WASHINGTON -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative sta ... full story
CHICAGO -- Just days before a high-stakes showdown in the nation's capital, the man selected to take President-elect Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat sought spiritual and political support on Sunday at a South Side Chicago church.Warm words of ... full story
WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush will be judged on what he did. He will also be remembered for what he's like: a fast-moving, phrase-mangling Texan who stays upbeat even though his country is not.For eight years, the nation has been led by a g ... full story
AUSTIN -- One of the most powerful jobs in state government was hanging in the balance Saturday, when both House Speaker Tom Craddick and his new rival claimed they were winning the race to lead the Texas House of Representatives.Rep. Joe Straus of S ... full story
EMORY -- A teenage girl has been given two life sentences and an additional 25 years in prison for her role in the murders of her mother and two young brothers in the family's home.Erin Caffey, 17, could be eligible for parole when she's 59 under a p ... full story
COVINA, Calif. -- The Los Angeles County coroner's office has identified six of the nine people killed when a man dressed as Santa Claus attacked his ex-wife's family on Christmas Eve.Bruce Pardo, distraught over his divorce, shot up the home in Covi ... full story
MONTROSE, Calif. -- Before donning the Santa Claus suit that would deceive his first victim, Bruce Pardo spent months plotting his Christmas Eve massacre behind a mask of friendliness that fooled his neighbors, his lawyer and the ex-wife he killed a ... full story
DENVER (AP) -- Winds were gusting at Denver International Airport when a plane veered off the runway during takeoff and caught fire, injuring 37 people on Dec. 20.But the initial report by the National Transportation Safety Board says the winds were ... full story
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A coal company has been ordered to pay full benefits to the family of one of the six miners killed in the 2007 collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine.An administrative judge for the Utah Labor Commission ordered Genwal Resources ... full story
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A fire broke out at a Washington home Thursday morning, killing a 5-year-old girl, her parents and two others, fire officials said.A critically injured 11-year-old boy was among four others hurt at the house, where Christmas lights ... full story
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Claiborne Pell, the quirky blueblood who represented blue-collar Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate for 36 years and was the force behind a grant program that has helped tens of millions of Americans attend college, died Thursda ... full story
Untold thousands of illegal immigrants live in public housing at a time when hundreds of thousands of citizens and legal residents wait years for a spot.Illegal immigrants make up a tiny portion of the 7.1 million people in federal housing, accordin ... full story
Bombs in Aspen shut down town ASPEN, Colo. -- A one-time Aspen resident bitter over its transformation into a playground for the rich left four gift-wrapped bombs downtown in a bank-robbery attempt, turning New Year's Eve celebrations into a mass eva ... full story
JOLIET, Ill. -- The Federal Aviation Administration says two people are dead after a plane crashed at Joliet Regional Airport in suburban Chicago.FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory says there were two fatalities and "an aircraft that burned" in the ... full story
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama probably cannot fix every leaky roof and busted boiler in the nation's schools. But educators say his sweeping school modernization program -- if he spends enough -- could jump-start student achievement.More kids than ever ... full story
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that Congress should be as generous to judges as it already has been to itself, by approving an inflation-related increase in their pay."I must renew the judiciary's modest petition: Simply ... full story
KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's governor promised greater oversight of coal ash retention ponds Wednesday after viewing damage from a spill that released more than a billion gallons of ashy sludge.Gov. Phil Bredesen said he had no complaints with ... full story
CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's choice of a veteran black politician to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat could be a shrewd move, potentially helping win over black lawmakers eyeballing his impeachment and perhaps ... full story
NEW YORK (AP) -- Winter storm warnings and plummeting temperatures put a chill on New Year's Eve plans for hundreds of thousands of revelers.Thousands of homes and businesses in the Midwest had no electric lights for the holiday because of wind damag ... full story
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Millions of Time Warner Cable customers won't lose their access to MTV and 18 other channels after the cable giant reached an agreement early Thursday with media conglomerate Viacom Inc.The two sides, citing disagreement over fee ... full story
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Sen. Bill Clinton? Sen. Mario Cuomo? Don't completely rule it out.The former president and the former New York governor are among several boldface names being touted by Democrats as possible "caretakers" for New York's Senate seat -- ... full story
NEW YORK -- Hundreds of thousands of revelers packed a frigid Times Square for the descent of the famous Waterford crystal ball on Wednesday, eager to say goodbye to 2008 and hoping to put the nation's economic troubles in the past.The wind chill ma ... full story
NEW YORK -- A $5 billion government bailout aimed at reviving General Motors Corp.'s ability to make car and truck loans has dealers hopeful that cash-strapped consumers will return to their showrooms.GMAC Financial Services, the automaker's troubled ... full story
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two Guantanamo Bay detainees, including a Yemeni man accused of being a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden, were correctly labeled as enemy combatants and are being held lawfully at the U.S. prison in Cuba, a federal judge ruled Tuesday ... full story
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio state employee whose job is to prevent discrimination repeatedly sent racist and sexist e-mails from his government account, an investigation found, but kept his job.The same man was reprimanded a year ago for sending a ... full story
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