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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 ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:42:40 GMT
Lawyer: Ex-Air Force nurse sped patients' deaths

A prosecutor has told a court martial that a former Air Force nurse killed three terminally ill patients with excessive medication ...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:45:07 GMT
McCain: 'Enjoyed' reading Sarah Palin book

U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday that he enjoyed reading running mate Sarah Palin's new memoir and downplayed any tension ...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:39:06 GMT
Postal Service to resume North Pole Santa letters

Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from Santa's "elves" at the North Pole after all.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:51:21 GMT
Driver hits crowd, kills 1 outside Ala. school

Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:45:33 GMT
35 students rescued from burning bus on NYC bridge

A bus carrying 35 elementary school children on an outing has caught fire on a New York City bridge, but the children and their ...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:55:29 GMT
Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event

The U.S. Army has reversed its position and now says it will open former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's ...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:20:17 GMT
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 ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:42:53 GMT
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 ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22:53 GMT
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.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:31 GMT
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 ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:05:54 GMT
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 ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:04:48 GMT
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 ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:11:17 GMT
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 ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:08:07 GMT
'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 ...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:39:26 GMT
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