'Jihad Jane' pleads not guilty

'Jihad Jane' pleads not guilty

Colleen LaRose, the so-called "Jihad Jane" from Pennsburg accused of conspiring with foreign terrorists to kill a Swedish cartoonist who...

Officials warn Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, that her advocacy group is violating law

Virginia consumer-protection officials have issued a warning letter to the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, saying...

South Carolina governor to settle ethics complaint with $74,000 fine

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford agreed Thursday to pay a $74,000 fine to settle an allegation that he breached the state ethics code 37...

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U.S. to buy Illinois prison even if it won't hold terror suspects, official says

U.S. to buy Illinois prison even if it won't hold terror suspects, official says

The Obama administration plans to purchase a state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., regardless of whether Congress allows terrorism suspects...

FDA cracks down on tobacco marketing to youths

Taking aim at the tobacco industry's youth marketing machinery, the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday outlawed free samples of...

Numbers behind healthcare bill cheer Democrats, clear way for vote

Numbers behind healthcare bill cheer Democrats, clear way for vote

Healthcare overhaul will cut the federal deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years, top Democrats said on Thursday as they unveiled a...

U.S. citizen pleads guilty to aiding terror attack in India

U.S. citizen pleads guilty to aiding terror attack in India

A U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he scouted targets in advance of the coordinated terrorist...

Cruise liner hit again with illness returns to US

Cruise liner hit again with illness returns to US

A cruise liner hit by an outbreak of stomach illness for the third trip in a row has returned to port in South Carolina.

Inflation is held in check, but few jobs are created

Inflation is held in check, but few jobs are created

The picture of an economy growing modestly without producing inflation yet struggling to create jobs emerged from government reports...

Emanuel and Axelrod star in White House talks

Emanuel and Axelrod star in White House talks

President Obama was certain that he wanted to pass a healthcare bill. The question before his advisors was how to go about it.

TB rate down in U.S., but drug-resistant cases rise elsewhere

Even with tuberculosis cases falling sharply in the United States to historic lows, strains of drug-resistant disease are gaining ground...

Pontiac, Mich., residents focus anger at outsider behind Silverdome sale

Pontiac, Mich., residents focus anger at outsider behind Silverdome sale

Months have passed since the city of Pontiac prompted a loud national guffaw with the sale of its crown jewel, the colossal Silverdome...

Health bill picking up key votes

Health bill picking up key votes

President Obama and Democratic leaders gathered momentum for their sweeping healthcare overhaul Wednesday, picking up support from...

Running from the recession

Running from the recession

Your foot strikes the ground about 1,500 times when running a mile. It strikes the ground about 39,300 times when running 26.2 of them....

Pennsylvania prosecutor can't bring 'sexting' charges, court rules

A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that a northeastern Pennsylvania prosecutor may not pursue felony charges against a teenage girl who...

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7-Eleven clerk in Kansas City, Mo., slain while working final shift before moving to new job

Virginia man executed by electrocution for killing teen girl, bragging about it to prosecutors