National and World

  • AP investigation: Evacs and drills reduced near nuclear plants

    Wed May 16 10:25 CST 2012

    Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away.

  • Feds: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads

    Wed May 16 10:44 CST 2012

    Claims that Skechers' fitness shoes can help shed pounds and tone muscles are sketchy at best, says the government - and they're going to cost the company millions of dollars.

  • Manhunt under way for groom of slain bride in Ill.

    Wed May 16 7:28 CST 2012

    A groom whose bride had sought to keep their impending wedding secret from most of her family is wanted on a murder charge after his new wife was found stabbed to death in a bathtub in her suburban Chicago home just hours after the ceremony, still dressed in silver sequins.

  • Obama holds rare sit-down with Congressional leaders

    Wed May 16 6:40 CST 2012

    At the bipartisan white house lunch, President Obama will be making some requests Republicans find hard to swallow.

  • Firefighters try to stop AZ wildfire from crossing fire line

    Wed May 16 6:46 CST 2012

    Firefighters have been working to prevent a wildfire near the historic mining town of Crown King from spreading to an area where it could quickly grow.

  • Records detail George Zimmerman's medical injuries

    Wed May 16 4:21 CST 2012

    Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

  • Edwards campaign finance chairman paid mistress

    Tue May 15 1:16 CST 2012

    Records introduced at John Edwards' corruption trial show his campaign finance chairman paid the candidate's mistress a $9,000 monthly cash allowance.

  • In Iowa, Romney tags Obama for debt 'prairie fire'

    Tue May 15 12:34 CST 2012

    Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday President Barack Obama's support for increased federal debt has put the economy on a disastrous course, portraying himself in a speech in battleground Iowa as the defender of fiscal responsibility and his opponent as reckless.

  • Iran nuke talks to continue, sign of progress

    Tue May 15 12:31 CST 2012

    Negotiators for the U.N. nuclear agency and Iran say they have made progress in talks focused on the agency's probe of Tehran's alleged work on nuclear weapons.

  • Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer's

    Tue May 15 12:25 CST 2012

    The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's one of the country's biggest health challenges on Tuesday, adopting a national strategy that sets the clock ticking toward better treatments by 2025 - along with help for suffering families today.

  • Healing with horses

    Tue May 15 8:12 CST 2012

    Therapist gives up the office for a horse ranch in an attempt to help more kids.

  • JP Morgan CEO meets with shareholders

    Tue May 15 7:33 CST 2012

    Financial experts say Jamie Dimon is unlikely to lose his job because - despite this massive loss - he's considered a near genius on Wall Street, and investors may not be willing to deal with the fallout without him.

  • Facebook raises IPO price as offering nears

    Tue May 15 5:47 CST 2012

    Facebook is raising the price at which it plans to sell stock to the public. The company expects to sell its stock for between $34 and $38 per share.

  • Romney to talk about US debt in swing-state Iowa

    Tue May 15 4:23 CST 2012

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is criticizing President Barack Obama's handling of the national debt in the battleground state of Iowa.

  • Consumer Reports: Junk health food is still junk food

    Tue May 15 4:15 CST 2012

    What you think might be healthier versions of junk foods really are not. And "junk health foods" cost more, so you're also wasting money.

  • Mass photo project thinks global, but local

    Mon May 14 2:40 CST 2012

    Photographers participating in a global effort to capture human life in all its variety and moods are being given urged to "think local, think small."

  • Ron Paul: 'We will no longer spend resources'

    Mon May 14 2:53 CST 2012

    Ron Paul says he is done spending money on his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

  • NATO protesters arrested in Chicago's downtown

    Mon May 14 1:46 CST 2012

    Police have arrested several anti-war protesters who rallied outside President Barack Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters in a prelude to much larger demonstrations expected during the upcoming NATO summit.

  • Court says farmers must pay bankruptcy tax

    Mon May 14 2:05 CST 2012

    The Supreme Court says a farming family has to pay tax on the bankruptcy sale of their farm. The high court on Monday voted 5-4 for the IRS in its fight with a family over the bankruptcy sale of their 320-acre farm.

  • White House says bank loss shows need for rules

    Mon May 14 1:54 CST 2012

    The White House says a $2 billion trading blunder by JPMorgan Chase shows the continued need for rules that protect the taxpayer when Wall Street makes mistakes.

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