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Attorney General Michael Mukasey has collapsed during a speech and is being taken to a hospital.
Employees at US Airways are looking into how an 83-year-old woman in a wheelchair flying Monday from New York to Tampa instead found herself at an airport in Puerto Rico.
Pounded by a fierce financial crisis, the country is sinking deeper into economic despair that has pushed the number of newly laid-off workers to a 16-year high, with problems likely to stretch well into next year.
An early morning fire has killed 26 horses at a western Kentucky stable.
About 677,300 IKEA and Green Mountain Vista window blinds and shades were recalled in the United States on Thursday after a young child choked to death.
A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance.
Florida sheriff's deputies are investigating the bizarre death of a 16-month-old boy.
Florida police are searching for a suspect who used a stolen piece of heavy equipment to rip an ATM from its foundation in West Palm Beach.
An aide to Barack Obama's transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving.
R.J. Richard of Slidell said he was working in his yard when a large-caliber bullet slammed into his chest.
Planes began taking off from new multimillion-dollar runways at three U.S. airports on Thursday with aviation officials heralding the increased capacity as crucial to reducing delays, even in the face of a slumping economy and a projected decline in domestic flights this winter.
A Metrolink commuter train sideswiped a freight train Thursday, causing no serious injuries but bringing back still-vivid memories of a deadly train wreck in the region just two months ago.
Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday called the federal government's efforts to help Texas recover from Hurricane Ike "underwhelming" and announced the formation of a state commission to help move the process along.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac suspending all foreclosure sales of occupied homes during holidays.
After pushing steep discounts throughout November that are usually reserved for the day after Thanksgiving, retailers from Kohl's to Toys "R" Us are offering even bigger cuts and promotions for Black Friday in a frantic bid to pull in shoppers.
An agency director improperly used state computers to find personal information on "Joe the Plumber," a government watchdog said in a report released Thursday.
Citigroup Inc. shares tumbled below $5 a share Thursday to their lowest level in more than 15 years, a sign that a Saudi prince's decision to boost his stake in the bank has failed to galvanize confidence among increasingly anxious investors.
What Robert Gates once called "inconceivable to me" -- his remaining as defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day -- is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington.
The Federal Reserve says it will hold a two-day meeting in December to weigh it's next move on interest rates and to make a fresh assessment of the economy.
Democratic leaders in Congress sidetracked legislation to bail out the auto industry Thursday and demanded the Big Three develop a plan assuring the money would make them economically viable.
An al-Qaida in Iraq leader blamed in the 2004 abduction and murder of an Army reservist and other deadly attacks over several years was killed in an American raid in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Thursday.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called the financial crisis now plaguing the world economy a "once or twice" in a 100 years event, even as he warned Thursday against imposing too-strict regulations to prevent a repeat calamity.
An eight-year-old boy accused of committing a double murder attended a court hearing Wednesday in Arizona. During the hearing, the judge said the boy will get to spend Thanksgiving with his family.
Take a stroll down any grocery aisle these days, and you'll find stores catering to cost-conscious customers.
Andy Williams may be warbling "it's the most wonderful time of the year" across the mall, but this year, things are not looking quite so "wonderful."
The Morton Ranch High School varsity cheerleaders have been accused of restraining several junior varsity cheerleaders, blindfolding them, binding their hands with duct tape and pushing them into a swimming pool at a cheerleader's home on July 25.
Driven by state budget woes, one California high school teacher found a provocative way to pay for classroom supplies: ads on test papers.
DENVER - One in every 17 Americans is moonlighting: working more than one job just to make ends meet in our tough economy.
A Kentucky student is recovering from serious injuries following a fight at Kentucky's Hopkins County Central High School.
Iraq's parliament is debating a proposed security agreement with the U.S., but for a second straight day there's been as much shouting and pounding on desks as discussion.
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