Connecticut shooting suspect was honors student

Substitute teacher becomes heir to $7.4M gold fortune

CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) - A substitute teacher from California was found to be the only heir to a fortune of gold coins discovered by a cleaning crew in the home of a reclusive cousin who quietly stashed away a treasure of more than $7 million before he died this year. A court hearing in Carson City is scheduled Tuesday, when a ...

Gunman kills 26 at Conn. school, commits suicide

Time for Plan B on 'fiscal cliff?'

EPA tightens standards for soot pollution

Senate moves bill covering fertility care for vets

Senate moves bill covering fertility care for vets

Man suspected in Oregon mall shooting had a 'weird look'

Man suspected in Oregon mall shooting had a 'weird look'

Colo. gov says time to talk gun laws

New-found tale could be Hans Christian Andersen's

Prisoner plotted to kill Justin Bieber

Nation news briefs

NYC POLICE: 'BAD BARBIES' GANG TERRORIZED STREETS: NEW YORK (AP) - New York City authorities say they have taken down a violent street gang whose female factions went by names including "Bad Barbies." Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday that at its height, the Trinitarios gang had up to 100 female members. He said one was a 24-year-old involved in the fatal retaliatory shooting and in ...

Rice bows out of running; Kerry likely

Rice bows out of running; Kerry likely

FAST FACTS

NAME - John Forbes Kerry. AGE-BIRTH DATE - 69; Dec. 11, 1943. EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree, political science, Yale University, 1966; law degree, Boston College, 1976. EXPERIENCE - U.S. Senate, 1985-present; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for president, 2004; Massachusetts lieutenant governor, 1983-1985; lawyer in private practice, 1979-1982; Middlesex County, Mass., prosecutor, 1976-1978; spokesman, Vietnam Veterans ...

Obama, Boehner meet on 'fiscal cliff'

Senate takes step toward banning stalking software apps on cell phones

Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set

Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

Damage: Thousands of homes, $1.5-$2B

50 hurt when Indiana school buses crash

Side Briefs

NEARLY ALL US STATES SEE HEFTY DROP IN TEEN BIRTHS: NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

Broke no laws, IRS official says, then takes 5th