WASHINGTON (AP) — An income tax surcharge on highly paid Americans emerged as the leading option Wednesday night as House Democrats sought ways to pay for health care legislation that President Barack...
URUMQI, China (AP) — Thousands of Chinese troops flooded into this city Wednesday to separate feuding ethnic groups after three days of communal violence left 156 people dead, and a senior Communist...
MOSCOW (AP) — Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Sarah Palin spent Monday fishing with her family and away from the spotlight as her lawyer insisted that legal troubles did not drive her to announce her stunning resignation...
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — The serial killer who terrorized a South Carolina community by shooting five people to death before police killed him Monday was a career criminal paroled just two months ago,...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Unemployment insurance claims for newly laid-off workers in Louisiana fell more than 25 percent for the week ending June 27, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported Monday....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The defeat of incumbent Norm Coleman in the drawn-out Minnesota Senate race leaves Republicans without a Jewish senator for the first time in half a century. Coleman's departure...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters Wednesday evening in the first major operation under President...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A plan to bury Michael Jackson at his sprawling Neverland ranch fizzled Wednesday, leaving details about his funeral undecided as another mystery was solved: His newly unveiled...
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge rejected Bernard Madoff's plea for leniency Monday, sentencing the 71-year-old swindler to spend the rest of his life in prison for an "extraordinarily evil" fraud...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's family moved quickly Monday to take control of his complicated personal and financial affairs, winning temporary custody of his three children and asking a judge...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana got welcome rain Monday as farmers worried about vulnerable crops and some areas considered whether to shut down fireworks stands and order residents not to set off their...
