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Senate Democrats say they may jettison a proposed Medicare expansion from health care legislation they are eager to pass before Christmas. Full Story »

Sen. Joe Lieberman was for a Medicare expansion before he was against it. Full Story »

A massive rockslide has still not been cleared off the roadway of Highway 321 between Lenoir and Blowing Rock. Blasting operations in the construction zone brought down more rock than expected last week, and the rocks that remained on the hillsides were too unstable to allow traffic to go through. Full Story »

Quentin Patrick will spend at least the next 16 years in prison because the convicted drug dealer, paranoid of being robbed, answered a Halloween knock on his door with a barrage of bullets from an AK-47, killing a... Full Story »

A group campaigning to put a marijuana legalization measure before California voters said Monday it has enough signatures to qualify for the 2010 ballot. Full Story »

The number of children killed or injured by falling television sets appears to have risen even as more consumers replace their clunky old TVs with lighter flat screens, studies suggest. Full Story »

Federal officials said Monday they would use $13 million in Great Lakes restoration funds to step up the fight against invasive Asian carp. Full Story »

The popular Speed TV program "Pinks All Out" will return to zMax Dragway in April.  Last year's premiere event sold out and is considered to be one of the most popular episodes of the series. Full Story »

If you are scrambling to finish up your Christmas shopping, keep in mind, the six holiday shopping GOTCHAs by Consumer Reports. Full Story »

Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha has been hospitalized with abdominal pains. Full Story »

The gold coins have arrived in much the same manner every year for the past four years: An anonymous donor dropped each one into a Salvation Army kettle somewhere in Fort Myers, Fla. Full Story »

A Chicago man accused of planning a terrorist attackagainst a Danish newspaper knew in advance about a plot to attack Mumbai and offered congratulations to the killers afterward, federal prosecutors charged Monday. Full Story »

The end game at hand, Senate Democrats appeared ready to jettison a proposed Medicare expansion from sweeping health care legislationMonday in a bid to remove the largest remaining obstacle in the way of Christmas-week... Full Story »

Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has auctioned one of his pilot's caps for $5,800 and will donate the proceeds to three San Francisco Bay area public schools. Full Story »

A Liberian man testified Monday that he was held naked in a chest-high pit of filth in the jungle, one of several torture victims seeking damages from the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Full Story »

John Edwards' has reportedly purchased a home in a south Charlotte neighborhood for a woman in which he admitted to having an affair with.  Edwards, who was a presidential candidate in 2008, admitted to an affair with former campaign worker Rielle Hunter during a TV interview in August of 2008.  Full Story »

Two of the world's most famed blue diamonds will be on display together starting in January. Full Story »

A pilot's inattention and failure to follow safety rules likely caused a commuter plane to plummet from the sky near Buffalo in February, killing 50 people, the airline told federal investigators. Full Story »

South Carolina is making changes in placards displayed by disabled people on their rear-view car mirrors. Full Story »

A North Carolina man charged with killing his girlfriend in their home two years ago while six children were inside is going to trial. Full Story »

Police in North Carolina's largest city have linked an outbreak of minivan thefts to a surge in home burglaries.  The Charlotte Observer reports criminals have stolen minivans from park-and-ride lots and other areas to haul away big items like flat-screen TVs from Charlotte-area homes. Full Story »

State officials are lashing out at a court ruling that nearly set two convicted murderers free.  Gov. Beverly Perdue said Monday evening she doesn't have the words to describe how mad she was after hearing a judge's decision to order the release of Alford Jones and Faye Brown. Full Story »

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Monday temporarily blocked the release of two convicted murderers sentenced to life in prison under a 1970s law, issuing an order an hour before they were to be set free. Full Story »

The husband of a 28-year-old woman who went missing a week ago without taking her purse or cell phone has retained an attorney. Full Story »

As a winter storm barreled toward Mount Hood, rescuers raced to find two experienced climbers missing for four days on Oregon's highest peak. A military Black Hawk helicopter spent Monday scanning the upper reaches of the... Full Story »