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Poll: Teens leaving Facebook for Twitter
WASHINGTON — A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They’re also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the “oversharing” that they see on Facebook. In the Pew Research Center poll, 94 percent of teens who …
Court: U.S. can keep Osama bin Laden photos under wraps
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government’s decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit …
Michigan man dies in traffic crash day after wedding
A newly married Detroit-area youth minister was killed in a traffic crash as he and his wife were en route to their honeymoon in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Storms pound Mount Olive, other Illinois sites
Cleanup efforts are under way in the downstate Illinois community of Mount Olive after severe storms pummeled that community, damaging at least a dozen buildings in its downtown area.
Grand Rapids helicopter patrols prompt complaints
Michigan State Police helicopter patrols over Grand Rapids as part of an effort to curb violent crime in the city and surrounding communities have prompted complaints from area residents.
Parents frantically search for kids after tornado blasts Moore
The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community. sFor many families, the ordeal ended in bear hugs and tears of joy as loved ones reunited. Others were left to wait in the darkness, hoping for good news while fearing the worst.
Missouri city aids tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town
MOORE, Okla. — Officials in Joplin, Mo., have brought together a team of public safety employees to send to tornado-stricken Moore. Two years ago, Joplin was devastated by a tornado that killed 158 people and injured hundreds more. On Monday, Joplin organized a team of about a dozen police and firefighters to assist in Moore.
Tornado season started late this year
TULSA, Okla. — Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday’s massive twister that carved a path of destruction through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, belie what had been a relatively quiet start of the 2013 tornado season. In fact, this is the longest the U.S. has gone into May without registering an EF1 or stronger tornado, which are the types that can cause damage.
Killing of gay man in NYC draws protesters
NEW YORK — The killing of a gay man who police say was taunted with homophobic slurs drew thousands of people to the scene of the crime to restore a sense of safety to one of the nation’s most gay-friendly neighborhoods.
More Obama aides knew of IRS audit but Obama wasn’t told
WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama’s spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named earlier. But McDonough and the other advisers did not tell Obama.
Search and rescue continues after devastating Moore tornado leaves at least 24 dead
MOORE, Okla. — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least seven children were among 24 killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise. Hospitals were treating more than 120 patients, including about 50 children. The Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office said there could be as many as 40 more fatalities from the tornado.
2 children reported dead from Indianapolis fire
Two autistic children were killed and four other people were injured when they were caught in a fire Monday in the Indianapolis condominium, authorities said.
What do we eat? New food map will tell us
Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are trying to change that by creating a gargantuan map of what foods Americans are buying and eating.
Alaska announces plan to assess oil, gas at Arctic refuge
The state of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. State officials hope the plan will reinvigorate — and reshape — the debate over whether to drill on the refuge’s coastal plain.
Historic Superior lighthouse free for the taking
Wisconsin’s historic Superior Entry lighthouse is free for the taking. No longer needed by the U.S. Coast Guard, the lighthouse is being offered to any eligible group that would use it — and pay for its upkeep — for education, recreational, cultural or historic preservation purposes.
- What do we eat? New food map will tell us
- Alaska announces plan to assess oil, gas at Arctic refuge
- Historic Superior lighthouse free for the taking
- Consumer group flags high SPF ratings on sunscreen
- 2nd person dies of injuries from Sunday tornado that hit mobile home park
- Small city in Florida buzzes about Powerball jackpot
- Winning Powerball ticket sold in Florida
- First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams
- 2 fires north of LA persist after long fire week
- Funeral-goers describe Texas swindler Estes as loving
- Up to 60 injured after car drives into Virginia parade
- Deputies: 86-year-old Florida mom shoots, kills son
- Imprisoned Ohio Amish complain about schooling
- Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot
- Probe begins after Connecticut commuter trains crash
- FBI executes search warrant in ricin letter case
- Republicans hope IRS scandal will snag health-care law
- Obama agenda marches on despite controversies
- US slams Russian anti-ship missiles going to Syria
- Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention
- CBO: Obama budget cuts deficits $1.1T by 2023
- Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel
- Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
- More than 20 injured as Connecticut commuter trains collide
- Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot
- Log: Cleveland suspect passes time pacing, staring
- Feds: More time needed to indict Tsarnaev
- Failing Georgia student accused of faking kidnapping
- Texas Senate OKs ‘Merry Christmas’ bill
- Powerball jackpot grows to $600 million
- Indiana hospital group removing sugary drinks
- Farrakhan to Detroit: Investment needed in city
- House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern
- Fort Knox training accident leaves 1 sailor dead, others injured
- Bipartisan group reaches immigration deal in U.S. House
- Ohio man to appeal conviction in ‘dying blinks’ case
- ‘Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker’ arrested in N.J. killing
- Head of Fort Campbell harassment program arrested
- California bill would limit local immigrant detentions
- Feds arrest man from Uzbekistan in Idaho terrorism caes
- 2nd top US tax official leaves amid scandal
- Army chief admits failure to stop sexual abuse
- Justice Department faulted over terrorist identities
- Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief
- Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security
- Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force
- Wis. DNR confirms logging started wildfire
- Brown v. Board site to mark anniversary of ruling
- Sources say crime not ruled out in Texas blast
- 16 tornadoes whip through North Texas; 6 dead
- A look at the top 10 world record lottery jackpots
- Teary testimony from victim’s family in Arias case
- Downstate Oglesby to get supermarket after 15 years
- Wife rescues husband from black bear attack
- AP source: Obama to tap budget officer to head IRS
- Semi hits bus carrying special-needs kids near Indianapolis
- Big bill in the case of pointy heel, lost eye
- Mom chases down child abductor; girl safe, guy arrested
- Michigan man gets jail for driving mower while drunk
- Fleeing Illinois suspect survives bridge jump
- No Powerball winner; jackpot soars to $475 million
- Police: 2nd suspect arrested in Mother’s Day parade shooting
- L.A. cops find, detonate 17 homemade bombs
- At least 6 dead, dozens injured as tornado tears through North Texas town
- Romney buys 2 Utah houses, with horse barns
- Timeline of events in Jodi Arias murder case
- IRS commissioner ousted over targeting of Tea Party groups
- Obama’s assets worth between $1.8M and $6.8M
- White House releases trove of Benghazi documents
- Holder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records
- Holder: Potential civil rights violations at IRS
- Court grants new trial in trampoline-pool case
- Philadelphia abortion doctor gets third life sentence
- Mont. man in custody after release in 1979 slaying
- Sen. Hatch calls for IRS commissioner to resign
- Arias eligible for death penalty in boyfriend’s slaying
- Prince Harry ending US visit with Conn. polo match
- Longer US white majority if immigration slows
- House panel boosts veterans spending
- Legislation would name highway after Ray LaHood
- Prom-bound students stop to help crash victims
- Northwest Wisconsin wildfire consumes 8,700 acres
- Gallows from Illinois’ last public hanging found
- Brad Pitt: Proud of Angelina Jolie’s strength, dedication
- Seattle man dribbling soccer ball to Brazil killed by car
- Drunk ASU student left at hospital with Post-it
- Minnesota governor signs gay marriage bill
- US Army generals ordered to testify in sex case
- ISU’s next president praised by students, faculty
- British prime minister, prince, visit NYC studio
- Firefighters in Galesburg rescue 3-year-old boy
- Dalai Lama brings message of peace to New Orleans
- Prince Harry tours storm-damaged NJ shore
- Fighting eagles crash land on Minn. airport runway
- Study questions how sharply US should cut the salt
- CBO estimates 2013 deficit at $642 billion
- Guantanamo inmate: Obama has ‘abandoned’ detainees
- Senate panel approves US ambassador to Libya
- Illinois State Police SUV hits, kills man on highway
- Winifred Hope Smith dies; helped raise Bushman, famed gorilla
- Board recommends lowering blood alcohol limit to .05% for drivers
- Simpson to have 1 hand free during Vegas hearing
- Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
- Joyce Brothers — celebrated pop psychologist, quiz-show champ — dies at 85
- Dad faces charges after 4-year-old N.J. boy fatally shoots 6-year-old
- Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy to try to prevent cancer
- Govt obtains 2 months of AP phone records in probe
- OJ back in Vegas court asking for new trial
- Saudi man traveling with pressure cooker arrested
- Pennsylvania man charged in daughter-in-law’s 1999 death
- Iowa City man accused of armed robbery of boy
- West Virginia city considers dropping local primary election
- Monday last day for morning-after pill appeal
- Police identify shooting suspect in New Orleans Mother’s Day parade
- Ariel Castro’s brother: ‘If I knew, I would have reported it’
- Women rescued in Cleveland happy to be home, ask for privacy
- Indiana man finds parents, 2 friends shot to death in home
- Cops seek California triple homicide suspect
- At least 19 injured — including 2 kids — in New Orleans Mother’s Day parade shooting
- 2 bodies found after NJ standoff; suspect killed
- April surplus of $113B lowers US budget deficit
- AP Exclusive: US tax agency knew of targeting
- America’s Cup planning endures rough waters
- Virginia woman has no regrets over role in burial
- Holder: Civilian courts best to try terror cases
- Family keeps still-hospitalized bomb victim upbeat
- Police: 2 dead in home after Huntsville standoff
- Officers seek husband in California triple homicide
- Marathon victim tosses Red Sox ceremonial pitch
- Drowsy driving remains an elusive highway dilemma
- Smoke forces evacuation of White House West Wing
- GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014, beyond
- Last of Rita Crundwell’s assets sold
- 14-year-old boy charged as adult with Ill. killing
- Officials say more than half of Vermont town’s road signs stolen
- Jackson civil jury hears roots of singer’s trouble
- Spacewalking repair halts station leak - for now
- Border Patrol seizes bundles of cash in NM
- OJ Simpson heads to court to fight for freedom
- Suspect killed in shootout with Minneapolis police
- Obama declared health care law ‘is here to stay’
- IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups
- Greenhouse gas milestone; CO2 levels set record
- Suspect killed, 2 arrested in shootout at bank
- Control towers at small airports to stay open
- Feds: Mjor Indiana-based drug ring busted
- ISU board raises tuition, room and board rates
- America’s Cup boat nosedived, broke into pieces
- Lawyer: Texas knife attack suspect glad nobody died
- Last Cleveland kidnapping victim out of hospital
- Boston bomb suspect buried in Virginia cemetery
- Death certificate of Boston bomb suspect released
- Grandson of Malcolm X killed at Mexico City bar
- State Department sought to change Libya talking points
- Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion
- Global network of hackers steal $45 million from ATMs
- Authorities question person in fatal house fire that killed four
- Illinois State University chooses Flanagan as new president
- Prince Harry salutes war dead Arlington Cemetery
- Cleveland kidnapping suspect’s ex-relatives say he is a ‘monster’
- Teen points Ohio authorities to bodies of 2 others
- Spire permanently installed on World Trade Center tower
- NASA troubleshooting coolant leak on space station
- Korean pop sensation PSY cracks jokes at Harvard
- Arias trial now turns to whether she lives or dies
- Senate OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims
- NYC weighs allowing many immigrants to vote
- Tunisian man denies NY terror cell plot claims
- Olympic gold medalist dies in capsize of Swedish America’s Cup boat
- Galesburg has hearing after boy dies in dog attack
- Newly appointed SIU board member to be chairman
- Alabama woman convicted after baby drinks alcohol
- 7-year-old bombing victim undergoes 11th surgery
- 15 indicted on N.O. charges linked to 15 killings
- Man attacked by alligator while fleeing deputies
- Shots fired at car in alleged Ohio court escape
- General orders extra review of nuke crew failings
- Boston chief wasn’t told FBI got Tsarnaev warning
- Senators defeat border security provision
- Downstate Illinois police chief accused of misconduct
- GOP boycotts health care advisory board
- Nuclear protesters seek release before sentencing
- U.S.: Hackers stole $45M in ATM card breach
- King, Messiah: New baby names suggest high hopes
- Police: Dead Boston bombing suspect buried in undisclosed location
- Man wrongly told he had terminal cancer gets $59,000
- Venom killed Arizona climber covered with bee stings
- Death penalty sought in Vegas Strip shooting
- Mount Zion boy a chess prodigy
- Nonprofit group proposes it run South Bend’s zoo
- Louis Farrakhan plans to visit Detroit next week
- Wisconsin authorities urge water testing near buried horses
- Cleveland kidnap suspect impregnated 1 woman 5 times, beat her until she miscarried: cops
- Group of conservatives backs action on immigration
- Cleveland man charged with rape, kidnapping
- Most military sexual assault cases go unreported
- Wrigley pulls Alert caffeinated gum
- Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands
- Obama pressed to do more on jobs, stagnant wages
- Jury finds nun, two others guilty of weapons plant break-in
- Authorities in Ohio looking at other missing woman
- Widow of bombing suspect hires criminal lawyer
- Former U.S. diplomat in Libya describes Benghazi attack
- Immigration bill would boost Social Security
- Casey Anthony bankruptcy hearing postponed
- UMass says it can’t release records in bomb case
- Activists demand oversight after detainee deaths
- Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit
- Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name
- St. Louis sued over street performer auditions, fees
- 668 lawyers to be admitted to Ill. bar
- Farmers market opens at state fairgrounds
- Defense: Beason suspect walked in on killings
- Jodi Arias guilty; says she prefers death penalty over life in prison
- Woman’s body found in central Illinois waterway
- Michigan district cancels classes after bus drivers absent
- Amanda Berry’s sister offers thanks, seeks privacy
- Air Force benches 17 nuclear missile launch officers
- Q. and A. on weight-loss surgery
- Jaycee Dugard, Elizabeth Smart — kidnap survivors — talk about Cleveland case
- Mark Sanford defeats Elizabeth Colbert Busch, wins House seat
- Suspect’s son wrote news story about missing Cleveland teen in 2004
- Timeline: Key events in Cleveland missing women case
- Ariel Castro, suspect in missing women case, well-known in neighborhood
- Cleveland police face questions about search for missing women
- McDonald’s to Cleveland man who helped missing woman: ‘We’ll be in touch’
- Mayor doesn’t want bomb suspect buried in Boston
- Funeral set for Wednesday for Utah soccer referee
- Louisiana Supreme Court: School voucher funding unconstitutional
- GOP: Stronger borders or immigration bill will die
- Calif. birth records found in unsecure location
- Boston Marathon fund chief: Lower expectations
- Delaware to become 11th state with gay marriage
- Chief group wants to resurrect mascot at U of I
- Final jury selection nears end in murder trial
- Starved Rock State Park recovering from floods
- James Holmes to plead insanity in Colorado shootings case
- Blind 95-year-old wins Decatur spelling bee
- Prison guard charged with giving phone to inmate
- Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported
- Senator says military plagued by sexual assaults
- Obama: North Korea has failed again
- Colbert Busch positive, encouraged after voting
- N.J. Gov. Chris Christie had secret weight-loss surgery
- 274-year-old bottle stolen in 1958 is returned
- Man takes rifle to investigate for prowler, shoots himself
- Discovery of 3 women recalls past abduction cases
- Senator says military plagued by sexual assaults
- Michigan district that can’t pay teachers lays off workers
- Air Force officer who led sex-assault unit charged with groping
- Frantic 911 call leads to 3 missing women in Cleveland
- FBI: Arrest of Minnesota man foils terror attack
- Agency reports earthquakes in Idaho, Yellowstone
- Teen immigrant angst — a factor in Boston bombings?
- Uncle arranging Boston bomb suspect’s burial rites
- Limo that went up in flames had extra passenger
- Referee dies after punch from teenage soccer player
- New efforts to curb cellphone theft
- Harvard professor apologizes for comments on economist John Maynard Keynes being gay
- Solar plane lands in Arizona, 1st leg of major trip
- Texas House further softens state’s gun laws
- Marseilles Dam deemed safe, reopened to traffic
- Electronics recycling up 50 percent in Illinois
- Ex-Marine who survived Iraq bombing died of drugs
- LaPierre: NRA, members will never surrender guns
- Experts: Feds pressure widow, pals in bomb case
- Ties to governor, clients put NC law firm in spotlight
- Beach bonfire spat gets hot in Southern California
- Phoenix gun buybacks set before law forces sales
- Statue honors dead pig pardoned by Piggly Wiggly
- NYC’s bike share, largest in the country, to begin
- No Medicaid decision from Florida Legislature
- Detectives study knives in Calif. girl’s stabbing
- Jurors get case in Jodi Arias murder trial
- Police: No crime in Colorado student mouth taping
- Judge: Too early for defense query in Colorado theater shootings
- US orders new visa checks for arriving students
- Quinn nominates 2 for SIU board
- Court gives state more time for concealed carry appeal
- Manchester shooter motivated by custody dispute
- NRA official: ‘Culture war’ more than gun rights
- Documents: Men had pact to kill each other’s wives
- No verdict in Philly abortion doc’s murder trial
- Head of Marathon bombing fund to meet victims
- Bogart film festival kicks off in Florida Keys
- Winds ease but California wildfire threat remains
- South Carolina center stage in early 2016 talk
- States fear loss of health care aid
- Hill aides: White House recalculates spending cuts
- Christians-only medical plan may return to Kentucky
- Sneezing attack blamed for Indiana semi crash
- Barge breakaways cause Mississippi River oil spill
- Washington school closes because of nice weather
- Police: NY woman scammed $300K from priest, others
- Sources: Chicago fugitive wanted for FBI informant’s murder
- Prosecutor calls Jodi Arias a manipulative liar
- Rhode Island becomes 10th state with gay marriage
- Mississippi ricin-letters case headed to grand jury
- Remains of marathon bombing suspect to be claimed
- Pentagon report: NKorea moving toward nuke missile
- Hagel: US rethinking possibly arming rebels
- Rubio seeks to boost border language in new bill
- GOP senator wants info on student in Boston case
- Police: 12-year-old set fire that left 75 homeless
- Officials: No breakthrough yet in Texas explosion
- Florida lawmakers pass texting-while-driving ban
- Ohio teen rape case grand jury enters 3rd day
- Daughter voices anger at mom found after 11 years
- Pa. abortion trial deliberations go on; no verdict
- Plane lands on Long Island highway; no injuries reported
- 2 workers removed from Saudi-owned Virginia residence
- US suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged
- Shots fired at Houston airport; 1 injured
- Fresh off defeat of gun control bill, NRA holds convention in Houston
- SIU educator files sex-discrimination lawsuit
- Injured climber wakes from coma
- GM is buying ‘Factory One’ facility in Flint
- 4 students, teacher hurt in ocean on field trip
- 5-year-old boy kills 2-year-old sister with rifle in Kentucky
- Vermont woman disfigured in attack reveals new face
- Computer glitches derail school tests in 3 states
- Medicaid improved mental health for uninsured
- Justice Dept. appeals court order on morning-after pill
- U.S. institute: North Korea reactor nears completion
- Official: Arrested student entered US without visa
- 2 men charged in Boston bomb case waive bail
- Ore. shooter bought 6 boxes of ammo before attack
- Just how crucial were experts for Arias defense?
- Court could decide on imprisoning kids for life
- Dog bites off piece of Ohio prison inmate’s nose
- Obama picks veteran Watt as housing finance head
- US: Women in NY, NJ forced into sex 25 times a day
- Abused disabled Iowa plant workers awarded $240M
- Unexploded WW II ordnance found on Maui
- Woman who disappeared in 2002 found in Florida
- No remains found near suspected 9/11 airplane part
- Police: Man killed during robbery at rail crossing
- Colorado ushers in new law with midnight unions
- 9-year-old survives rare pediatric stroke
- FBI: 3 pals removed backpack from Boston Marathon suspect’s dorm room
- Obama vows again to close prison at Guantanamo Bay
- Red River close to cresting in Fargo-Moorhead area
- Hospitalized Boston bombing survivor talks
- UT woman’s undercover farm filming case dismissed
- With 1 week to go, Sanford subject of attacks
- FDA: Morning-after pill to move over-the-counter
- Officials say threatened FAA towers to remain open
- NTSB assists plane crash probe in Afghanistan
- Light turnout in Mass. US Senate primary contest
- NJ coach steps down after hazing-by-biting exposed
- New York City elementary school adopts all-vegetarian menu
- Tests link deadly ricin to Obama letters suspect
- Jackson’s private life on display in civil trial
- NH governor against medical marijuana home cultivation
- Ohio committee to vote on Internet cafe moratorium
- Police: Iraq War vet thwarts gas station break-in
- Couple admit scheme to steal student loan money
- Man gets 3-year sentence for selling bath salts
- Water levels postpone Illinois bass fishing tournament
- Pittsburgh bishop upset over half-naked Pope spoof
- Truck falls on, closes interstate in Kansas City
- FBI visits home of wife of dead bombing suspect
- Authorities: Student shoots self in Ohio classroom
- Michigan man arraigned on bomb possession charge
- Blast levels Indiana home, is heard 10 miles away
- First female Iraq war resister to be court-martialed
- Boy, 14, rescued from ice floe in Michigan’s UP
- Trial to begin in Downstate family’s brutal slaying
- Lost mushroom hunters found in nature preserve
- Pittsburgh refuses permit for ‘Rock’ half marathon
- California town on lockdown as cops hunt for girl’s killer
- Michael Jackson’s final months about to unfold in civil trial
- Holocaust survivors, veterans gather at D.C. museum
- Mother of Boston bomb suspects insists sons are innocent
- 4 people stabbed at Albuquerque church: cops
- New conservative lobbying push for gay marriage
- Dozens of air shows cancel without military jets
- Boston suspects’ father postpones trip to US
- Lawmaker: FBI checking training angle in bombing
- More bombing victims leave Boston hospitals
- US says Osama bin Laden’s name belongs in NY trial
- Michigan man dead, 1 injured in Ohio plane crash
- San Diego mayor wants Romney to lead Olympics bid
- California weighs first statewide ban on lead ammo
- Breyer has shoulder surgery after bike accident
- State seeks tegus abandoned in Fla. neighborhood
- Attorneys in Trayvon Martin case address media
- U of Illinois sees record number of applications
- 6 months after Sandy, thousands homeless in NY, NJ
- Humpback whale carcass washes ashore in Florida
- Newtown nearing recommendation on new school
- Slain NC consultant recalled at church, dinner
- Boston bombing suspects’ mom in terror database
- Some say immigration bill is bad for Republicans
- FBI: Mississippi man arrested in suspicious letters case
- LePage signs bill making gun owner IDs private
- First confirmed Japanese tsunami debris in California
- Suburban Detroit man found living with woman’s corpse
- Congress approves bill to end airport delays
- Senate bill targets large compounding pharmacies
- Trash hauler rescues discarded jewelry
- Driver chokes on coffee, hits building, unhurt
- Arrest in shooting at California Little League game
- Military grooms new officers for war in cyberspace
- Initial ricin letter suspect goes into hiding
- Boston bombing suspect moved from hospital to jail
- U.S. Senate passes bill to end air-traffic controller furloughs
- Mormon church pleased with Boy Scouts proposal
- Man named in poison letters case goes into hiding
- Fargo picks up flood fight, Moorhead stands down
- 3 burned critically when Alabama barges explode
- Dangerous wildfire season predicted for California
- Texas firefighters attend plant explosion memorial
- Ohio AG: search warrants issued in rape case
- Detroit Mayor Bing gets papers for 2nd 4-year term
- Cat missing in Arizona turns up in Wisconsin
- Dems, GOP talk up deficit reduction, but don’t act
- Democrat wants Libyan report retracted
- Drought gives way to flooded fields, soggy planting
- Boston bombing suspects planned to attack Times Square in NYC
- Scientist Toshio Narahashi, expert on pufferfish toxin
- Beaman formally declared innocent in ISU killing
- Colorado court says no job protection for pot users
- Body found in water that of missing Brown student
- Barbara Bush on Jeb run: ‘We’ve had enough Bushes’
- Report: ATF cigarette sting ripped off
- Officials in Indiana town hope to save only bank
- Man, 74, gets prison in shooting amid dog dispute
- Plenty of presidents – and security– for George W. Bush Center opening
- Boston bomb suspect quit talking after Miranda warning: officials
- Fire out hours after fuel barges explode in Ala.
- Boston Marathon bombs triggered by remote-control detonator
- Seattle patrolling vintage police car draws eyes
- New York gym owner gets prison for murder conspiracy
- Inventor Bell’s voice ID’d on early wax recording
- Senate chairman calls for ‘Do Not Track’ bill
- US, SKorea extend nuclear agreement
- FBI shows new photo of teacher in child porn case
- Senate Democrats postpone vote on Labor nominee
- Boston area honors slain MIT officer
- Leader: Ohio Senate ready to outlaw Internet cafes
- Bush, Clinton speak on eve of library dedication
- 7 charged with smuggling fish bladders to China
- Transgender teen wants to be Pa. prom king
- Lawyers defend Boston bomb suspect amid furloughs
- Suspect in girl’s abduction back in US from Mexico
- Maine Senate OKs concealed weapons confidentiality
- Marathon bombing suspects had been on welfare
- Obama: ‘Family tattoo’ may discourage daughters
- Michigan man charged with killing child in ‘07
- Wisconsin man to stand trial for bigamy
- Ex-social media editor Matthew Keys pleads not guilty to Tribune hacking
- Did brotherly bond play role in Boston bombings?
- Lawmakers want answers on Boston bomb suspect’s Russia trip
- Bomb suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev influenced by mysterious radical: family
- Bill would force super PACs to reveal their donors
- Man describes finding marathon bombing suspect in boat
- NY judge sentences US terrorism defendant to life
- Texas town where plant blew starts long recovery
- Charges vs. Elvis impersonator dropped in ricin letters case; 2nd man questioned
- Dems, GOP press Obama administration on drone use
- Help for ‘uninsurables’ mired in political battle
- Gun control fight spills over to federal research
- Ricin scare at DC base is false alarm
- GOP report faults State Dept. on Libya security
- Obama salutes national teacher of the year
- Some legislators ask return of Massachusetts death penalty
- Ohio dad gets 15 years in death of baby in freezer
- Pivotal vote on gay marriage looms in RI
- Ricin suspect released from jail; Tupelo home of another man searched
- Indiana boy, 7, won’t be charged for punching teacher
- Purdue students stage campus anti-racism rally
- Woman gets probation in animal cruelty case
- Man gets 9 years in attack on former co-worker
- Farmer, grain manager face trial in alleged fraud
- TSA delays policy on allowing small knives on planes
- New Mexico slaughterhouse ground zero in horse-meat debate
- Mosque: Boston bombing suspect argued with preacher during sermons
- Reuters social media editor Matthew Keys fired; charged with hacking Tribune Co.
- Boston bombing manhunt a ratings boon on TV
- Nike pulls Boston Massacre shirts meant for Yankees fans
- More rain, snow could add to flooding woes
- Boston Marathon bombing suspect charged with using weapon of mass destruction
- NYC proposes raising age for cigarette purchases
- Mourners say final goodbyes to Boston Marathon victim Krystle Campbell
- Cellphone alerts may replace Wisconsin tornado sirens
- Police say Detroit woman killed her benefactor, 71
- Boston marks week from Marathon bombs with silence
- Feds ask to interview wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber
- Man arrested after 30-hour Des Moines standoff
- Hearing to continue Monday in ricin letter case
- Police: 5 dead in shooting south of Seattle
- Senator: Marathon bombing suspect shot in throat
- 5 die in rollover during pursuit by Border Patrol
- Five days of fear: What happened in Boston
- Boston faithful come together for prayer, worship
- Transit officer nearly lost all blood from gunshot
- Boston plans for reopening Marathon bombing scene
- Boston bombing suspect replies in writing to cops’ questions
- Al Michaels arrested for alleged DUI in California












