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Houston's voice will never be forgotten

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:01:30 GMT

Whitney Houston's downfall was so long and sad that, in an impatient public's mind, it overshadowed her many accomplishments.

Superstar Whitney Houston dies

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:13:27 GMT

Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

Romney wins Maine GOP caucuses

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:31:32 GMT

Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week.

Family, teachers remember Powell boys

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:28:25 GMT

The family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell thanked police, social workers, teachers and everyone who cared about her two sons at a funeral Saturday for the boys who were killed by their father in a gas-fueled blaze.

Inside look: Remotely piloted warbirds

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:26:41 GMT

The Air Force training underway in southern New Mexico is helping keep U.S. forces safe across the world.

First lady gears up for election run

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:18:01 GMT

Gearing up for a tough political season ahead, Michelle Obama said Saturday she's trying to get as much done as possible before the general election campaign starts to drown out everything else.

Barbie's wardrobe celebrated at...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:10:26 GMT

Barbie threw open the sparkly, pink doors of her dream closet to rock a party she hosted for her fellow fashionistas.

White House didn't foresee backlash

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:03:45 GMT

As President Barack Obama considered a decision on birth control that would turn into an unexpected political nightmare, he heard it from inside and outside his White House: He risked a fierce backlash if he required religious employers to provide insurance coverage for contraception in violation of their beliefs.

PA class teaches how to live like monks

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:54:44 GMT

Looking for a wild-and-crazy time at college? Don't sign up for Justin McDaniel's religious studies class.

Santorum surge = new Romney strategy

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:28:40 GMT

Staggered by Rick Santorum's surge, Mitt Romney is trying to reset his presidential campaign by defining himself as a strict conservative.

Woman guilty in NY newborn kidnap case

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:46:50 GMT

A woman who snatched a newborn baby from a New York City hospital in 1987, then raised the child as her own for more than two decades, pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge Friday as the girl's true mother wept in the courtroom.

Romney, Paul in 2-man race in ME vote

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:41:36 GMT

Mitt Romney hoped to reinvigorate his presidential prospects with a victory in Maine's GOP caucuses Saturday while Ron Paul reached for his first triumph.

Conservatives shrug at Obama rewrite

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:04:27 GMT

President Barack Obama's political shifting over contraception coverage has united conservative Republicans in protest even as they split over which GOP presidential hopeful should face him in the general election.

Obama urges payroll tax cut extension

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:44:22 GMT

President Barack Obama and Republicans are talking money and taxes in their weekly radio and Internet messages.

Navy names ship for Gabrielle Giffords

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:44:29 GMT

The Navy has named a ship for Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head received in January 2011.

NH 14-year-old shoots self in cafeteria

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:38:10 GMT

A 14-year-old shot himself in the face in a New Hampshire elementary school cafeteria filled with dozens of students eating lunch, officials said Friday.

Father-in-law dragged into Powell saga

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:14:31 GMT

In a folder on his work computer labeled "Personal Pics," Steve Powell maintained a peculiar collection of photos: 55 depicting his daughter-in-law Susan but few if any showing his son.

Oil prices tumble due to European debt

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:57:19 GMT

Oil prices fell Friday with a critical bailout plan for Greece's economy in limbo, again raising the specter of bank failures and bankruptcies in Europe.

Jurors in lacrosse trial see interview

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:22:14 GMT

A former University of Virginia lacrosse player said he got physical with his former girlfriend but did not kill her, sobbing and saying "she's not dead" when detectives told him she died, according to a videotape played Friday at his murder trial.

Report: LA teacher paid to resign

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:34:42 GMT

The former third-grade teacher charged with committing lewd acts on students was paid $40,000 to drop an appeal of his firing, a newspaper reported Friday.

Nissan recalling 39,000 Versa cars

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:22:47 GMT

Nissan is recalling 39,000 Versa small cars because the transmissions can be shifted out of park without the driver's foot on the brake.

May trial date for Sandusky abuse case

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:26:23 GMT

A judge said Friday he would decide soon whether to grant former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky greater freedom — and visits from his young grandchildren — while he awaits trial on child sex-abuse charges.

Obama revamps birth control policy

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:37:40 GMT

Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for free birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes.

Santorum: Don't settle for Romney

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:28:54 GMT

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum implored conservatives Friday not to settle for Mitt Romney's more moderate record, and to instead insist on nominating an unapologetic conservative that "the party's excited about."

Man wanted in '93 heist arrested in Mo.

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:22:48 GMT

Edward John Maher, once dubbed "Fast Eddie" in news reports after the 1993 heist, is accused of stealing the armored car while a fellow security guard made a delivery to a bank in Suffolk, England.

Social issues overtake US politics

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:56:02 GMT

All of a sudden, abortion, contraception and gay marriage are at the center of American political discourse, with the struggling — though improving — economy pushed to the background.

Obama signs Giffords' bill into law

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:49:52 GMT

President Barack Obama has signed into law a final bill authored by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in an Arizona shooting rampage a year ago.

2 men, boy plucked from stormy Pacific

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:31:37 GMT

West James beamed as he showed off a new entry in his journal: "I survived a dangerous rescue." Some 30 hours earlier, the 9-year-old, along with his father and uncle, was plucked from the Pacific Ocean in a harrowing rescue.

Josh Powell told son he had 'surprise'

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:31:52 GMT

The social worker who was supposed to supervise a visit between Josh Powell and his young sons says Powell told his oldest boy he had a "surprise" for him moments before attacking the children.

First lady: Troops to eat healthier

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:08:29 GMT

Hold the mystery meat: Military mess halls soon will be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services.