Mexican American former anti-drug chief's reputation on trial

By Sebastian Rotella

Around here, the grim joke goes, most people work for the government or the mafias.

Senate healthcare vote clears the way for formal debate to begin

By Noam N. Levey

Without a vote to spare, Democrats pushed their healthcare legislation over its first obstacle on the Senate floor Saturday, as the...

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It's not corny--farmland maze is a fall tradition

It's not corny--farmland maze is a fall tradition
A dogged pursuit of bedbugs

A dogged pursuit of bedbugs
Toxic legacy of the Cold War

Toxic legacy of the Cold War
The Russian Tea Room caters to new clientele: kids

The Russian Tea Room caters to new clientele: kids

By Tina Susman

There on the left is the plush booth where Dustin Hoffman's character shocked his -- or would that be her? -- agent into ordering a double...

Fox News rolls wrong video of Palin crowds

Fox News rolls wrong video of Palin crowds

By Johanna Neuman and Mark Milian

A few weeks ago, Fox News had the White House on the defensive. Network anchors were scoring political points by ridiculing President...

New York's Russian Tea Room caters to new clientele: kids

By Tina Susman

There on the left is the plush booth where Dustin Hoffman's character shocked his -- or would that be her? -- agent into ordering a double...

An anomaly in judging at Carson science fair

An anomaly in judging at Carson science fair

By Amina Khan

The 200 judges at the biomedical science fair surveyed the exhibits, pursing their lips. They clutched their clipboards, rating the...

A climate change dust-up

By Jim Tankersley and Henry Chu

Is it a "Warmist Conspiracy," or a case of an e-mail being "taken completely out of context"?

North Carolina state trooper gets in hat trouble

If you're a state trooper, losing your hat can get you in trouble. Lying about how you lost your hat, however, can get you fired.

Explaining cost savings in the Senate bill

By James Oliphant and Kim Geiger

Some reader questions about the healthcare legislation in Congress:

Married in Texas? Check again, a political challenger says

Texans, are you really married?

Atlantic hurricane season appears over -- to some

By Ken Kaye

The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season is essentially over, even though it does not officially end until Nov. 30.

Michael Jackson's white glove auctioned for $350,000

Michael Jackson's white glove auctioned for $350,000

Reuters

Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, and a black...

Nurses apologize to woman who couldn't visit dying partner

Several nurses at Jackson Memorial Hospital have personally apologized to Janice Langbehn, a lesbian from Washington state who said that a...

China mine death toll mounts

Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground today as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern...

From the Wires

Questions surround earrings that Ky. Historical Society says belonged to Mary Todd Lincoln

Man, woman, 14-year-old boy killed in fiery crash, 2 younger children survive

Attack on boy, 12, in Southern California may be tied to Facebook message targeting redheads

'Somebody's going to kill me:' Arrest in '81 tribal murder revives mystery of what victim knew

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in US for meeting with Obama, state dinner

More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving after last year's drop; most opt for car