Ex-presidential nominee McGovern in hospice

Pharmacy's other drugs may be causing illness

Pizza Hut rethinks presidential debate stunt

Skydiver breaks sound barrier in record jump

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, a daredevil skydiver shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever - a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert.

Specter dies as Congress is at its most polarized

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Arlen Specter, who spent much of his pugnacious 30-year career in the U.S. Senate warning of the dangers of political intolerance, lost a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at a time when Congress is more politically polarized than anyone serving there - or living in America - can remember.

With 0-32 record so far, gay marriage forces seek 1st win at polls in Maryland

BOWIE, Md. (AP) - Irene Huskens has the wedding venue picked out: a charming bed-and-breakfast in southern Maryland. But the wedding is no sure thing.

Yeager re-enacts historic sound barrier flight

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AP) - Sixty-five years after becoming the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager is still making noise.

Study: HPV shots don’t make girls promiscuous

CHICAGO (AP) - Shots that protect against cervical cancer do not make girls promiscuous, according to the first study to compare medical records for vaccinated and unvaccinated girls.

Authorities: Body is that of missing Colo. girl

Authorities: Body is that of missing Colo. girl

Romney criticizes Biden on consulate attack

Mom gets 99 years for gluing tot's hands

Odd News

SQUIRREL DINNER PREP MAYBE SPARKED MICHIGAN FIRE: HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a blaze that displaced dozens of people from a southwest Michigan apartment complex may have been sparked by a resident trying to cook a squirrel with a propane torch.

US blaming Iran for Persian Gulf cyberattacks

Teen killed by federal Border Patrol agents firing into Mexico

CDC: Meningitis outbreak growing, 14 people dead, 14,000 contaminated

US launches drone from aircraft carrier

Drunk ASU student left at hospital with Post-it

Nation news briefs

HOLMES PROSECUTION LISTS 3,500 POTENTIAL WITNESSES: CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - Court documents say prosecutors in the Colorado theater shootings have listed about 3,500 potential witnesses they could call during the trial of defendant James Holmes.

Judge OKs class-action settlement over Skechers

Eat more insects; good for you, good for world

Abortion doctor guilty in 3 babies' deaths

Administrative Approvals Granted

Top IRS official didn't reveal tea party targeting

Builders bulldoze big Mayan pyramid

Detroit is broke; is bankruptcy next?

Ex-yeshiva teacher admits sex assault of New Jersey boy

2nd volcano this month is heating up in Alaska

New York AG wants to prevent Apple picking

Man traveling with pressure cooker arrested

Nation news briefs

VERMONT HOUSE PASSES AID-IN-DYING BILL: MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont House has approved a bill that would make it state the first in the country to legislate allowing physicians to provide lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it.