SEPT. 11 TERROR CASE

NYC trial won't close Guantánamo war court

The Obama administration will pursue military trials for some and civilian trials for others accused in the...

WHITE HOUSE

Counsel quits, possibly due to Guantánamo

Although he gave no reason, there was speculation that White House Counsel Greg Craig had quit over fallout...

Guantánamo 9/11 suspects to go to NYC for trial

Confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four co-accused will face a federal trial in New Yo...

THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE | PEMBROKE PINES

Healthcare event is mostly civil

Congressional Democrats' advocacy of their party's healthcare-reform measures met with a mixed reaction at ...

SOCIAL TRENDS

Most young Americans called unfit for military

A study has found that 75 percent of young Americans wouldn't qualify for military service -- for health pr...

THE ECONOMY

Initial jobless claims in U.S. fell last week to 10-month low

Fewer Americans than anticipated filed claims for jobless benefits last week, signaling the worst employmen...

WILDLIFE

Brown pelicans fly off at-risk list

(AP) -- Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to th...

United pilot charged with being over alcohol limit

A United Airlines pilot who failed a breath test shortly before he was due to take off has been charged wit...

PUERTO RICO

Fuel firm flouted safety rules

The fuel company whose tank farm in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, exploded last month collected environmenta...

GUANTANAMO BAY

Serve burgers, fries at Guantánamo

Out of work and willing to relocate? McDonald's is advertising for an assistant manager for its sole franch...

ISRAEL

Israeli prime minister hopeful for peace

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated the value of peace negotiations with Palestine and appl...

GOP report: Deal with Sacramento mayor was rushed

Two congressional Republicans say federal prosecutors rushed into a settlement with a nonprofit operated by...

Authorities: Man tied lizards to chest at airport

Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs ...

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 842

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,364

As of Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at least 4,364 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it ...

35 students rescued from burning bus on NYC bridge

A bus carrying 35 elementary school children on an outing has caught fire on a New York City bridge, but th...

Plea deal reached in store scuffle case

A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the p...

Police: 3rd arrest made in Vegas officer's death

Police say they have arrested a third person in the shooting death of an off-duty Las Vegas police officer ...

Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event

The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from ea...

Oregon court says teacher can't take gun to class

The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a high school English teacher to carry a handgun at s...

Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas

Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set o...

Atty seeks psych care for Mo. teen murder suspect

A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she sh...

Judge orders Algerian freed from Guantánamo

A federal judge Friday ordered the Obama administration to free a long-held Guantánamo captive who f...

Ashcroft: Don't prosecute terror suspects in federal court

Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday that prosecuting terror suspects in federal court in...

GUANTANAMO BAY

Broken deadline not a surprise at Guantánamo

No reinforcements, and no surprise at Guantánamo, as word spread that President Barack Obama confirmed the ...

Guantánamo war court gavels back into one-day session

With a prison camps closure date now uncertain, the Pentagon gaveled into business a military commissions s...

Illinois lawmaker defends `savage religion' remark

An Illinois congressman says his comment that suspected terrorists detained at Guantánamo Bay follow a "sav...

Obama: No exact deadline for closing Guantánamo

President Barack Obama says he won't set a new deadline for closing the Guantánamo Bay military pris...

Alleged 9/11 plotters 'stoic,' polite on learning of New York trial

The alleged 9/11 conspirators neither greeted with joy nor trepidation the news that they would be taken to...

Illinois town would rather get Guantánamo prisoners

Some folks in this dying Mississippi River town would rather take their chances with suspected terrorists i...

GUANTANAMO BAY

U.S. plans for end of Guantánamo prison camps

What can stay? What can go? And what can be destroyed? Undaunted, Guantánamo is preparing for the da...

SEPT. 11 TERROR CASE

NYC trial won't close Guantánamo war court

The Obama administration will pursue military trials for some and civilian trials for others accused in the...

New York trials for 9/11 suspects raise safety fears

Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and fo...