Whooping cough vaccine loses punch too fast

Poverty rate unchanged; record numbers persist

4 receive slain CHP officer's donated organs

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Authorities say four people who have been waiting for organ transplants have received the organs of a California Highway Patrol officer who died after being shot during a traffic stop on a San Francisco Bay area freeway. California Transplant Donor Network officials said Tuesday that a 50-year-old married father of four from Southern California has received the heart ...

First group of delayed young deportees approved for new work permit program

Danger in air once again at Reno National Air Races this weekend

Obama: US safer, resilient on 9/11 anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are at Arlington National Cemetery visiting the graves of service members killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. The visit to the burial ground across the Potomac River from the White House is part of the president's observance of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Obamas ...

Hawaii pays benefits to man dead for 20 years

HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii has paid nearly $400,000 in worker's compensation benefits to a former Kauai man who has been dead for more than 20 years. Hawaii News Now reports a federal indictment alleges Edwin Callison's daughter was able to continue collecting his checks by forging his signature on a state document verifying his eligibility to receive the benefits. <p style="line-height: 18pt; ...

Smaller memorials on 11th anniversary of 9/11

Police release video of gunman at Sikh temple

At ground zero, can there ever be a politics-free 9/11 observance?

Debate surrounds annual $60M cost of memorial

The Sept. 11 anniversary

Trial begins in Illinois girl's 1957 killing

SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - The murder of a 7-year-old Illinois girl that haunted the nation more than 50 years ago went to trial Monday, starting with a prosecutor accusing the defendant of discarding the body like "a piece of garbage." Jack McCullough, 72 and a former Washington state police officer, has pleaded not guilty to the 1957 kidnapping and slaying of Maria ...

Chicago teachers strike over contract

Agreement reached for Sept. 11 museum's completion in NY City

Possible 9/11 plane landing gear part found in New York

Fired Oregon officer: Alcoholism is disability

Controllers to return; flight delays sway Congress

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Obama backs Planned Parenthood in political fight

Student's prom dress is one of a kind

Boston bomb suspect moved