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Crews removing cracked pipe suspected in Pa. blast
Ariz. may require hospitals to check citizenship
Judge: Yellowstone bison slaughter can proceed
2 injured in San Antonio parking garage collapse
California legislation would ban sale of shark fin
Gates says Pentagon will settle for smaller budget
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Las Vegas wedding chapels deal with love recession
Texas lawmaker gives feds tape of police beating
Ohio cops: Teen shot kin after Apple store dispute
Al-Qaida member who aided London bombers released
Fargo prepares for annual Red River flood fight
This Valentine's Day, woman gives kidney to fiance
Defense rests in British tourist murder trial
AP Source: GM hourly workers get $4,000 bonuses
Suit: Pa. Catholic leaders failed to protect kids
A glance at Obama's economic assumptions
Attorney: Edwards is deposed in sex tape lawsuit
Students die trapped in frigid Ga. cave waterfall
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Crews removing cracked pipe suspected in Pa. blast

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 01:01 PM PST

A section of natural gas pipe suspected of causing a massive explosion and fire that killed five people will be removed and transported to an engineering firm for analysis, a utility company official said Monday.

Ariz. may require hospitals to check citizenship

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 01:01 PM PST

Arizona lawmakers are trying to widen the state's illegal immigration crackdown with a proposal to require hospitals to confirm whether patients are in the country legally.

Judge: Yellowstone bison slaughter can proceed

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 01:01 PM PST

A judge says he will not stop the slaughter of potentially hundreds of wild bison from Yellowstone National Park that had attempted to migrate into Montana.

2 injured in San Antonio parking garage collapse

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 12:51 PM PST

A 10-story parking garage under construction in San Antonio has partially collapsed, injuring two people, including one listed in critical condition.

California legislation would ban sale of shark fin

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 12:31 PM PST

Less than one week after Chinese New Year, California legislators have introduced a bill to ban the possession, sale and distribution of shark fins used in a traditional soup.

Gates says Pentagon will settle for smaller budget

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he is willing to settle for a smaller Pentagon budget this year than the administration originally requested, but insisted that the total -- not counting war costs -- cannot be less than $540 billion. That is about $9 billion less than the White House first requested.

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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST

Las Vegas wedding chapels deal with love recession

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST

Las Vegas' love life is in the dumps. Fewer than 92,000 couples married in or around Sin City last year. The last time the city of lights and drive-through wedding chapels married fewer people, it was 1993.

Texas lawmaker gives feds tape of police beating

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:21 AM PST

A congresswoman has given the Justice Department a copy of 2010 surveillance video showing Houston police allegedly beating a 15-year-old burglary suspect.

Ohio cops: Teen shot kin after Apple store dispute

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:21 AM PST

An Ohio teen has been charged with shooting his younger brother in the head in front of shoppers after a dispute inside an Apple store.

Al-Qaida member who aided London bombers released

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:21 AM PST

An Al-Qaida operative who helped set up the camp where the 2005 London suicide bombers were trained has been sentenced to 10 years of probation after serving less than five years in prison.

Fargo prepares for annual Red River flood fight

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 10:02 AM PST

Volunteers came from near and far -- and behind bars -- to help with the first day of sandbagging operations in Fargo.

This Valentine's Day, woman gives kidney to fiance

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 09:51 AM PST

Not flowers and hearts, but a kidney: A Minnesota man will get a Valentine's Day gift of a lifetime.

Defense rests in British tourist murder trial

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 09:51 AM PST

The defense in the trial of a New Jersey man who admits killing one of Britain's most eligible bachelors has rested after calling a single witness to testify.

AP Source: GM hourly workers get $4,000 bonuses

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 09:43 AM PST

General Motors Co. will pay more than $189 million in profit-sharing to 48,000 U.S. hourly workers and millions more in performance bonuses to salaried employees, according to company documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Suit: Pa. Catholic leaders failed to protect kids

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 09:43 AM PST

A former Catholic school student has sued the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, saying clergy covered up sexual assaults allegations against two priests who molested him in the 1990s.

A glance at Obama's economic assumptions

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 08:31 AM PST

A glance at the economic assumptions underlying the budget President Barack Obama submitted to Congress for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. Gross Domestic Product is in trillions of dollars. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Gross Domestic Product 14.7 15.2 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.1 GDP % Change, Year to Year 3.8 4.0 5.2 6.1 6.1 5.6 GDP % Change, ...

Attorney: Edwards is deposed in sex tape lawsuit

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 08:31 AM PST

Two-time presidential candidate John Edwards has testified under oath in a lawsuit over a videotape that purportedly depicts him in a sexual encounter, an attorney for a former Edwards aide said.