Recent National/World Stories
- President Obama signs bill to avert default, open government
- Jury says Cuban did not commit insider trading
- House worker yells during vote, escorted away
- House Roll Call: Vote to end government shutdown
- 4 dead after boat capsizes off Florida coast
- NH clerk: I was fired for pulling gun on robber
- Passengers: Explosion, flames seen on Spirit jet
- Ground employee arrested in LA airport ice blasts
- 2 girls arrested in Florida bullying case
- Medal of Honor recipient asks to return to duty
- 18-foot-long oarfish found off Calif. coast
- On the edge: House shutdown plan fails; now Senate
- Ex-San Diego Mayor pleads guilty to 3 crimes
- Iran presents nuclear proposals at Geneva talks
- Libyan pleads not guilty to terrorism charges
- NY funeral for woman killed in DC car chase
- Man's partially eaten body found in Detroit home
- Massachusetts student punished for aiding drunken friend
- Death toll in Philippines 7.2 quake jumps to 85
- Reid, McConnell optimistic on debt-shutdown deal
- Man with muscular dystrophy finishes marathon
- Hunter found alive after 19 days in Northern California forest
- Boy, 6, drowns in pool on Carnival cruise
- Dry ice explosion at LAX terminal delays flights
- Social Security raise to be among lowest in years
- Graffiti artist Banksy sells original artwork for $60
- Dying Ohio man on gurney leads daughter down aisle
- Police: 5 shot at Hmong festival in Tulsa, Okla.
- Statue of Liberty reopens amid federal shutdown
- Xerox: Access restored for food stamp users
- Stampede near Indian temple kills at least 64
- Police in NYC make arrest in death of 'Baby Hope'
- Peru bus plunge kills 51, including 14 children
- 2-year-old son of Vikings player Adrian Peterson dies
- New GOP shutdown/debt plan, but no agreement yet
- Facebook slaying suspect claims self-defense
- John Kerry in Afghanistan for urgent security talks
- Minnesota teen gets 3 years for prostituting minor
- Jury: Toyota not liable for death of Calif. woman
- Nevada judge says she's working on Simpson ruling
- NYC rabbis charged in abduction scheme
- 31 in Florida infected by bacteria in salt water
- Pakistani teen shot in head by Taliban visits US
- Feds will let states pay to reopen national parks
- Global chemical watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Risky sex act possible in Ohio kidnapper's death
- Obama signs bill to pay military death benefits
- Hope? Boehner offers a short-term debt extension
- Scott Carpenter, 2nd US astronaut in orbit, dies
- Shutdown means no new beer from craft brewers
- Texas fertilizer plant cited for safety lapses
- Cops: Man slain trying to sell truck on Craigslist
- Passengers stuck on Universal Fla. roller coaster
- Libya's news agency: Abducted PM has been freed
- AP Sources: GOP weighs short-term debt limit hike
- NYPD undercover officer in biker melee unmasked
- Obama nominates Yellen to succeed Bernanke at Fed
- Minnesota boy who snuck on plane has troubled past
- House passes bill to restore military death benefits
- Browns exec. and son of Jerry Sandusky arrested in Fargo
- Body found at San Francisco hospital may be missing patient
- US expected to slash aid to Egyptian government
- Elizabeth Smart details kidnapping in new memoir
- Remains of Concordia victim found, perhaps waiter
- Obama says talks OK - after default threat averted
- NYPD: Mother of 'Baby Hope' identified using DNA
- Questionable design blamed for health website woes
- Nyad attempts 48-hour swim for Sandy victims
- Mt. Laurel man who set self on fire on National Mall was mentally ill, family says
- Maldives pro-opposition TV station set on fire
- US adults score below average on worldwide test
- Boy boards plane at Minnesota airport without ticket
- 2 Americans, German-American win Nobel in medicine
- Gov't shutdown enters 2nd week, no end in sight
- 8 killed in monster truck crash in Mexico
- Weekend in Washington yields little on shutdown
- US forces nab wanted al-Qaida leader in Libya
- Iraq suicide blasts kill 27, many of them children
- Kerry: terrorists can run, but can't hide
- US forces hit extremists behind E. Africa attacks
- UN: Destruction of Syrian chemical program begins
- 4 US soldiers killed in south Afghanistan
- Louisiana coast readies for Tropical Storm Karen
- Official: NY undercover cop present at bike rally
- Bipartisan vote on back pay belies shutdown chasm
- Man who set self ablaze on National Mall dies
- Sisters question fatal shooting in DC police chase
- 4 dead in northern Arizona plane crash
- Family: Injured biker in SUV assault a devoted dad
- Prospect for quick end to government shutdown is remote
- Mother: Daughter in Capitol chase was depressed
- Chase from White House to Capitol ends in gunfire
- Budget, debt unresolved on shutdown's 3rd day
- Migrant ship capsizes off Italy, killing dozens
- Adobe says attack exposed customer financial info
- Twitter unseals IPO papers, hopes to raise $1B
- Southwest fires captain in troubled NYC landing
- Tesla says car fire began in battery after crash
- Nigeria: 14 killed as plane nosedives in Lagos
- Massive road accident kills 30 in northeast India