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The trial of a former United Nations weapons inspector in an online child-sex sting in Pennsylvania has been delayed. More>>
PepsiCo is expanding its popular Refresh Project, a charity program that has generated tens of millions of votes and countless Tweets, news stories and Facebook posts. More>>
A review by the insurance industry suggests car booster seats are getting better at ensuring a proper fit for children in the back seat. More>>
A new poll finds New Yorkers are conflicted about the construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center site. More>>
A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people... More>>
Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track... More>>
Kia Motors is recalling about 35,000 Soul and Sorento vehicles to fix wiring in the interior lighting panels that could lead to fires. More>>
New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. CEO Greg Rayburn says failure to negotiate a deal with the agency's unions to take advantage of a state early retirement incentive
means OTB has to turn to another way to remain solvent. More>>
The latest in a tangled series of state and federal court decisions has halted New York state's plan to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American retailers to non-Indian customers. More>>
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AAA says more Americans will take trips over the Labor Day weekend than a year ago. More>>
Republican Rick Lazio is beginning a statewide television ad campaign against Democrat Andrew Cuomo. More>>
Peter Shumlin, the president pro tem of the Vermont Senate, is claiming victory in the five-way contest for the Democratic gubernatorial primary. More>>
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Divorced. Single dad. Golf game still to be determined. More>>
Powerful New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is joining Gov. David Paterson in an effort to persuade Islamic leaders to move a proposed mosque farther from ground zero. More>>
Amtrak says low-voltage problems caused train service to be stopped between New York City and Washington and between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa. More>>
New York has won up to $696 million in federal education funding after it made changes in its application despite initial opposition from powerful teachers' unions More>>
Sales of previously occupied homes fell to the lowest level in 15 years last month as the economy weakened. The National Association of Realtors says July's sales fell by more than 27 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.83 million. It was the largest monthly drop on records dating back to 1968. June's sales pace was revised downward to 5.26 million. More>>
The third and final phase of the credit card reform law goes into effect Sunday to help protect consumers. It includes new protections against high penalty and late fees. Consumers will also get the chance to roll skyrocketing credit card interest rates back to previous levels as long as a card user has paid bills on time for six months. More>>
As their convoy reached the barbed wire at the border crossing out of Iraq on Wednesday, the soldiers whooped and cheered. Then they scrambled out of their stifling hot armored vehicles, unfurled an American flag and posed for group photos. More>>
New York Governor David Paterson expects to meet in the near future with developers of a proposed Islamic cultural center that would include a mosque near ground zero. More>>
A Boston city councilor wants an investigation of the jail where the alleged Craisglist Killer was awaiting trial. More>>
Homicide Chief Dennis Richards says officers responding to a shooting at a restaurant in the city's business district around 2:30 a.m. Saturday discovered three people dead. He says a fourth died at a hospital. More>>
Embattled Congressman Charlie Rangel says he will talk less about the 13 ethics charges brought against him by fellow members of Congress and more about getting re-elected to a twentieth term. More>>
Buffalo police say a traffic stop led to animal cruelty charges after they found a live cat "marinating" in oil and peppers in the trunk of a car. More>>
A Seneca Nation businessman who's challenging a federal law making it illegal to ship cigarettes through the mail called the seizure of thousands of cartons of his cigarettes from a delivery truck "clear retaliation" for his lawsuit. More>>
A charity official says six Americans and two other foreigners on a medical mission were among 10 people killed by militants in a remote area of northern Afghanistan. More>>
The state Lottery Division has recommended a Malaysia-based company to build and operate video slot machines at New York City's Aqueduct racetrack. More>>
Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday. Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton announced in a statement that their daughter wed investment banker Marc Mezvinsky. More>>
It's summer and the area's blood supply is critically low. Right now, the there is a two day blood supply where it should be double that. However, gay men cannot help ease that shortage. More>>
President Barack Obama has signed an extension of unemployment benefits for millions of long-term unemployed people, capping a hard-fought political fight with Republicans. More>>
Two Norwegian journalists face trespassing charges after they were arrested on the New York estate where Chelsea Clinton is expected to get married. More>>
The Seneca Nation of Indians has donated $10,000 to pay for travel expenses and hailed the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team for refusing to travel to England on non-Native passports. More>>
A Schenectady man faces federal charges in a sex case that prompted an Amber Alert last week in north-central Nebraska. More>>
A House investigative committee has charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel, the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, with multiple ethics violations. More>>
A 29-year-old Schenectady man faces felony charges in north-central Nebraska in a case that led authorities to issue an Amber Alert last week for a 15-year-old girl. More>>
Time ran out on Friday for a team of Iroquois lacrosse players who have been blocked from traveling to a tournament in England because of a passport dispute. More>>
BP says oil from its broken well has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April. More>>
AINSWORTH, Neb. (AP) - An Amber Alert has been issued out of north-central Nebraska, where authorities say a 15-year-old girl was abducted. The Brown County Sheriff's Office issued the alert Wednesday More>>
A federal official says another arrest has been made in the killing of a Georgia State University student outside his loft apartment in Atlanta. More>>
BP robots attached a new, tighter-fitting cap on top of the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak Monday, raising hopes that the crude could be kept from polluting the water for the first time in nearly three months. More>>
George Steinbrenner, who rebuilt the New York Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America, died Tuesday. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4. More>>
The Federal Trade Commission is being urged to investigate the marketing of flavored alcoholic drinks with caffeine, such as Joose and Four Loko, that appear to be explicitly designed to attract underage drinkers. More>>
Relatives of victims of a 2009 plane crash in upstate New York are asking U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia to speed passage of a Federal Aviation Administration funding bill. More>>
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The biological parents of a missing Oregon boy say the 7-year-old's stepmother hasn't responded to their public pleas to fully cooperate with investigators. Kyron Horman's father, More>>
Sales of ethnic vegetables are expected to grow as other customers become familiar with them. To take advantage of that market, agriculture experts at UMass and elsewhere are teaching farmers to grow non-native vegetables like maxixe. More>>
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The man charged in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart will seek an insanity defense. Brian David Mitchell's lawyer filed the notice in federal court in Salt Lake City on Thursday. Defense More>>
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Firefighters are back to battling two wildfires that have forced evacuations of homes in communities near Las Vegas, including one that burned 15 buildings in the desert ranching hamlet More>>
NEW YORK (AP) - A piano that is part of a popular public art installation in New York City has been vandalized. Organizers say the keys and inner gears were removed from the piano in Athens Square Park More>>
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Scientists have returned to the Gulf of Mexico to study the oil spill's effects on whales and other endangered animals. Tags, tissue samples, and sound are among the methods that More>>
NEW YORK (AP) - Apple says it is "stunned" to find that its latest iPhone model uses a "completely wrong" formula to show how many bars of signal strength it's getting. Apple says that's the reason users More>>
After much speculation it has been confirmed where former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton will tie the knot, and it's in the Hudson Valley. More>>
The next time you order a sandwich from Subway you may notice some changes - in your cheese. More>>
CNN says it's hiring former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and conservative columnist Kathleen Parker to co-host a round-table talk show for its struggling prime-time lineup. More>>
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A fire near Flagstaff, Arizona, is 20 percent contained. Fire information officer Larry Tunforss (TOON'-force) told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the fire has burned 14,000 More>>
NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for thousands of Sept. 11 responders are back in a New York City court for a hearing on a deal that would pay from a few thousand dollars to $1.8 million to people exposed to toxic More>>
DENVER (AP) - An American on a solo mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden is on his way back to the United States. Gary Faulkner has been detained since June 13 after authorities found him in the woods More>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP's new point man for the oil spill won't say if the giant company will resume deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico after a judge lifted a White House moratorium. Bob Dudley, managing More>>
State laws nationwide prohibit sex offenders from working as school teachers and coaches. But most laws don't cover karate instructors, youth coaches, carnival workers, clowns, magicians, or dance instructors in the private sector when public funds aren't involved. More>>
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Investigators trying to find missing Oregon boy Kyron Horman are distributing a flier asking if anyone saw his stepmother near Skyline School on the day he vanished. The Multnomah County More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has passed a bill to temporarily spare doctors from a scheduled 21 percent cut in Medicare payments. The measure would delay cuts for six months while lawmakers work on a More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Judiciary Committee says data it has collected shows that BP has paid less than 12 percent of claims submitted by people and businesses arising from the Gulf oil spill. The More>>
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City medical examiner says the son of former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel died from a lethal dose of drugs and alcohol. Andrew Koppel's death was ruled an accident. The medical More>>
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Searchers have found the body of a railroad worker missing since floodwaters washed out a bridge near Norfolk, Neb., on Tuesday.Nebraska Central Railroad attorney Bob Bach says the More>>
WADENA, Minn. (AP) - Police and National Guard soldiers are blocking entry to tornado-damaged neighborhoods in Wadena as the northwestern Minnesota town prepares to start cleaning up after the devastating More>>
It is day 59 of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and on Thursday, BP CEO Tony Hayward made his first stop on Capitol Hill. More>>
Authorities say a man killed his wife, two young children and mother-in-law in their suburban Boston home after an argument and "ongoing marital discord." More>>
WINCHESTER, Mass. (AP) - A man whose wife, two children and mother-in-law were found slain in the family's Winchester home is now being described as a suspect in the killings. Authorities on Thursday More>>
A biology professor charged with killing three of her colleagues at an Alabama university has been indicted in the 1986 shooting death of her brother in Massachusetts. More>>
Police are seeking a person for questioning after four people were found dead at suburban home north of Boston. More>>
A researcher in Massachusetts says he has identified the remains of at least seven U.S. service members declared missing in action 66 years ago in the World War II Battle of Saipan. More>>
A series of powerful earthquakes hit Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, damaging hundreds of homes and triggering a brief tsunami warning that sent residents fleeing to high ground. More>>
A free concert by pop band Hanson and up-and-coming Canadian rapper Drake was canceled Tuesday after twice as many people as anticipated showed up and many became unruly, police said. More>>
A pink pill designed to boost sex drive in women - the latest attempt by the drug industry to find a female equivalent to Viagra - fell short in two studies, federal health regulators said Wednesday. More>>
The Procter&Gamble Co. will launch its first major overhaul of liquid Tide laundry soap in nearly a decade next month. More>>
You won't need special glasses to play games in 3-D on Nintendo's newest handheld device, but don't expect the technology to hit big-screen TVs anytime soon. More>>
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A spokeswoman for a Long Island hospital where a fatal shooting took place early today says it appears to have been the result of a domestic dispute. Stacie Williams, a nurse's More>>
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Police say two people were shot dead during a shooting spree on New York's Long Island, including a nurse outside a hospital, and a corrections officer whose two relatives were also More>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Oil giant BP PLC has started burning oil siphoned from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico as part of its plans to more than triple the amount of crude it can stop from reaching the More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top BP oil company officials, including chief executive Tony Hayward, have arrived at the White House for a meeting Wednesday with President Barack Obama. Obama told the nation Tuesday More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of BP America is telling Congress that despite the catastrophic oil spill, the U.S. cannot do without oil from the Gulf of Mexico. BP America chairman and president Lamar McKay More>>
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama wraps up his latest Gulf Coast trip today, then addresses the nation on the Gulf Coast spill. On stops in Mississippi and Alabama, the president tried to More>>
SAN DIEGO (AP) - There are frayed nerves in Southern California following a moderate earthquake that rattled San Diego and gently rolled Los Angeles. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was centered More>>
THEODORE, Ala. (AP) - President Barack Obama is promising Gulf Coast residents that the region will be left in better shape than it was before the massive BP oil spill that fouled the waters and threatened More>>
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The search for a 7-year-old Portland boy who has been missing for more than a week has been scaled down, but authorities insist they will not let the case turn cold. Multnomah County More>>
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Southern California film production company says it is creating a reality TV show based on the family of Abby Sunderland, the 16-year-old sailor rescued from the Indian Ocean last More>>
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Heavy rains are causing flash flooding across Oklahoma City, stranding motorists and prompting the closure of portions of several interstates and city streets.Oklahoma City Police More>>
LANGLEY, Ark. (AP) - State police say searchers have found the body of the last person known to have gone missing when a flash flood swept through a popular camp ground.Spokesman Bill Sadler says searchers More>>
Shares of BP are dropping as the company's board decides whether to suspend its hefty dividend because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Shares of the oil company fell $2.38, or 7 percent, to $31.58 More>>
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York attorney general's office says a social networking site is ignoring its own procedures and allowing sexually explicit photographs of children to remain online despite complaints. Attorney More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Louisiana man whose son was among the 11 workers killed in the Gulf oil disaster says President Barack Obama told the families that he will not forget about them. Obama met with the More>>
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) - As crude oil spreads damage across Gulf coast states, communities up and down the East Coast are preparing for the "what if?" In New York on Thursday, Hamptons officials discussed More>>
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 16-year-old Southern California girl attempting a solo sail around the world is feared in trouble in the southern Indian Ocean after her emergency beacons began signaling. Family More>>
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man trapped for at least three days with his arm stuck in his furnace cut his own arm nearly off because of a spreading infection. Dr. Scott Ellner of St. Francis More>>
Pre-paid cell phones are often linked to crime and suspected terror activity. Now, Senator Charles Schumer wants to toughen the rules on who's allowed to use the pre-paid devices. More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - The governors of 10 East Coast states have joined federal authorities to form a consortium that will promote the development of offshore wind energy. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar More>>
ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities have determined that a suspicious package that cleared an Atlanta federal building is not a threat. Atlanta Police Officer Otis Redmond said the suspicious package contained More>>
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Gary Coleman's will names a friend and former manager as executor of the late child star's estate and specifies that he wanted to be cremated. The will was filed Tuesday in 4th District More>>
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Police say a Colorado woman accused of killing her 6-month-old son did it because the boy showed signs of autism and she thought his condition would "ruin" her life. Thirty-four-year-old More>>
A gunman who shot and killed his wife and three other women at a South Florida restaurant before committing suicide was the half-brother of former baseball star Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez. More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't hear arguments that Hillary Rodham Clinton is ineligible to be secretary of state. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by Judicial Watch, a conservative More>>
A 19-year-old man with dual U.S.-Turkish citizenship was among the nine people killed in the Israeli raid on an aid flotilla in the eastern Mediterranean, the State Department said Thursday. That potentially complicates the Obama administration's attempts to remain neutral in the crisis. More>>
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says oil from the massive Gulf spill is now within four miles of the Panhandle coast. Crist said the sheen was spotted during a fly over Thursday. More>>
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Dangerous gases have turned back investigators venturing for the first time into a West Virginia mine where an April explosion killed 29. Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration More>>
DETROIT (AP) - People briefed on the matter say Ford Motor Co. will announce Wednesday that it will phase out its Mercury brand. Ford has scheduled a conference call with dealers and a press conference More>>
NEW YORK (AP) - Former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel is mourning the loss of his son, who was found dead in a New York City apartment. Koppel and his wife issued a brief statement Tuesday. It says 40-year-old More>>
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says oil is hitting the state for the first time. Barbour said Tuesday that a two-mile long, three-feet wide strand of caramel-colored oil has been More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - If you want to stay silent, you'll have to speak up. The Supreme Court ruled today that in order to invoke their Miranda right to remain silent during criminal interrogations, suspects More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says it welcomes the demise of al-Qaida's third-ranking official, saying his death is a severe blow to the terrorist network. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs says Mustafa More>>
The economy may be improving, but personal debt is still stressing out many Americans. More>>
There are more than 50 forest fires burning in northern Quebec, including eight that remain out of control, totaling over 100 thousand acres. More>>
Gasoline prices have tumbled almost every day this month, dropping Friday to a national average of $2.749 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. More>>
ROBERT, La. (AP) - BP is pausing its unprecedented attempt to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, saying it wants to monitor the effects of the top kill attempt. BP said Thursday that nothing was going More>>
HOUSTON (AP) - Somali officials are concerned that a member of a terrorist group from their country may be trying to get to Texas through Mexico. But Omar Jamal, first secretary of the Somali mission More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is encouraging Americans to visit the Gulf Coast despite the huge offshore oil spill. At a White House news conference Thursday, Obama said while three beaches More>>
HONOLULU (AP) - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu has issued a tsunami warning for Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. The warning was issued Thursday morning, Hawaii time, following More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has defended his pursuit of the war in Afghanistan, calling it "a big messy process" but one that is indispensable to curbing the threat of terrorism. Obama told More>>
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Michael Jackson's former doctor lost a bid in a California court to resolve a child support issue that threatens his Nevada medical license. A Santa Clara County Superior Court commissioner More>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An environmental group is asking a federal appellate court to halt 49 offshore drilling plans in the Gulf of Mexico that were approved without full environmental review. The Center More>>
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Jamaican police say at least 73 people have died as security force hunt for a reputed drug lord wanted by the United States. Deputy Police Chief Glenmore Hinds says all the deaths More>>
ICELAND--Scientists in Iceland say the volcanic eruption that caused a massive disruption in global air travel, is winding down. But there are still signs of activity coming from the volcano, including More>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen has approved portions of Louisiana's $350 million plan to try to protect its coastline from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill with a wall of sand. Allen announced More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the federal government needs to look at getting the technology that would allow it to work at the bottom of the sea to plug oil leaks like the Gulf of Mexico More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says a moratorium on new deepwater oil wells will be extended for six months while further investigations of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico can be conducted. The More>>
MIAMI (AP) - Federal government scientists are predicting there will be 14 to 23 tropical storms in the Atlantic basin during the coming season, including eight to 14 hurricanes. The National Oceanic More>>
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Federal prosecutors say they're working with police in several countries to investigate suspects in a childography "social networking site." porn U.S. authorities announced Wednesday More>>
WASHINGTON D.C-- President Obama's decision to send 12 hundred nation guard troops to the United States- Mexico border, is getting mixed reactions. Some are calling the plan a scaled- down version of former More>>
BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Attorney General has asked a judge to strike down a federal ban on gay marriage because it interferes with state's rights to define marriage. Martha Coakley's office challenged More>>
LOS ANGELES (AP) - There's some good news about fat in our foods. A new report says most companies and restaurants that cut trans fat did not replace the artery-clogger with another bad fat. There were More>>
Art Linkletter, who hosted the popular TV shows "People Are Funny" and "House Party" in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97. More>>
LOS ANGELES, CA--10 people suffered injuries, including broken bones, after a rough flight. United Airlines flight 9-35 was flying from London to Los Angeles when it hit some turbulence. After the incident, More>>
Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown says he can't at the moment support a repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military. More>>
Break out the parkas! The 2014 Super Bowl will be held in New Jersey and it won't be indoors. More>>
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Break out the parkas! The 2014 Super Bowl will be held in New Jersey and it won't be indoors. NFL owners have voted to put the championship game in the new $1.6 billion Meadowlands More>>
NEW YORK (AP) - Next fall, when millions of kids tune into Cartoon Network to watch their animated favorites, they'll encounter an ambitious new campaign against bullying. The campaign will target middle-schoolers, More>>
NEW YORK (AP) - A poll says New Yorkers are going about life as usual despite the failed car bomb in Times Square. While they're worried about terrorism, they think the NYPD is doing a good job handling More>>
DALLAS (AP) - George W. Bush says his upcoming book "Decision Points," due for release in November, begins with an anecdote about his wife convincing him to give up drinking. The former president says More>>
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Police say they hope to have autopsy results "fairly quickly" on Paul Gray, the bassist for Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot. The 38-year-old Gray was found dead Monday in a More>>
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Florida tourism officials are taking to the airwaves to try and combat worries over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association is running radio More>>
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Obama administration says the United States will take part in two major military exercises off the Korean peninsula. It's a show of force aimed at North Korea, which has been blamed More>>
NEW YORK (AP) - It's been opposed by some 9/11 victims' families and Tea Party activists. Now officials say a plan for a mosque near ground zero will also need the approval of the city's Landmarks Preservation More>>
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A convicted child rapist who eluded Massachusetts law enforcement authorities for 20 years has been ordered held without bail. Worcester Superior Court Judge Lu ordered Monday More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is getting ready to quadruple - to 32 cents a barrel - a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups. The increase would raise nearly $11 billion over the next decade. The tax More>>
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police say the husband of deceased actress Brittany Murphy has been found dead. The body of screenwriter Simon Monjack was found late Sunday night at his home in the Hollywood Hills, More>>
SOUTH DAKOTA-- South Dakota was hit with several tornadoes Saturaday and Sunday. Officers were tracking the tornado, which they say was between a quarter to a half-mile wide. A farm and other homes More>>
The premiere of "Lost" ended memorably with Charlie's plaintive question to his fellow island castaways: "Guys, where ARE we?" Six seasons and some 120 episodes later, many viewers might be wondering the same thing as the much-awaited "Lost" finale brought the series to a close Sunday night. More>>
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - The Jamaican government has declared a state of emergency as sporadic violence continues in gritty West Kingston, considered the stronghold of a reputed drug lord. The state of More>>
BOSTON (AP) - A new date is expected to be set this week for the trial of a former Boston University medical student charged with killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist. Philip Markoff has pleaded not More>>
BOSTON MASS. -- Law enforcement officials say a JetBlue pilot who threatened to "harm himself in spectacular fashion" surrendered a gun to authorities who confronted him just before a flight from Boston's More>>
LOS ANGELES, CA-- Bret Michaels is back in the hospital. The rocker and reality TV star's website reports that Michaels suffered what doctors call a "warning stroke" and has been diagnosed with a patent More>>
An Emmy rules exemption will give the talent behind Sunday's extended-length "Lost" finale the chance to compete for awards. More>>
LOS ANGELES, CA-- A Los Angeles judge has issued an arrest warrant today for actress Lindsay Lohan after she failed to appear at a hearing today. Judge Marsha Revel ruled there was probable cause to believe More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says financial industry lobbyists have failed in their attempt to block a major Wall Street reform bill from coming to a vote. Speaking in the Rose Garden, Obama More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new government report says at least 16 known terrorists have passed through U.S. airports where federal officials were trained to spot suspicious behavior. The Government Accountability More>>
The national bakery and restaurant chain's charitable foundation has opened the nonprofit store in suburban St. Louis. It doesn't have prices for its menu items, just suggested donations. More>>
Schumer said he thinks a lack of oversight before the leak happened is making the situation worse now. More>>
The Daniel Pearl Freedom of Press Act expands efforts to identify countries where press freedom is being violated. More>>
The government is announcing the recall of 1.8 million toy dart gun sets after two boys choked to death on the darts. More>>
President Barack Obama asked Congress on Thursday to act quickly on a new round of jobs legislation, arguing that "fancy formulas and mathematical equations" from economists mask the continuing pain in American households. More>>
Three Pakistani men who authorities say supplied funds to Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad were arrested Thursday in a series of raids across the Northeast as the FBI followed the money trail in the failed attack. More>>
Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the men taken into custody in connection with the Times Square bombing attempt apparently provided money to would-be bomber Faisal Shahzad. More>>
President Barack Obama could look up the numbers to learn the story of western New York's economy: the poverty rate, unemployment, median household income. More>>
Conservative leader David Cameron became Britain's youngest prime minister in almost 200 years Tuesday after Gordon Brown stepped down and ended 13 years of Labour government. More>>
Introducing his Supreme Court nominee to the nation, President Barack Obama on Monday portrayed Elena Kagan as a guiding force for a fractured court and a champion of typical Americans. She would be the youngest justice on... More>>
President Barack Obama is commending lawenforcement for responding quickly to a car bomb in Times Square and says the U.S. will do what it takes "at home and abroad" to protect the American people. More>>
A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen was charged Tuesday with terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in the botched Times Square bombing. The government said he confessed to receiving explosives training in... More>>
The FBI says it has searched the Connecticut home of a man accused of a driving a car bomb into New York's Times Square over the weekend. More>>
The registered owner of an SUV that was parked in Times Square and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb told investigators he sold the vehicle to a stranger for cash three weeks ago, a law enforcement official said... More>>
The head of homeland security said Monday that investigators haven't ruled out any suspects, including foreign terrorist organizations, in the case of the unexploded car bomb that was parked in New York City's Times Square on Saturday night. More>>
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there's a "high probability" that law enforcement will capturewhoever was behind a car bomb left in Times Square. More>>
Police are calling the botched car bombing in Times Square "the real deal". It could have killed dozens on a busy Saturday night, with crowds packed in the streets before the curtains went up on Broadway. More>>
New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly refutes the Pakistani Taliban claim of responsibility for the failed car bomb attempt in Times Square More>>
In a special report you'll only see on NEWS10, a mother's nationwide search to find her daughter's killer brings her to Albany. The mission is also one of advocacy, to keep other young More>>
An investigation into a mid-air collision over the Hudson River last year finds that an air traffic controller listening to three conversations at once - including a personal phone call More>>
General Motors Co.'s western New York plant will be the biggest beneficiary of an $890 million investment in five plants announced by the automaker today to improve its V-8 engines. More>>
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is urging U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to include six additional strands of E. coli as bacteria to be regulated and tested for. More>>
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is introducing legislation that would set national standards for states to implement graduated drivers license programs for teens. More>>
Senator Charles Schumer announced a new campaign Monday to make sure air travelers are not charged for their carry-on bags. He is also asking the federal government to create new regulations for how social networking websites use and share the personal information of its users. More>>
Former Siena Saint turned Miami Heat Kenny Hasbrouck will not be with the team for Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round series against Boston this weekend. More>>
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a report on the nation's most incompetent and unethical governors. More>>
Federal authorities have raided a government-funded clinic run by the New York Senate majority leader, and a law enforcement official says the government is looking for evidence to support possible fraud and money laundering charges. More>>
Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. talks about the Attorney General's investigation and launches his own allegations against the AG, too. More>>
It's the perfect prom night except for one thing: Another girl showed up wearing the same dress. Enter Facebook. More>>
The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission promised swift action to get dangerous products off the market, after acknowledging Tuesday that it didn't move quickly enough on a record recall of more than 2 million... More>>
Keep tax cuts for most but not for nation's wealthiest, Obama says, standing up to Republicans More>>
BP report blames itself, other companies' workers, series of failures for Gulf oil spill More>>
Old Farmer's Almanac: Expect colder winter in the East; South to see wet summer More>>
Fires sweep through at least 2 dozen homes in Detroit, fanned by winds gusting up to 50 mph More>>
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WTC steel installed at 9/11 memorial, which will open next year amid construction More>>
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