ILLINOIS

Families deal with anger at grave-dig scheme

Cemetery employees accused of unearthing hundreds of bodies and re-selling the plots raked in about $300,00...

WASHINGTON, D.C.

House boosts funding for veterans programs

The House voted 415-3 Friday to give a 12 percent boost to the veterans medical services account.

ALASKA

Palin: Inquiries were a waste of `millions'

Gov. Sarah Palin's administration says Alaska spent nearly $1.9 million responding to public records reques...

MIAMI

VA offers free care to vets who might have been infected in Miami hospital

The VA has promised free treatment to veterans infected by improperly cleaned equipment used in colonoscopies.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Farm bill packed with earmarks passed

The House passed a farm spending bill with plenty of earmarks, including more than $8 million for various F...

SWINE FLU

Florida, U.S. brace for marathon fight against swine flu

Swine flu isn't going away anytime soon. So states must prepare to vaccinate against it and cope with its c...

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

Nancy Pelosi: There won't be Jackson resolution

Amid the great debates of the day over healthcare, global warming and economic recovery, House Speaker Nanc...

THE ECONOMY

Bailout considered for small businesses

With an economy built on entrepreneurs, South Florida could benefit from a plan being floated by the Obama ...

ABORTION

Study: Abortion pill use in U.S. is growing

More and more American women who have abortions are doing so by using abortion pills, a new study found.

Guantánamo captive: I don't want to go home

A Guantánamo Bay captive is so fearful of returning to his homeland that he is fighting U.S. plans t...

Sotomayor picks up key endorsements

High court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was praised by the American Bar Association and law enforcement.

Space companies eye HI as potential new frontier

Hawaii wants to add space travel to attractions

Searchers shovel Northwest dirt seeking giant worm

The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches f...

Relatives search for graves at Ill. cemetery

A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one ...

Grant aims to retrieve fishermens' lost crab pots

During his 35 years as a commercial fisherman, Jeff Feldner lost his share of crab pots when storms blew th...

'Survivor' winner Hatch seeks confinement reprieve

"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch, who's serving home confinement for tax evasion, wants a leave to star in a...

Pittsburgh scholarships saving schools, students

John Tokarski III maintained a 4.4 GPA in Pittsburgh's Schenley High School, played three sports and took o...

Scrub tech causes major hepatitis scare in Colo.

Lightning delays space shuttle Endeavour launch

Ex-convicts working to prevent future convicts

An argument earlier in the day between teens from rival neighborhoods had Jason Broom worried as he stood i...

Oregon WWII vets honored by France

Three World War II veterans have been awarded the Legion of Honor by France for their military service.

British police investigating ex-Gitmo detainee's claims

Police said Friday they have launched a criminal investigation to determine if British intelligence officer...

Palau, U.S. talking in Hawaii but not about detainees

Representatives of the U.S. State Department and the government of Palau are in Honolulu discussing money, ...

It's official now: Waterboarding is a word

Congress has debated the wisdom of it. Human rights groups have decried the use of it. Now the dictionary p...

Guantánamo captive: I don't want to go home

A Guantánamo Bay captive is so fearful of returning to his homeland that he is fighting U.S. plans t...

Palau asks for more US aid after Gitmo deal

Palau, which has agreed to resettle some Guantánamo detainees, is asking longtime benefactor the United Sta...

White House still deciding: War court vs. civilian trials

The Obama administration prefers war on terror prosecutions in civilian courts but has not yet decided wher...

Former Guantánamo prisoner says abuse photos exist

A former Guantánamo Bay prisoner now living in England says the United States has photographs of him...

Actor Kal Penn starts work as White House liaison

Actor Kal Penn, who last year portrayed a captive in an orange jumpsuit escaping from Guantánamo, st...

GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE

Prelate worships across an old Cuban divide

The Catholic archbishop for U.S. armed forces made a pilgrimage of peace from the U.S. Navy base at Guant&a...

Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early months

Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the...

Guantánamo detainee interview sites to remain

A prosecutor agreed Thursday that the government will not dismantle overseas locations where a former Guant...