'Fiscal cliff' deal to block pay hike for Congress
Legislation to prevent the government from going over the so-called fiscal cliff will also block a $900 automatic pay hike for members of Congress.
Pentagon debuts float in Rose parade to honor vets
It's been almost 60 years since James McEachin returned home with a bullet still lodged in his chest, finding an America indifferent toward the troops ...
ESPN's Hannah Storm returns 3 weeks after accident
ESPN anchor Hannah Storm will return to the air on New Year's Day, exactly three weeks after she was seriously burned in a propane gas grill accident ...
South Africa: Mandela convalesces, legacy secure
South Africa's agonizing past swept over Alex McLaren, who stepped into sunlight with tears in his eyes after a tour of the Apartheid Museum, an ...
Watch Nights mark Emancipation Proclamation 150th
As New Year's Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be ...
After a century, US Arabs look for pieces of past
Tossing and shivering below deck, Hussien Karoub felt ill. In the cold, crowded conditions, sleep came seldom. When it did, it didn't last long: The ...
Vultures pick at visitors' cars in Fla. Everglades
Visitors to parts of Everglades National Park are getting tarps and bungee cords to make their vehicles less delectable to vultures.
General's battle with PTSD leads him to the brink
In the exploding hell of battle, a single hand poked through the earth. John Cantwell could see the ridges and calluses of the skin, and the pile of ...
Atty: Hobby Lobby won't offer morning-after pill
An attorney for Hobby Lobby Stores said Thursday that the arts and crafts chain plans to defy a federal mandate requiring it to offer employees health ...
SeaWorld files to go public with $100 million IPO
Looks like Shamu may soon be making a splash in the stock market. The company famous for water shows featuring killer whales, dolphins and other ...
Survey finds increase in e-reading, drop in paper
The tastes of the reading public are turning digital. A Pew Internet Research Center survey released Thursday found that the percentage of Americans ...
Justice refuses to block morning-after pill rule
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care ...
SMU good fit for Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown
Larry Brown was a young assistant on coach Dean Smith's staff at North Carolina in the mid-1960s when he turned down his first head coaching offer.
Obama's Christmas vacation in Hawaii: Day 3
How President Barack Obama spent the third day of this Christmas vacation on Monday in Hawaii: — GYM: Obama headed to Marine Corps Base Hawaii in ...
Ore. rescuers find lost snowshoers near Mount Hood
Rescue teams have found 3 snowshoers who got lost on a weekend camping trip near Mount Hood. The trio was reported in good health, having made it ...
A huge collection of odd TV stuff needs a home
James Comisar is the first to acknowledge that more than a few have questioned his sanity for spending the better part of 25 years collecting ...
Ranchers split over US border security plan
When Dan Bell drives through his 35,000-acre cattle ranch, he speaks of the hurdles that the Border Patrol faces in his rolling green hills of oak and ...
Argentina import controls put brake on bike sales
Summer has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and bicyclists all over the Argentine capital have hit the streets to enjoy the warm weather.
Leagues poised to challenge NJ over sports betting
Four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA are poised to move forward with their legal fight over New Jersey's plans to allow sports gambling
NY man: Online shooter game players cease fire
The New York founder of a video game website says he believes tens of thousands of players of online shooter games are participating in a 24-hour ...
A week after school massacre, new details emerge
As the nation paused for the one-week anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, new details emerged Friday about the gunman, Adam ...
Parents struggle to find gender-neutral toys
A 13-year-old girl's campaign to get Hasbro to make an Easy-Bake Oven that isn't purple or pink so it would appeal to her little brother is a fresh ...
Glacier park looks to influence Blackfeet drilling
On the edge of the Blackfeet Indian reservation, where the Rocky Mountains rise out of the Great Plains like shark's teeth, oil exploration companies ...
Violence baked into popular culture
Well aware that the television audience may be particularly sensitive, the Showtime network aired a disclaimer warning audiences of violent content ...
"Sandy Claus" delivers toys to storm-stricken kids
From his toy-cluttered Brooklyn apartment, the man in the red suit was making his list and checking it twice. But he made no distinction between ...
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