Sure, social networking sites crave attention. But on Aug. 25, a different set of circumstances made Twitter a popular headline. "My sister-in-law just called me all upset, they just kidnapped five children...

NEW YORK (AP) — The plot of land known for a decade as "the pile," ''the pit" and "ground zero" opened to the public Monday for the first time since that terrible morning in 2001, transformed into a...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A serial killer already sentenced to death for killing 11 women and dumping their remains around his house and property laughed and said the state had no case as a judge dismissed remaining...

Move over, OJ Simpson. In a whirlwind frenzy that has taken the entire world by storm, the most sensationalized criminal case in history now belongs to 25 year-old Casey Anthony who was acquitted of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama faces a long re-election campaign having all but given up on the economy rebounding in any meaningful way before November 2012. His own budget office predicts...

After 40 years, Borders, Waldenbooks, Borders Express, and Borders Outlet stores across the country have closed their doors for good.  The chain filed for bankruptcy in February 2011 and closed more than...

TARHOUNA, Libya (AP) — Rebel reinforcements arrived outside one of Moammar Gadhafi’s last strongholds in Libya on Monday, even as the forces arrayed against the toppled dictator gave the town a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s flu vaccine time again — and some lucky shot-seekers will find that the needle has shrunk. The first flu shot that works with a less-scary skin prick instead of an inch-long...

WASHINGTON – Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then quickly buried at sea...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southerners turning to their faith to make sense of the devastation left behind by the second deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history also will be counting on the federal...

In a state that forbids same-sex marriage, the year 2009 marked a feat for Texas as a law allowing transgendered people to use documentation of their sexual reassignment to obtain a marriage license...

NEW YORK – A trove of papers and photographs documenting the lives of Holocaust victims and survivors includes notable names like Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel and former Israeli Prime...

CAIRO, Ill. – With federal courts opting not to step in, the Army Corps of Engineers has begun pumping explosives into a Missouri levee as it weighs whether to blast it open to ease inland floodwaters...

NEW YORK – Law enforcement agencies around the U.S. added security measures on Monday following Osama bin Laden’s death, out of what one called "an abundance of caution." In Los Angeles,...

In Salmon, Idaho, a silver miner’s body was recovered on Sunday in a cave, more than a mile underground. Mine company executives have reached the conclusion that it was an unexplained cave-in. The body...