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...

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...

PUERTO RICO

Fuel firm flouted safety rules

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

ISRAEL

Israeli prime minister hopeful for peace

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

Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful

An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with e...

Teen pleads guilty in violent Border Patrol murder

A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in head, ne...

Giuliani back in spotlight _ but what's the show?

Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses t...

Militia movement resurfaces across nation

Norm Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable g...

1 dead, 3 injured in Arizona mobile home fire

A 2-year-old boy dragged a 1-year-old Arizona girl Friday from a house fire that killed her mother and inju...

NY man convicted in hot-car death of father, 85

A New York state man has been convicted of reckless endangerment after leaving his 85-year-old father in a ...

Warrant: Drug in Jackson case came from Vegas firm

Police believe a batch of drugs blamed in Michael Jackson's death was purchased by his personal physician a...

Indy man convicted of killing 7 gets life sentence

An Indianapolis man convicted of killing three children and four adults during a home invasion robbery thre...

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches

California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thous...

FBI investigating use of stun gun on 10-year-old

The FBI has dispatched investigators to Arkansas to look into a police officer's use of a stun gun on a 10-...

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...

New Yorkers worry about trial for 9/11 mastermind

Canada Supreme Court hears Omar Khadr case

The federal government argued before the Supreme Court Friday that Canadian courts do not have the right to...