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01/08/2009 08:10 PM
Floods, mudslides and avalanches in the Pacific Northwest kept tens of thousands of people from their homes Thursday, brought freight trains to a standstill and stranded hundreds of trucks along the major highways that link Seattle's busy ports with markets around the country.
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01/08/2009 05:33 AM
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for an outside auditor to review civilian complaints against the Newark Police Department, which the group said are underreported.
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01/08/2009 03:55 PM
The head of the U.N. Development Program, which promotes anti-poverty efforts around the globe, is resigning, the United Nations announced Thursday.
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01/08/2009 06:43 AM
An Alabama mother and her infant son are dead after floodwaters swept their vehicle off a rural road.
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01/08/2009 07:55 PM
A teenager who authorities say was plotting to "shoot up" a North Carolina high school is in custody because of a tip from a teen who chatted with the suspect online, investigators said Thursday.
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01/08/2009 07:35 PM
Episcopal leaders in Pittsburgh went to court Thursday seeking to recover $20 million in assets they believe were wrongfully taken when the conservative branches split from the liberal diocese in October.
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01/08/2009 10:25 AM
Though he hasn't yet proposed anything specific, President-elect Barack Obama will urge Congress on Thursday to act swiftly on his proposal to jump-start the economy and warn that a delay would cost jobs and hurt families.
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01/08/2009 07:05 PM
A federal judge on Thursday delayed the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo on charges he took young girls across state lines for sex.
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01/08/2009 06:05 PM
Jurors have begun deliberations in the trial of a former Southern California sheriff accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for the power of his office.
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01/08/2009 11:45 AM
A 17-year-old high school dropout shot, bludgeoned or stabbed to death four people over the Christmas holidays, three of them in the home of a jewelry merchant, police said Thursday.
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01/08/2009 07:30 PM
A nationwide salmonella outbreak that has struck 42 states has put about one in five of its victims in the hospital, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
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01/08/2009 12:45 PM
A 64-year-old woman whose heart stopped beating and body temperature dropped to a dangerous 60 degrees after she was stuck in the cold for hours has survived - and her recovery amazed doctors.
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01/08/2009 07:30 PM
As of Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at least 561 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EST.
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01/08/2009 01:25 PM
A quick-thinking woman put her lifeguard experience to good use, saving herself and her two small daughters after their car slid off a road into a deep, frigid pond.
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01/08/2009 09:10 PM
Roy Boehm
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01/08/2009 10:50 PM
In grainy cell-phone videos played over and over on the Internet, police officers force an unarmed black man to the ground and hold him face-down on a crowded train platform. Suddenly one of the officers draws his gun and fatally shoots the man in the back - then looks up.
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01/08/2009 02:00 PM
Vermont's lone nuclear power plant is cutting the amount of power it generates by 60 percent after finding a leak of mildly radioactive water.
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01/08/2009 03:43 AM
If you're a guy on a day hike in a national park in Utah, step carefully. You're among the most likely to need rescuing.
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01/08/2009 02:35 PM
Police are investigating a threatening letter containing suspicious material that was sent to the office of Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush, but the material turned out to be harmless.
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01/08/2009 05:08 AM
Ted Johnson planned on using a set of logs to a build a cabin in Alaska's interior. Instead he'll burn some of them to stay warm.
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