Feb 6, 2012 3:15 pm
The Oakland Raiders didn't look far to find a defensive coordinator, hiring Stanford's Jason Tarver to take over the same position for the NFL team across San Francisco Bay.
Feb 6, 2012 3:13 pm
Gold prices are falling as the Greek debt crisis returns to the spotlight. That's renewing concerns about the potential impact that Europe's financial troubles may have on the global economy. Gold fell nearly 1 percent Monday to settle at $1,724.90 an ounce.
Feb 6, 2012 3:12 pm
The president of Alabama's Public Service Commission wants AT&T to drop the fee it charges customers who have unlisted numbers PSC President Lucy Baxley says that in exchange, the company would be allowed to stop printing its White Pages listing residential phone numbers.
Feb 6, 2012 3:12 pm
France's interior minister has walked into a firestorm of controversy with his weekend comments that some civilizations - notably his own - are worth more than others.
Feb 6, 2012 3:11 pm
An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the two deadliest attacks on Shiites since the U.S. military completed its withdrawal last month, underlining an escalating sectarian security and political crisis that threatens to drive the country toward civil war.
Feb 6, 2012 3:11 pm
A jury on Monday convicted a senior Democrat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on all but one of six charges in the latest corruption trial stemming from a five-year investigation into the use of taxpayers' resources for political purposes.
Feb 6, 2012 3:10 pm
Detecting early warning signs of dementia can be difficult, but there are several types of cognitive screenings - quick, simple tests of memory and thinking skills - that can help a doctor decide if it's time to recommend a more in-depth exam.
Feb 6, 2012 3:10 pm
Texas' attorney general agreed Monday to temporary voting maps that add new Hispanic-dominated districts and could save the April 3 date for primary elections statewide. But at least one influential minority group said it would fight the new plan.
Feb 6, 2012 3:10 pm
Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama administration's plans to pressure states into keeping college and university tuition down probably won't apply to Florida.
Feb 6, 2012 3:10 pm
Egypt's military leader told electoral officials Monday to speed preparations for presidential elections after a new eruption of street protests demanding that the ruling generals move more quickly to hand power to an elected government.
Feb 6, 2012 3:09 pm
A federal judge in San Diego has heard arguments in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human beings.
Feb 6, 2012 3:09 pm
North Carolina governor candidate Bob Etheridge says he supports a temporary sales tax increase for education and opposes passage of a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage and other relationships.
Feb 6, 2012 3:07 pm
A dry board in the office of LPGA Tour commissioner Mike Whan is filled with black-and-blue, an appropriate color scheme for a tour that had been taking its lumps over the last couple of years.
Feb 6, 2012 3:07 pm
Alexis McKenzie's mother had mild dementia, but things sounded OK when she phoned home: Dad was with her, finishing his wife's sentences as they talked about puttering through the day and a drive to the store.
Feb 6, 2012 3:06 pm
You thought you found your one true love online, but now you've been dumped by text or defriended on Facebook without a peep of explanation. Hours of bad TV in your bathrobe haven't helped. Your friends are tired of your whining.
Feb 6, 2012 3:05 pm
After losing Saturday's Nevada caucus race, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sought solace in what he called an encouraging statistic: that his supporters were turning out to vote more enthusiastically than those of his chief rival, Mitt Romney.
Feb 6, 2012 3:02 pm
JP Morgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $110 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming the bank charged excessive checking overdraft fees.
Feb 6, 2012 3:02 pm
A pair of lawsuits challenging North Carolina's new Republican-penned boundaries for congressional and legislative seats can move forward, a three-judge panel said Monday.
Feb 6, 2012 3:01 pm
A House panel studying South Carolina pension reform will consider tweaking proposed requirements on age and years on the job. The House subcommittee is set to hear from a consultant Wednesday on how changes to its proposal would affect the system's solvency.
Feb 6, 2012 3:01 pm
Dan Conne says he and his wife and son thought they were going to die after getting lost while picking mushrooms and spending nearly a week in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon. They spent the nights huddled in a hollow log and considered sacrificing their pit bull, Jesse, for food.
Feb 6, 2012 3:01 pm
A former prosecutor in the case of a death row prisoner who's challenging his sentence under North Carolina's Racial Justice Act says race may have been an unconscious factor in jury selection, but not a significant one.
Feb 6, 2012 3:00 pm
Maria Sharapova is making the London Olympics one of her top priorities this year after missing the Beijing Games with an injury. The third-ranked Russian has won three Grand Slam titles but has never competed at the Olympics.
Feb 6, 2012 3:00 pm
Mardi Gras is the sort of celebration that can make every city in America want to be New Orleans. Between the parties and parades and all those rich foods, what's not to love? Well, perhaps the after effects of all those rich foods.
Feb 6, 2012 2:59 pm
The judge overseeing a child sex-abuse case involving three Roman Catholic priests in Philadelphia will allow prosecutors to reference at trial previous molestation claims against other clergy.
Feb 6, 2012 2:59 pm
A former Marine already accused of killing four homeless men was charged Monday with two new counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his high school friend's mother and older brother.
Feb 6, 2012 2:58 pm
Bleary-eyed and jubilant, Super Bowl organizers swung into cleanup mode Monday and hoped the rave reviews from fans and journalists over how it pulled off its first Super Bowl will draw the NFL's showcase event back to town.
Feb 6, 2012 2:55 pm
BEIRUT (AP) - The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus Monday in a dramatic new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power as diplomatic efforts to resolve one of the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring collapsed. The moves by the U.S. and...
Feb 6, 2012 2:54 pm
Aerospace components maker Hamilton Sundstrand says a new manufacturing line that produces an atmosphere monitoring system for submarines will be more affordable to manufacture and maintain.
Feb 6, 2012 2:53 pm
The Brazilian government privatized operations at three of the nation's main airports on Monday, awarding $14 billion in contracts to three consortiums that will expand and run terminals amid booming demand and ahead of the 2014 World Cup.
Feb 6, 2012 2:53 pm
After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move Israel promptly warned would close the door to any future peace talks.
Feb 6, 2012 2:51 pm
A massive cargo ship that tore through a bridge in western Kentucky has been moved downriver so the remaining debris can be cleared from its bow.
Feb 6, 2012 2:50 pm
Berkeley is considering taking its $350 million account out of Wells Fargo, saying the bank is partly to blame for the nation's financial crisis.
Feb 6, 2012 2:50 pm
Air France and other airlines sought to limit the damage from a strike Monday by aviation industry workers - a walkout prompted by rules that would limit the impact of future strikes.
Feb 6, 2012 2:50 pm
Stripping Alberto Contador of his 2010 Tour de France victory on the supposition that he may have eaten a dodgy food supplement is like jailing Al Capone for tax evasion: Yes, Contador's accusers secured a conviction, but the verdict missed the point.
Feb 6, 2012 2:49 pm
The state official in charge of figuring out how to fix an enormous financial shortfall in Pennsylvania's capital city said in a proposed recovery plan released Monday that there were "significant and difficult" steps ahead, and Harrisburg may end up seeking bankruptcy protection.
Feb 6, 2012 2:48 pm
California and New York were considering Monday whether to join most other states in backing a long-awaited settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses. The deal would require the five largest mortgage lenders to reduce loans for about 1 million households.
Feb 6, 2012 2:47 pm
College of the Redwoods administrators are trying to reassure students and faculty members following a warning that the school could lose its accreditation.
Feb 6, 2012 2:46 pm
Romania's government collapsed Monday following weeks of protests against austerity measures, the latest debt-stricken government in Europe to fall in the face of raising public anger over biting cuts.
Feb 6, 2012 2:45 pm
A Missouri teenager who admitted stabbing, strangling and slitting the throat of a young neighbor girl wrote in her journal on the night of the killing that it was an "ahmazing" and "pretty enjoyable" experience - then headed off to church with a laugh.
Feb 6, 2012 2:45 pm
Convicted of engineering a $100 million mortgage-fraud scheme, Aaron Hand was yearning for vengeance and stuck in prison, prosecutors said.
Feb 6, 2012 2:44 pm
The Florida Democratic Party is sticking by its plan to hold a "legislative appreciation party" fundraiser even though no legislators are expected to show up.
Feb 6, 2012 2:44 pm
A Puerto Rican fisherman spent nearly three weeks adrift in the Caribbean, surviving on raw fish and trapped rainwater, before reaching the Colombian island of San Andres.
Feb 6, 2012 2:41 pm
President Barack Obama's call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve of lawmakers who came to Washington determined to slash the deficit.
Feb 6, 2012 2:39 pm
A massive cargo ship that tore through a bridge in western Kentucky has been moved downriver so the remaining debris can be cleared from its bow.
Feb 6, 2012 2:38 pm
Van Halen, "A Different Kind Of Truth" (Interscope) Let's face it, for many fans, Van Halen without founding singer David Lee Roth just isn't Van Halen. It's Van Hagar. Or even Van That-Guy-From-Extreme.
Feb 6, 2012 2:37 pm
Members of the state's all-Democratic U.S. House delegation are stockpiling cash as they prepare to run in districts that in some cases have been radically redrawn under the state's new congressional map.