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Gaza militants fired at least 10 mortar shells at Israel on Thursday, a day after Israel announced it successfully tested a high-tech shield against future mortar and rocket attacks from the Hamas-ruled territory. Complete Story...
A video camera in the jungles of Indonesia has captured the first known footage of Sumatran tiger cubs in the wild, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species, an environmental group said Thursday.
The Arizona Education Association is starting over in challenging budget legislation affecting public school employees.
Los Angeles police say the grandson of President Ronald Reagan has been arrested.
Government contractor CACI International Inc. said Thursday the Army awarded it a $100 million task order for work on battle command systems.
Ohio has executed a man who shot and killed a Toledo shopkeeper during a 1993 robbery, successfully using its new single-drug lethal injection method for the second time.
Arizona is on track to complete a big financing deal needed so the cash-short state government can pay its bills during February, officials said.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has picked the final option on a contract with the consortium that runs its commuter rail service after the operator agreed to improve service.
Federal health scientists say Forest Laboratories' hypertension drug Bystolic should not be approved for a new use in patients at risk for heart failure.
Police are investigating the death of a man who became a millionaire after winning Britain's National Lottery when he was 17.
Gov. Bill Ritter says he's dropping out of this year's election to focus on his family. But he also insists it will allow him to better lead Colorado as it struggles with the recession.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and sportsmen from across the state say they are encouraged that the federal government will be making changes to how oil and natural gas leases are awarded on public lands.
A lawsuit filed by two Chicagoans claims Illinois' method for funding mass transit discriminates against blacks and Hispanics, while providing "mass transit luxury" for white riders.
Idaho farmers sold $5.4 billion worth of products in 2009, down 17 percent from the year before. That's the largest single-year decline in more than 40 years.
Five-time Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjorndalen led Norway to an overwhelming victory in a biathlon World Cup relay race Thursday.
Natural gas stockpile levels fell last week as expected, the government said Thursday.
Book retailer Barnes & Noble Inc. on Thursday lowered its fiscal third-quarter guidance after holiday sales proved weaker than expected.
Police in Connecticut say a 28-year-old mother is charged with leaving her two young children in her car in freezing temperatures while she went tanning in a salon.
Nebraska agriculture officials don't believe the case of bovine tuberculosis found in South Dakota this week is linked to the case found in northeast Nebraska last year.
The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has reached a settlement in a series of federal lawsuits accusing the company of excessive force against Iraqis.
Officials say a magnifying glass set on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home.
Former Olympic ski jumper Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards carried the torch down the streets of Winnipeg.
Ryanair backed down Thursday from a threat to ground its domestic flights in Italy after aviation officials agreed to limit the types of ID documents passengers can show at airport gates.
J.C. Penney Co. Inc. narrowed its fourth-quarter and full-year guidance Thursday after reporting slightly better-than-expected December sales.
A government official says President Barack Obama will order U.S. agencies to move faster and more accurately in adding suspects to the watch lists designed to stop terrorists before they strike.
Jail-bound 'balloon boy' dad: It wasn't a hoaxThe Colorado father who pleaded guilty to a felony in the runaway balloon saga insisted in an interview set to air Friday that the event wasn't a hoax.
Key Republican Strategist Can't Name One Way That Republicans Helped the Country in the Last 20 YearsTodd Harris can't name one thing the Republicans did in the last 10 – 20 years to help the country. His excuse is basically "that's not my job to know that."
Sarah Palin will headline first-ever Tea Party ConventionAlmost 1-1/2 years since she shook up American politics with her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is set to headline another landmark political event: the first-ever Tea Party Convention next month in Nashvill …
'Negro' Race Choice On Census Form Sparks Outrage A fiery blast from the past is conjuring controversy in the new millennium. The word "negro" is now featured on an official U.S. document and now many are questioning if the Census Bureau is being insensitive.
Several reportedly shot at St. Louis businessA gunman stormed a power company in north St. Louis and shot several people, at least one fatally, according to local media on Thursday.
White House: We will NOT discuss broken C-Span/Healthcare promiseOn Tuesday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs declined to answer questions about the president's campaign commitment to hold health-care negotiations on C-Span.
Bill O'Reilly Labels NPR JihadistFNC's Bill O'Reilly has been behaving relatively sanely, but that changed tonight on his program The O'Reilly Factor when he expressed his outrage at an animated political cartoon by Mark Fiore about learning to speak teabag which was posted on their website November 12, by label …
After crash, activists up 'whale war'A conservation group searched Antarctic waters by helicopter for a key Japanese whaling ship, renewing its relentless pursuit one day after one of its boats was wrecked in a clash.
Words Conservatives Can't SayThe right is screaming that President Obama either refuses, or is unable to use the word "terrorist." This, of course is false, but you already knew that.
Woman sues gym over pole-dancing injuryA woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Manhattan gym left her hanging when she tried a new workout: pole-dancing.
America Rising: Is This Viral Video Sensation Really Grassroots Or The GOP In Disguise?A viral video titled, "America Rising: An Open Letter to Democrat Politicians" has been burning up the charts on YouTube, making the rounds on the super-conservative blogs and getting Right Wing Tea Party people all excited.
Fruits freeze, iguanas drop from trees in FloridaAcross the so-called Sunshine State, oranges and strawberries are freezing, icicles are hanging off palm fronds, and iguanas paralyzed by the cold are falling out of trees.
Afghan attack puts a rare face on C.I.A.'s workSince a bombing killed seven Americans at a CIA base in Afghanistan, details of the lives of the victims have trickled out, providing a peek into the closed society of the spy agency.
Sestak puts blame on Democratic leaders for slipping support Rep. Joe Sestak blames Democratic leaders for the plunge in public support for overhauling the health care system, saying Wednesday they failed to defend proposals that helped carry the party to victories in 2008.
LAX - TSA Workers Caught Using DrugsOn a day the mayor was touting security ... "Here at LAX we're ahead of the curve on security measures." And the local head of TSA acknowledged the burden of keeping travelers safe ... "The TSA has a huge mission to protect America's transportation network."
Fox News Contributor Goes Off on Anti-Gay RantRadio host, Townhall.com columnist, and Fox News Channel contributor Sandy Rios wants to know if Rep. Mark Kirk is gay, or if Kirk's roommate is gay. Probably whether Kirk has ever even met a gay man, too, though she doesn't quite spell that out in her strange diatribe.
Nigerian Indicted in Terrorist Plot - NYTimes.com Republicans want him held as enemy combatant. Is that so he can be tortured?But the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Christopher S. Bond of Missouri, said on Wednesday that the indictment was a mistake.
Geithner's New York Fed Told AIG to Limit Swaps Disclosure Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then led by Timothy Geithner, told American International Group Inc.
Experts: Despite cold snap, earth still warmingExperts say the recent cold snap doesn't disprove global warming - it's just a blip in the long-term heating trend.
Man's penis removed from pipe A man who went to casualty with his penis stuck in a steel pipe had to be cut free by firefighters using a metal grinder
Massive Solar Updraft Towers for ArizonaHere's another alternative power source, one that I'd never heard of...
Do you spend ages trying to convince someone of your opinion? Trying to make them see what you can clearly see from your perspective? Trying to change them from one position to another without accepting their difference? That is a near impossible task, unless the person shares ev …
Security for Terrorism Trials Estimated at $200 Million a YearProviding security for the trials of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and other terrorism suspects connected with the Sept.
Study: As U.S. Grows More Diverse, Law Student Population WhitensThe author of the study, Columbia Law prof Conrad Johnson, told the NYT that what makes the declines particularly troubling is that in that same period, both groups improved their college grade-point averages and their LSAT scores.
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