Hot-car deaths rise for children in 2010 11:38 AM Hot-car deaths rise for children in 2010At least 49 children died last year of heatstroke while trapped in hot cars, trucks, vans or SUVs, ...
Afghanistan watchdog fires 2 top deputies 11:34 AM WASHINGTON (AP) — Criticized for incompetence and mismanagement, the U.S. official assigned to combat corruption in the multibillion-dollar...
John Wheeler seen day before body found in landfill 11:30 AM By Chad Livengood The (Wilmington, Del.) News JournalNEWARK, Del. — Police said Tuesday that they had narrowed down the last location where...
Issa targets 'broken bureaucracy' 11:26 AM WASHINGTON — The Obama administration can expect congressional hearings this year on WikiLeaks, foreclosures, corruption in Afghanistan and...
States make gains in taxes 11:22 AM Tax collections are surpassing projections, the clearest sign yet that state and local government finances are on the mend as the economy i...
Obama to increase engagement with Africa in 2011 11:17 AM HONOLULU (AP) — President Obama is quietly but strategically stepping up his outreach to Africa, using this year to increase his engagement...
Obama signs legislation to improve food safety 11:14 AM President Obama signed into law Tuesday legislation that represents the first major overhaul of the nation's food-safety infrastructure...
Louisiana has mass bird deaths just days after Arkansas 11:09 AM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It isn't easy being a blackbird in the South.First, New Year's Eve fireworks were blamed in central Arkansas for...
New Congress makes compromise crucial for Obama 11:05 AM WASHINGTON — Nearly a decade ago, a little-known Republican lawmaker sat down with a self-proclaimed liberal Democrat and negotiated the mo...
Pelosi says 'no regrets' on last day as speaker 11:00 AM WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Nancy Pelosi said she had no regrets on her last day as House speaker Tuesday, a reign that lasted four years an...
Firewood spat may have come before Ohio mom killed 10:55 AM MILLERSBURG, Ohio (AP) — A 10-year-old boy suspected in his mother's shooting death argued with her beforehand about whether to carry f...
House Republicans plan early vote on health care repeal 10:50 AM By Susan Page and David Jackson, USA TODAYWASHINGTON — The new Republican leaders of the House of Representatives plan to hold a vote on re...
Republicans plan to fight Obama pollution plan 10:47 AM WASHINGTON (AP) — The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is promising a fight over the Obama administration's...
'Earmarks' to nowhere: States losing billions 10:43 AM By Cezary Podkul and Gregory Korte, USA TODAYWASHINGTON — Almost 13 years ago, Rep. David McIntosh, R-Ind., directed $375,000 in federal fu...
No death penalty in Ohio triple slaying case 10:40 AM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio grand jury has indicted the only suspect in a kidnapping and triple-slaying on charges of aggravated murder a...
Ohio boy, 10, charged with mom's murder 10:36 AM MILLERSBURG, Ohio — A 10-year-old boy was charged Monday with murder, a crime nearly unheard of at such a young age, after authorities said...
Miller says he's ending legal fight, conceding Alaska election 10:31 AM JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Joe Miller is ending his fight over Alaska's Senate seat, conceding the race to his bitter rival, incu...
Skateboarders aim to flip commuter bans 10:28 AM By Jon Ostendorff and Joel Burgess, USA TODAYASHEVILLE, N.C. — To most, skateboarding is a sport featuring half-pipes and high-flying rider...
Biden says gay marriage 'inevitable' in U.S. 10:24 AM WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Biden is predicting that the evolution in thinking that will permit gays to soon serve openly in the milit...
Mega Millions jackpot payoff reaches $355 million 10:19 AM PHOENIX (AP) — Thousands of people lined up in 41 states and in Washington, D.C., ahead of the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday in hopes of...
Military insurer denies coverage of new brain injury treatment 10:15 AM By Andrew Tilghman, Military TimesMilitary health officials are refusing to pay for a new treatment for traumatic brain injury despite wide...