Eight Fort Hood wounded will still deploy

The Army units decimated in Fort Hood, Texas, shooting are rebuilding quickly: Eight of the wounded have returned to duty, and ...

Teen pleads guilty in Border Patrol agent's murder

A 17-year-old Mexican immigrant has pleaded guilty in San Diego to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in ...

S.C. lawmakers to formally mull impeaching governor

South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next ...

Ex-smoker to speak out about $300M verdict

A former smoker in Fort Lauderdale is speaking out about her $300 million verdict against Philip Morris.

New guidelines: Women can get Pap smears every two years

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that is enough ...

Housing bust halts growing suburbs

The recession and housing collapse have halted four decades of double-digit growth for nearly half of the nation's biggest rapidly ...

Fewer schools shutting down because of swine flu

As the USA enters traditional flu season, there's a tiny bit of good news for public health advocates: Over the past month or ...

Specialized veterinary care: At what point? And at what price?

Over the past 10 years veterinary medicine has witnessed an explosion in the number of veterinarians heading into three- and ...

'Elves' hope to preserve Santa letter service

The group is looking to counter a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to discontinue a program begun in 1954 in the small town ...

Army limits media access at Palin event

The U.S. Army now says it will allow media limited access to Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg.

Release ordered for wrongfully convicted NYC man

A New York City man imprisoned for nearly 20 years for a now-overturned murder conviction is set to be freed within days after ...

Customs agents seize 316,000 bongs in L.A.

Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles ...

JFK relics scattered across U.S. still hold mystique

Places and objects linked to John F. Kennedy's death still stir strong sentiments 46 years later. "It's not just the assassination," ...

UC regents approve 32% student fee increase

As hundreds of students demonstrated outside, University of California leaders on Thursday voted to approve a 32% hike in undergraduate ...

Obese man dies after 8 months in recliner

Authorities say an obese South Carolina man stayed in his recliner without moving for eight months until shortly before his death.

Unemployment rates rise in most states in October

Unemployment rates rose in 29 states and the District of Columbia in October from September, the Department of Labor said Friday.

P&G recalls Vicks nasal spray after bacteria found

The Procter & Gamble Co. is recalling some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after the company found bacteria in some ...

Ill. cemetery where graves dug up reopens

A historic black cemetery, shut down after four former workers were accused of digging up graves in a scheme to resell burial ...

Tobacco state's biggest university bans smoking

The largest university in the tobacco-growing state of Kentucky and home to a tobacco research center is banning all smoking ...

Company: Bus driver in fatal Minn. crash had aneurysm

A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm before a crash on a southern Minnesota interstate that killed two people and injured ...

Negligence ruling in Katrina floods may cost feds

The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' ...

Lawmakers begin hearings into Fort Hood shootings

Congress opened its inquiry into the Fort Hood shootings Thursday as lawmakers quickly branded the murder of 13 people Nov. 5 ...

Hundreds protest possible Univ. of Calif. fee hike

Hundreds of protesters chanted, marched and took over a building Thursday on the UCLA campus, where University of California ...

HHS to warn consumers of flu drug price gouging

The Department of Health and Human Services will issue consumer warnings about price variations for a scarce liquid form of the ...

Giuliani against trying Mohammed in civilian court

Former mayor Rudy Giuliani said Thursday that trying self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal civilian ...

N.Y. court: Married gay couples entitled to benefits

New York's top court on Thursday rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government benefits provided to same-sex ...

Indicators point to firmer economy; AOL layoffs ahead

A gauge of the economy's future prospects rose for a seventh month in October to a two-year high, a private research group said ...

North Pole Santa project axed after sex offender scare

Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won't get a response from ...

Bills seek ban of pilots' use of electronic devices in cockpit

When two airline pilots flew past their destination last month because they were intently focused on their laptops, several lawmakers ...

AAA predicts more drivers, fewer fliers for Thanksgiving

More travelers on the road, fewer flights and rainy weather could make a mess of Thanksgiving travel next week, experts said ...