Third instance in last month where grand jury did not indict police officer. — -- A grand jury in Houston has decided not to indict a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 26-year-old ...

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, endorsed a federal law Monday to help reporters protect confidential sources, but he did so with reservations. McCain ...

Nov. 9, 2004 — -- Like many young athletes, 12-year-old Nicholas Johnson spent last autumn playing football with his local team, the Stafford Spartans from Stafford, Texas. A minor shoulder ...

WASHINGTON -- Call it the maximum wage. President Obama wants to impose a $500,000 pay cap on executives whose firms receive government financial rescue funds, a dramatic intervention into corporate ...

TOWSON, Md. -- President Obama has seen his approval ratings slide, but a dozen independent voters who gathered here for a roundtable discussion about politics were still inclined to give him a break.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Purdue University scientist who was reprimanded for research misconduct over claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments is suing two other faculty members for ...

Oct. 17, 2006 — -- It took the United States: (— U.S. Census Bureau and various sources) If --repeat, if --U.S. population grows by yet another hundred million, it could happen soon, well before ...

April 10, 2006 — -- America's children are leaving school in higher numbers than most people realize, according to a report in Time magazine. The issue's cover story reports that one in three ...

— -- As foreclosures mount around the country and vacated homes slowly turn into neighborhood eyesores, governments from California to Chicago to Rhode Island are cracking down on owners in a ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal regulators on Thursday released a court-ordered plan to help struggling chinook salmon that includes opening California dams and restricting pumping, prompting howls of ...