06/17/2008 11:44 PM CDT - Sen. John McCain plans to make his first 2008 campaign stop in Minnesota on Thursday.  

06/18/2008 12:58 AM CDT - Bruce and Linda Kennedy tried to take a short break for water and food Tuesday afternoon, but their emotions again overcame them, and they soon rejoined the search for their 25-year-old autistic son.  

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06/17/2008 11:10 PM CDT - The crime — allegedly committed by a 16-year-old and a kid who just turned 17 — was as savage as it was senseless.  

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06/18/2008 01:35 PM CDT - The framework under which detainees were imprisoned for years without charges at Guantanamo and in many cases abused in Afghanistan wasn't the product of U.S. military policy or the fault of a few rogue soldiers. It was largely the work of five White House, Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers ...  

St. Paul school board members on Tuesday put their official stamp on a $628 million budget to be spent on a projected 40,000 students next year. Of that, $476 million is designated for the general fund, the main source of money for school and district operations.  

SAN FRANCISCO—A conservation group has sued the U.S. Coast Guard to protect endangered whales from being hit by ships off California.   Full Story

DALLAS—Police in a Dallas suburb say a man trying to rob a house accidentally shot himself after kicking down the door and died in the driveway.   Full Story