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Authorities allege a south Texas couple put an aborted 7-month-old fetus in a gift box under a Christmas tree after trying to flush the remains down a toilet. Full Story »

Missouri acknowledged Monday that it reported inflated numbers of food stamp recipients to the federal government, calling into question millions of dollars of bonuses paid to the state for running one of the nation's... Full Story »

A convicted triple murderer has been indicted in the slayings of five Southern California women in the 1980s and '90s. Full Story »

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The giant contractor hired to transform Virginia government's huge, far-flung computer system might miss an extended deadline for next summer. That's the finding of a final report Full Story »

A family is frantically searching for their dog after it was apparently stolen from their car outside of a store. The family had locked the dog, Scruffy, inside their truck and went shopping inside the Full Story »

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 »

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 »

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 attack against 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 »

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) - A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge will issue a decision by Jan. 15 on whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the families of two students slain in the mass shootings at Full Story »

The Louisa Commonwealth's Attorney office has issued the following press release regarding the sentencing of Forrest M. Smythers, Jr.: Louisa – Louisa Commonwealth's Attorney Thomas A. Garrett announced 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 »

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 »

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two nonprofit groups say that computer technicians have found 22 million White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush. The two groups say the electronic messages 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 anattorney. 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. Full Story »