More fiscal clashes loom as new Congress opens

Farm bill extension evidence of lost clout

Theater shooting kin reject movie invitation

Newtown parents thank teachers

Twin mothers in Ohio give birth same day about two hours apart

AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Aiden and Donavyn didn't wait until New Year's Day to come screaming into the world, but the circumstances of their births are still pretty special: The babies were born about two hours apart to Ohio mothers who are identical twins. The Akron Beacon Journal reports that the 19-year-old mothers - Aimee and Ashlee Nelson - weren't raised to ...

77% of households paying higher taxes

Cliff deal is another pain-free punt

State news briefs

MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CONCRETE BODY CASE: WHITTIER (AP) - Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a 45-year-old man with murder in the case of a body found in concrete at a heating and air conditioning business.

Christie blasts fellow Republican Boehner

State trying tomake sperm donor pay child support

Wrong-way driver goes some 18 miles

DUNMORE, Pa. (AP) - Police say a wrong-way driver ended up going 18 miles on an interstate in northeastern Pennsylvania. The Times-Leader of Wilkes-Barre reports police say traffic was light when it happened around 5:30 a.m. on New Year's Day, and no one was hurt. Police responded after getting calls about a vehicle going at high speeds the wrong direction on Interstate ...

Utah adopting California-style rules

Romney's '47 percent' chosen as est quote

Nation news briefs

WOMAN STUMBLES, FALLS ON NYC SUBWAY TRACKS, DIES: NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police say a young woman stumbling around on a Manhattan subway platform not far from Times Square fell onto the tracks and was killed by a train.

No fuel sheen, no sign that hull is breached

Spending stumbling block to budget deal to avoid debt crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans and Democrats hit an impasse Sunday over spending in their last-ditch struggle to avoid an economy-jarring default in just four days and end a partial government shutdown that's entering its third week.

Dying Ohio man on gurney leads 24-year-old daughter down aisle

CLEVELAND (AP) - A terminally ill Ohio man who arrived at his daughter's wedding by ambulance gave her away, from a hospital gurney.