A petition with signatures from stay-at-home moms across the country was delivered in Washington this week. The women want a change to the law that prevents them from applying for credit cards. More>>
Federal officials are offering a six-figure reward for anyone who can help them catch whoever is sending letters with a mysterious white powder to schools and institutions across North Texas and several other states.More>>
Some parts of North Texas are seeing a surge in the number of whooping cough cases. Children's Medical Center in Dallas said the bacterial infection is to blame for an infant's recent death.More>>
Wednesday, May 16 2012 8:37 PM EDT2012-05-17 00:37:45 GMT
A petition with signatures from stay-at-home moms across the country was delivered in Washington this week. The women want a change to the law that prevents them from applying for credit cards.
A petition with signatures from stay-at-home moms across the country was delivered in Washington this week. The women want a change to the law that prevents them from applying for credit cards.
Wednesday, May 16 2012 9:08 PM EDT2012-05-17 01:08:21 GMT
Officials in El Paso County say a 67-year-old man enjoyed several lap dances last Friday at the Red Parrot Strip Club in eastern El Paso, but something went terribly wrong.
Officials in El Paso County say a 67-year-old man enjoyed several lap dances last Friday at the Red Parrot Strip Club in eastern El Paso, but something went terribly wrong.
A woman who calls herself the "Black Madam" has been ordered to stand trial in Philadelphia on allegations she administered illegal buttocks injections.
A Philadelphia woman dubbed "the Black Madam" used silicone from Thailand and Krazy Glue to perform at-home cosmetic surgery that left an exotic dancer with a plump derriere - and potentially deadly complications, the dancer...
Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researchers report in the latest advance in harnessing brain waves to help...
Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researchers report in the latest advance in harnessing brain waves to help...
THIENSVILLE, Wis. -- Life is imitating an episode of "The Simpsons" for a Wisconsin man who is protesting a restaurant where the all-you-can-eat special did not give him all he could eat.Bill Wisth said he went to the...
Carlos Lee had three hits, including his first homer since April 22, and three RBIs to back another solid outing by Bud Norris, and the Houston Astros beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 on Wednesday night.
Carlos Lee had three hits, including his first homer since April 22, and three RBIs to back another solid outing by Bud Norris, and the Houston Astros beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 on Wednesday night.
Yu Darvish pitched 7 2-3 strong innings and Adrian Beltre had a two-run homer to help the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Wednesday night.
Yu Darvish pitched 7 2-3 strong innings and Adrian Beltre had a two-run homer to help the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Wednesday night.
Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler was scratched from the lineup Wednesday night in the opener of a two-game set against Oakland because of a stomach virus.
Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler was scratched from the lineup Wednesday night in the opener of a two-game set against Oakland because of a stomach virus.
U.S. nuclear power regulators are requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away.
By JEFF DONN AP National Writer Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer...
Officials are handing out pink slips and cutting law enforcement to the bone in an Oregon County where voters have rejected a levy to plug a $12 million budget gap.
A failed levy vote in an Oregon county is taking a toll: government workers facing dismissal, a pending prisoner release, and crimes such as misdemeanor domestic assault and shoplifting likely to go unprosecuted.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers at the John Edwards trial are set to make closing arguments as the corruption case against the former presidential candidate heads to the jury.
With only two hours allotted to each side to make closing arguments Thursday, prosecutors and defense lawyers neared the end of a month-long trial into whether former presidential candidate John Edwards violated campaign...
In 2002 Maurice Sendak spoke about his personal history growing up in post-WWII Brooklyn; his escape into an inspired, illustrated world; and his expansion into music.
In 2002 Maurice Sendak spoke about his personal history growing up in post-WWII Brooklyn; his escape into an inspired, illustrated world; and his expansion into music.
Emily Blunt, Jason Segel and Alison Brie were just three of the stars present for the premiere of The Five-Year Engagement at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre.
Vanity Fair hosted the opening gala for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and the guest list included Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia-Louis Dreyfus and more.
A lot of homeowners with underwater mortgages would like to refinance, but they don't qualify for HARP. Do they have other options?
A lot of homeowners with underwater mortgages would like to refinance, but they don't qualify for HARP (the federal Home Affordable Refinance Program). Do they have other options?
Credit cards aren't always bad possessions to have. There are certain perks associated with using credit cards as we make routine or irregular purchases.
Credit cards aren't always bad possessions to have. There are certain perks associated with using credit cards as we make routine or irregular purchases.
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon dubs losses 'egregious,' but market analysts expect that, this time, the damage will not spread to the entire financial system.
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon dubs losses 'egregious,' but market analysts expect that, this time, the damage will not spread to the entire financial system.
TOKYO -- A penguin that staged a daring, "Madagascar"-style escape from a Japanese zoo in March is alive and well in Tokyo Bay, but still evading capture.The one-year-old Humboldt penguin scaled a sheer rock face and...
ROCKPORT, Mass. -- Massachusetts police said they do not believe missing toddler Caleigh Harrison was kidnapped after staging a re-enactment at Saratoga Creek.The two-year-old disappeared from a Rockport beach April 19 when...
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. -- Nate Montana, the son of NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana, will continue his own quarterback career with NCAA Division II school West Virginia Wesleyan following a transfer from the University of...
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont became the first state to ban the controversial natural gas drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the ban into law Wednesday afternoon, The...
HONG KONG -- Asian stocks ended mixed Thursday, as most markets failed to recover massive losses in the prior session, while European equities slipped into the red early on amid growing speculation over a Greek exit from the...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Rays second baseman Will Rhymes said he felt "extremely lucky" to only be listed day-to-day following an incident where he fainted at first base after being hit flush on the right forearm by Red Sox...
PARIS -- An inquiry was underway Thursday after a mix-up in a French hospital resulted in the wrong woman being cremated.The incident occurred when the bodies of two women -- one aged 92 and the other aged 71 -- were placed...
NEW YORK -- Time Warner Cable was hit with a $2 million lawsuit by a former employee who claims it ignored his religious complaints about colleagues watching pornography on company time.In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme...
BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife Mary, who battled her husband's rumored philandering by turning to alcohol and prescription drugs, hanged herself in a barn on their New York estate.The 52-year-old...
FARAH, Afghanistan -- Insurgents wearing police uniforms attacked the governor's compound in Afghanistan's western Farah Province on Thursday morning, local officials said.The incident began around 10:30am local time when a...
