part of a plot to swipe the mineral rights to anthracite coal worth hundre... A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to faking breast cancer in a scam that netted thousands of dollars worth of sick leave donated by her City Hall co-workers and mone... Prosecutors in former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's perjury case are putting the spoils of their efforts on eBay.An Xbox 360 video game console seized during a raid... SeaWorld has not decided whether a whale that killed its trainer by dragging her into the water will keep performing, an official said Tuesday.In the days after Dawn... One bride wore a black suit, the other had on a white one with rhinestones. They walked down the aisle to Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" and kissed after the pastor pr... SkyWest Airlines says a plane that returned to the Aspen airport because of smoke inside didn't complete the flight to Denver as officials originally said.SkyWest sp... A grand jury indicted four members of an assisted suicide group Tuesday on charges they helped a 58-year-old man with cancer kill himself, clearing the way for a trial that... An official says a vehicle backed through a large window at a suburban Detroit school and into a classroom. More than a dozen young students were injured but none seriously... A new Ohio State University custodial employee who received a bad job evaluation shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally... A man convicted of killing four California women and a 12-year-old girl in the late 1970s will get a chance to plead for his life as closing arguments are held in the penal... Television producer pleads guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman.... Peru has voluntarily agreed to withdraw fraud and conspiracy allegations it made against Yale University in a lawsuit seeking the return of Inca artifacts removed from Mach... With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $2... Annie Leibovitz has entered into an agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her portfolio of celebrity images.Colony Capital LLC ... Los Angeles police say all they needed to find marijuana growing in a Van Nuys warehouse was a sense of smell.Authorities say someone reported an unusual odor at the... General Electric Co. on Monday proposed halting further dredging of the Hudson River if PCBs churned up by the work spread too much pollution downriver during the second ph... Albuquerque police say a man's confession to an attorney led them to a murder scene in new Mexico.Police have arrested 37-year-old Ralph Montoya and booked him into ... An Ohio State University employee opened fire Tuesday at a campus maintenance building, killing a co-worker and wounding another, the university said. A suspect also was wo... One police officer died and another was wounded Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire with a man who was shot to death in his south-central Michigan home, authorities said.... A construction crane owner got a bargain-basement repair job on a giant rig, which fell apart and killed two workers when the fix failed, prosecutors said Monday in announc... The few remaining residents of a Pennsylvania coal town decimated by a 48-year-old underground mine fire claim in court papers that a "massive fraud" is being perpetrated a... An Army specialist accused of killing two fellow soldiers and taking their baby in Washington state could face the death penalty if convicted in her upcoming court-martial.... SeaWorld and the family of a trainer slain by a killer whale want to prevent video of the attack from becoming public.Dawn Brancheau died last month after being pull... A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot. A shooting Tuesday morning at an Ohio State University campus maintenance building left one employee dead and two others wounded, the university said. A suspect was taken i... Lawyers are returning to court in North Carolina in a dispute over a tape purportedly showing two-time presidential candidate John Edwards in a sexual encounter.Supe... A graduate student charged with a security breach at a New Jersey airport that led to a terminal shutdown and worldwide flight delays is due back in court.Haisong Ji... Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japan... An Ohio doctor convicted of aggravated murder in his wife's cyanide-poisoning death faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced.Forty-one-year-old Yazeed Essa (E... Ohio State University says an overnight shooting at a campus maintenance building left one of its employees dead and two others wounded.The shooting was first report... Authorities are hunting for the person who stole a 15-inch walrus tusk from Theodore Roosevelt's home on Long Island.The superintendent of the Sagamore Hill National... Authorities say a shooting on the Ohio State University campus has left one person dead and injured two others.According to an OSU police dispatcher, the three peopl... Mixed precipitation was expected in the Plains, while another system would bring more snow to the Rocky Mountains on Tuesday.A low pressure system was forecast to st... Eamonn Higgins has never earned a college degree in his own name, but prosecutors allege that for the past seven years the 46-year-old has been going to school non-stop for... A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County f... One bride wore a knee-length lace dress and pearls. The other bride wore a yellow shirt and white suit. And when a pastor pronounced them "partners in life this day and for... The father of a 14-year-old girl whose bones were found more than a year after she vanished walking to school urged supporters to behave like his late daughter's favorite a... The superintendent of a rural Montana school district says he was showing students his black powder muzzleloader when he accidentally fired the weapon into a classroom wall... A registered sex offender charged with murdering a teen girl last month is a focus of the investigation into the death of a 14-year-old girl whose remains were found more t... A police officer in Brooklyn has fatally shot a man who the NYPD says was brandishing a fake pistol near a school.Police said they received a 911 call Monday afterno... A former Army Ranger originally sentenced to 24 years for leading a 2006 military-style bank robbery in Washington state has been given another 20 years for assault and try...Recall newsOfficial: Tribal children need 'healthy families', Susan Montoya BryanNY writer accused of abusing foreign assistantsOpponent files ethics complaint on La. Sen. Vitter, Melinda DeslatteCalif. test-taking case shows gap in visa security, Gillian FlaccusMass. father casts blame in daughter's drug deathRoberts: Scene at State of Union `very troubling', Jay ReevesTest-taking ring shows gap in US visa security, Gillian FlaccusTribes, justice officials focus on Indian children, Susan Montoya BryanJudge plans to unseal Yale killing search warrantSamsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week, Peter SvenssonRetired NY police leader's replacement now leaving, Michael VirtanenPowder in envelope sent to Mont. office no threatMan pleads not guilty in Colo. to smuggling drugsPioneering Mass. robot lost at sea off Chile coastMan who caused Newark airport breach pleads guilty, Samantha HenryEritrean pleads not guilty to aiding terroristsWoman delivers surprise baby, picks up other son2nd ex-New Orleans cop charged in Katrina coverupMichelle Obama donates ball gown to Smithsonian, Darlene SupervilleLA cops seek man who robbed Florida sugar baron, John RogersWhitman defines herself as the un-Schwarzenegger, Juliet WilliamsPa. woman charged with recruiting jihadists online, Maryclaire DaleLA police seek man who robbed Florida sugar baronFeds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California, Elliot SpagatNJ wildlife council votes in favor of bear huntOhio doctor gets 20-to-life in wife's poison death, Thomas J. 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