National
Obama to mark July 4, daughter's birthday Saturday
With a fireworks show and a picnic at the White House, President Barack Obama leads the nation in observing Independence Day. (Updated: 07/04/09 5:20 AM )
Quotations of the day
"Many just accept that lame duck status, and they hit that road. They draw a paycheck. They kind of milk it. And I'm not going to put Alaskans through that." - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announcing her resignation effective July 26. (Updated: 07/04/09 4:45 AM )
AP Source: Detroit mayor firing police chief
The mayor of Detroit is firing the city's police chief, a person familiar with the situation said Friday. (Updated: 07/03/09 10:46 PM )
Group Sotomayor advised fought job tests
A civil rights group on whose board Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served filed racial bias lawsuits over employment examinations that resemble a Connecticut case in which she ruled against white firefighters, documents released by the Senate show. (Updated: 07/04/09 3:31 AM )
Firefighters battle big blaze at shuttered SC mill
A shuttered mill in northwestern South Carolina has caught fire, spewing clouds of dense, black smoke visible for miles. (Updated: 07/03/09 8:50 PM )
Neverland closes until after LA Jackson memorial
Like an old Western boomtown, the makeshift village that sprang up around the gates of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was vanishing Friday, with visitors and vendors packing up tents, tarps, posters and CDs. (Updated: 07/03/09 8:06 PM )
Calif. bullet trains hit criticism on SF peninsula
Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area. (Updated: 07/03/09 7:05 PM )
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: (Updated: 07/04/09 3:15 AM )
Events in Palin's political career
- 1992-1996 - Sarah Palin enters public life in Alaska, serving two terms on the Wasilla City Council. (Updated: 07/04/09 2:01 AM )
Ruling that overturned NJ murder conviction stands
A federal appeals court will not reconsider its ruling that overturned a murder conviction. (Updated: 07/03/09 4:55 PM )
Galveston police baffled by 30 burnt palm trees
Galveston officials are investigating the torching of 30 palm trees in the last two months. (Updated: 07/03/09 5:01 PM )
Communities bug out over cuts to mosquito control
Millions of mosquito eggs laid across southern Texas after Hurricane Ike hit the coast last summer are waiting for the little bit of rain and hot summer days they need to hatch. That's got the man whose job it is to fight the bugs worried - he's already running out of money. (Updated: 07/03/09 6:16 PM )
Pachyderms outdo people in cross-species chow bout
In the fight of pachyderms vs. people - the pachyderms now have the upper trunk. (Updated: 07/03/09 9:31 PM )
Palin resignation leaves questions on 2012 run
Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has defied political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year early. (Updated: 07/04/09 4:35 AM )
SC residents mixed over fate of cheating gov
After a week that offered the world a glimpse into the conflicted mind of philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, his constituents differed Friday on whether he should leave office. (Updated: 07/03/09 3:35 PM )
