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There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.
There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.
A tropical depression has formed off the coast of Belize and forecasters say it is expected to bring as much as five inches of rain to parts of Belize, Guatemala and northern Honduras.
Forecasters say a tropical depression is dumping heavy rains on Central America and could be near tropical storm-strength when it reaches the eastern coast of Mexico.
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles.
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top American army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said.
Oklahoma has executed a 36-year-old man convicted of first-degree murder in the October 2000 stabbing deaths of a couple.
Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago.
The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter...
The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter and the...
The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.
The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.
A mentally disabled woman and her young child were enslaved for more than a year, denied food and threatened with a pet python and pit bills, and the woman was beaten and forced to get pain medication for her...
A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" - then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along...
Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan votes for a five year, half-trillion dollar farm bill on the House floor this week.
Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan support for a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill on the House floor this week.
A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves...
A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from...
The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters.
The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters.
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At the G-8, leaders seek a Syria consensus despite a US-Russia divide
At the G-8, leaders seek a Syria consensus despite a US-Russia divide
As more patients get lab-grown body parts, scientists face challenge of making complex organs
As more patients get lab-grown body parts, scientists face challenge of making complex organs
With flames in check, some evacuation orders lifted in devastating Colo. wildfire
With flames in check, some evacuation orders lifted in devastating Colo. wildfire
2 found dead in area burned by out-of-control Colo. wildfire that destroyed 379 homes
2 found dead in area burned by out-of-control Colo. wildfire that destroyed 379 homes
Out-of-control Colorado wildfire destroys at least 360 homes, surpasses last year's record
Out-of-control Colorado wildfire destroys at least 360 homes, surpasses last year's record
Defense hints at plea to avoid trial for Cleveland man charged with kidnapping, raping 3 women
Defense hints at plea to avoid trial for Cleveland man charged with kidnapping, raping 3 women
No plans to end broad US surveillance despite sharp backlash from foreign allies, Congress
No plans to end broad US surveillance despite sharp backlash from foreign allies, Congress
Gunman kills 6 in Santa Monica before he reaches college library and is shot dead by police
Gunman kills 6 in Santa Monica before he reaches college library and is shot dead by police
Boston hospital that 2,500-year-old mummy calls home gives its patient a good cleaning
Boston hospital that 2,500-year-old mummy calls home gives its patient a good cleaning
Government sweep of millions of citizens' phone records ignites fresh debate over surveillance
Government sweep of millions of citizens' phone records ignites fresh debate over surveillance