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A Missouri lawmaker has filed legislation to outlaw special devices designed to fake urine samples and fool drug tests in the state. Full Story »

A state-of-the-art clean coal power plant is one more step to becoming a reality in Ector County. Full Story »

Sarah Palin says the United States should rededicate itself to seeking God's will, arguing that a humble spirit could help leaders get more answers on issues such as health care, energy and national security. Full Story »

A Michigan mom accused of starving her adopted quadriplegic daughter to death has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter. Full Story »

An abortion doctor said Friday that he will likely perform more late-term procedures at his Nebraska practice to meet the demand left when a Kansas physician was shot and killed earlier this year. Full Story »

53-year-old Ninfa Garcia has been charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Full Story »

Associated Press - December 4, 2009 4:15 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Energy Department is awarding grants totaling nearly $1 billion to speed up the development of commercial-scale projects to... Full Story »

Associated Press - December 4, 2009 4:15 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission culture that allowed the Madoff fraud scandal to go undetected for nearly two decades may... Full Story »

They ain't the Ain'ts anymore. And ain't that grand for New Orleans. Full Story »

She arrived in Washington with more of a splash than any White House social secretary before her, and no wonder: Desiree Rogers had obvious style, wealth, a Harvard MBA, years of corporate experience, and friends at the top,... Full Story »

Lawyers for a former stripper convicted of a murder conspiracy asked the Alaska Court of Appeals to overturn her conviction because a jury was allowed to read a victim's "letter from the grave." Full Story »

A 5-year-old female giraffe that suffered a neck injury while being transported to the Tulsa Zoo from Ohio has died. Full Story »

Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups. Full Story »

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Friday that the Sudanese president's recent avoidance of traveling abroad to high-level events bodes well for his ultimate arrest for alleged war crimes in Darfur. Full Story »

A federal prosecutor from Rhode Island has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving after police decided to charge him following questions about whether he was let off the hook because of his connections. Full Story »

Amarillo, TX - Residents of Randall County should be receiving their new voter registration cards in the mail in the coming days. Full Story »

Associated Press - December 4, 2009 2:45 PM ET HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week rose by 4 this week to 1,141. Full Story »

Associated Press - December 4, 2009 2:35 PM ET HOUSTON (AP) - Normally hot and humid Houston is dealing with weather it rarely gets: snow. Full Story »

Associated Press - December 4, 2009 2:35 PM ET DALLAS (AP) - The leader of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense says the U.S. Justice Department was right to drop a voter intimidation... Full Story »

Associated Press - December 4, 2009 2:45 PM ET LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - An X-ray machine at Los Alamos National Laboratory that's designed to check the reliability of the nation's nuclear... Full Story »

An Obama administration adviser says a decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a shipping lock in a bid to stop the Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan. Full Story »

Colorado State University will join most major colleges nationwide in forbidding concealed weapons on campus after a vote that pitted faculty asking for a ban against students demanding the right to carry guns. Full Story »

The parents of a teenager accused of strangling his 10-year-old brother to satisfy a craving to kill pulled the teen out of high school two weeks before the killing, a school district official said Friday. Full Story »

Police said Friday they have issued a murder arrest warrant for one of two missing Southern California teens and believe charred and fragmented human remains found in the suspect's Riverside County backyard belong to the... Full Story »

The U.S. Justice Department made the right call in dismissing a voter intimidation lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party and recent questions about that ruling are a "political witch hunt" to discredit Attorney General... Full Story »