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CRANBERRY, Pa. (AP) -- A state trooper responding to a domestic call at a rural home today was fatally shot as he got out of his cruiser, and a search...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital today after a powerful earthquake flattened the president's palace, hospitals, schools, the main prison and thousands...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures continued to tumble today on the Chicago Board of Trade after the Agriculture Department said it expected record grain crops. Production estimates were higher than...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Obesity rates in U.S. adults and children have leveled off. That's a sliver of good news, but the problem remains a nationwide epidemic. Government data released today...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Abuse victims who have to flee their homes without many of their belongings may not have to worry about at least one part of their...

Oil prices slid below $80 a barrel today after China moved to curb bank lending and a report showed an unexpected jump in U.S. inventories of distillates and gasoline. By...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Parents, teachers and activists will sound off today on how history -- topics from the fall of the Roman Empire to cosmetics queen Mary Kay Ash...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top bank executives defended their bonus and compensation practices to a special commission investigating the 2008 financial collapse Wednesday, but the head of the panel asserted that...

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Punxsutawney Phil will text his weather prediction this year. Mickey Rowley, Pennsylvania's deputy tourism secretary, says he realizes that not everyone can come to Punxsutawney for Groundhog...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A mystery object from space is about to whizz close by Earth on Wednesday. It won't hit our planet, but scientists are stumped by what exactly it...

CHICAGO (AP) -- For a pizza joint, it's a bold move to tell customers your crust tasted like cardboard and your sauce was like ketchup. But that's just what Domino's...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve made a record profit of $46.1 billion last year, reflecting money made off its extraordinary efforts to rescue the country from the worst economic...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Reports of airplanes hitting birds and other wildlife have soared since a stricken US Airways jet landed last year in New York's Hudson River, and the government's...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- Donations will pay for surgery for a Vancouver shelter dog named Chopper with painful hind legs. The Vancouver Columbian reports readers donated $4,500 in about two...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Wal-Mart said Monday it will close 10 money-losing Sam's Club stores and cut 1,500 jobs to reduce costs. The stores will close Jan. 22. They are...