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...
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The world will surely take notice of this. The U.S. soccer team is in the final of the Confederations Cup, beating mighty Spain 2-0. Even more stunning, the Americans...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. Wiping away...
PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) — A high school coach who helped launch several professional football careers was gunned down by a former player Wednesday morning in front of students taking part in an offseason...
(AP) — A bill that opens some but not all of the governor's records to public scrutiny won final legislative passage in the Senate Monday after weeks of debate and negotiations in which Gov. Bobby...
CAIRO (AP) — Riot police cracked down anew on demonstrators in Iran's capital on Monday hours after the feared Revolutionary Guard threatened to crush any further post-election protests.A witness...
WASHINGTON (AP) — One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of the capital city's Monday evening rush hour, killing at least six people and injuring scores of others...
(AP) — A battle intensified on Monday between LSU and Tulane University over a new teaching hospital in New Orleans, after the LSU System Board of Supervisors proposed a plan that would boost LSU's...
(AP) — The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has confirmed that five state office employees, including Department of Social Services Secretary Kristy Nichols, have tested positive for...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signaled to gay-rights activists Wednesday that he's listening to their desire for greater equality in "a more perfect union." But he didn't give them even...
(AP) — Louisiana lawmakers agreed to stiffen the penalty for drivers who refuse to submit to a breathalyzer test when they are stopped on suspicion of drunken driving, sending the bill Wednesday...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An organization that says it wants to reduce the influence of big money in Congress is targeting Sen. Mary Landrieu for her position on a proposed overhaul of the nation's health...
