Email this ArticleKansas City, Mo., closing nearly half its schools
The Kansas City school board voted Wednesday night to close nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to stay afloat.
Carlos Slim Helu, the telecom tycoon who pounced on privatization of Mexico's national telephone company in the 1990s, is world's richest person for first time after coming in third place last year.Mexico’s Slim tops the list of world’s richest
For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man.
March 10: Josh Green, senior editor for The Atlantic, talks with guest host Lawrence O'Donnell about the Navy records that show that ex-Congressman Massa has a history of questionable interactions with male colleagues and subordinates. (Countdown)Massa’s shipmates detail unwanted advances
It's become clear that the behavior toward his subordinates that got former Rep. Eric Massa into trouble in Congress is part of pattern that dates to his time in the Navy.
This image provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Colleen LaRose, an American indicted Tuesday and accused of recruiting jihadist fighters and agreeing to murder a Swedish cartoonist. Boyfriend: ‘JihadJane’ suspect wasn't religious
The self-described "Jihad Jane" indicted on terror charges is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the threat, authorities say.
Email this ArticleU.K. millionaire to move to mud hut
An ex-con U.K. millionaire is selling his 16th-century farmhouse and businesses to start a children's charity in Uganda.
Email this ArticleOfficials: Ex-TSA worker tried to sabotage computers
Federal prosecutors have charged a former Transportation Security Administration employee with attempting to sabotage terror watch list computers and by attempting to introduce a virus into the computer system, according to news sources.
Email this ArticleHouse Dems ban earmarks to corporations
House Democratic leaders announced Wednesday that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct pet projects to companies that often return the favor with campaign contributions.
Email this ArticleSenate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks
The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless.
Demonstrators display placards supporting President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul during a demonstration in Washington on March 9.Pelosi: Democrats close to health care deal
Democrats claim momentum in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues.
Email this ArticleTainted ingredient sold after salmonella found
The company responsible for a ballooning recall of processed foods continued to manufacture and distribute a flavor-enhancing ingredient for a month after tests confirmed it was made with contaminated equipment, according to a Food and Drug Administration report.
Wayne Williamson stands at the pedestrian bridge Tuesday in Austin, Texas, where a March 2007 shooting cost him his job. Study: Law officers struggle to adjust after war
Many law enforcement officers called up to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan are finding it difficult to readjust to their jobs once home.
Sarah Killen, left, and fiancee, John Slowik Jr., browse the internet at their home in Conway Township, Mich. In early March, she had three Twitter followers. A week later, she has 20,000 — and she has one out-of-work late-night talk show host to thank for her newfound online popularity: Conan O'Brien. Conan's lone Twitter followee: ‘It's totally nuts’
Conan O'Brien decided last week to pick Killen as the only person he would follow on Twitter, turning the 19-year-old's life upside down.
Email this ArticleTaliban claim suicide attack on NATO base
The Taliban claims responsibility for a suicide bombing inside a U.S.-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two NATO service members.
Email this ArticleTropicana shrinks OJ cartons, raises prices
Pepsico Inc. is raising prices on its popular Tropicana orange juice because of the deep freeze that hurt much of Florida's citrus crop.
An undated image courtesy of MySpace. Can MySpace overhaul lure users back to site?
The new site recasts MySpace more strongly around its music and media content, with features such as the ability to listen to a music playlist based on songs that other MySpace users are sharing in their stream of updates.
Email this ArticleMen have longer sex life expectancy, study says
Men are more likely than women to be interested in sex, have sex and enjoy sex, according to new scientific research, which also found people who stay active and healthy enjoy longer sex lives.
Email this ArticleGoogle Maps now features bike lanes
Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.
When flying with kids, give yourself plenty of time.Surviving the airport with kids
You've spent countless hours preparing the family for the big day, and it has finally arrived. You know you can't plan for everything, but you've planned for what you can.
Juanita Goggins is seen in a 1974 file photo in Rock Hill, S.C. Goggins was the first black woman elected to the the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, and was hailed as a trailblazer at the time. Three decades later, Goggins died alone and freezing in the home she rented for 16 years, just four miles from the gleaming Statehouse dome. Once-revered lawmaker freezes to death alone
When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer.  Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75.
June Bent of Westboro, Mass., holds a portrait of fellow pilot and friend Doris Duncan Muise, deceased, who also was also a pilot, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.Female WWII aviators honored with medal
A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II are awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
“The Lost Boys” star was a teen heartthrob in the ‘80s and one half of the famous “Two Coreys.”Actor Corey Haim dies at age 38
Haim had flulike symptoms before he died and was getting over-the-counter and prescription medications, Police Sgt. William Mann said.
Email this ArticleBofA to end all overdraft fees on debit cards
Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards.
Who is Pennsylvania's alleged 'Jihad Jane'?
Colleen LaRose, the U.S. woman indicted for allegedly conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, attempted suicide in 2005, police said.
Ex-Toyota lawyer: Documents withheld
When former in-house defense attorney Dimitrios Biller resigned from his top post at Toyota, he walked out with something potentially more valuable than his nearly $4 million severance package.
Chief justice: Obama speech 'troubling'
Simmering tension spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at the State of the Union address "very troubling."
Myanmar bars Suu Kyi from elections
Myanmar's ruling junta has announced a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections.
CDC: Most with herpes don't know it
As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday.
Workers trained to hack Defense Dept.
The Pentagon is training people to hack into its own computer networks.
Passenger admits disrupting flight
A Texas man who became enraged when a flight attendant refused to serve him alcohol and spent part of a flight locked in the lavatory has pleaded guilty to interfering with an airline flight crew.
Dems aim to ban for-profits' earmarks
House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies.
N.Y. state loses 2nd top cop in 2 weeks
New York state's top police official announced Wednesday he was quitting, the second acting superintendent to step down in as many weeks.