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NYC's 'Rent Too High' candidate: I can't quit now

NYC's 'Rent Too High' candidate: I can't quit now

Jimmy McMillan says he can't quit now -- the rent is still "too damn high." The man who became the breakout star of New York's race for governor said Wednesday that he got so much support, he has to keep going.

Plotters didn't know where bombs would go off

The plotters behind last week's unsuccessful mail bombings could not have known exactly where their Chicago-bound packages were when they were set to explode, even after a suspected test run.

BP still profitable as oil spill costs grow

BP still profitable as oil spill costs grow

BP PLC is once again reporting profits even with an estimated $40 billion price tag for the response to its blown out well in the Gulf of Mexico. In Biloxi, Miss., where many lost their livelihoods to the summer of oil, a mixture of relief and melancholy greeted the news Tuesday.

Daughter testifies in DeLay money laundering trial

Daughter testifies in DeLay money laundering trial

Testimony has resumed in the Austin trial of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, with his daughter telling jurors about her time working for his political action committee.

Guilty plea to putting bomb info on Facebook

A North Carolina man who used his Facebook page to urge violence against abortion clinics is pleading guilty to federal charges of passing bomb-making instructions to an informant.

N.M. tribe bans newspaper after story of killing

Exercising its rights as a sovereign nation, a small Indian community has banned the local newspaper from its reservation for publishing details about the horrific killing of a member of the tribe.


Ashamed to be Detroit? Not this tiny Oregon town

(11-03) 16:16 PDT Detroit, Ore. (AP) -- Detroit _ the one amid the conifers of Oregon and not to be confused with a certain Midwestern...

AP 11.3.10 4:16 PM

Fla. man arrested in diaper: Md. teens taunted me

(11-03) 16:13 PDT Ocean City, Md. (AP) -- A Florida man arrested for disorderly conduct while wearing a diaper on Halloween says he...

AP 11.3.10 4:13 PM

What voters sought, change, appears to be in store

(11-03) 16:12 PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- From Pennsylvania to Arkansas, New Hampshire to Ohio, the electorate turned over incumbents...

AP 11.3.10 4:12 PM

New reality: Obama, GOP talk compromise, conflict

(11-03) 16:12 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- A chastened President Barack Obama signaled a new willingness to yield to Republican demands on...

AP 11.3.10 4:12 PM

Pot activists vow to push legalization in 2012

(11-03) 15:56 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It seemed an easy sell in California: The state that gave us medical marijuana would allow pot...

AP 11.3.10 3:56 PM

Dad charged with killing daughter, ex-girlfriend

(11-03) 15:55 PDT LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- Authorities say a young father has been charged with murder after deliberately running his...

AP 11.3.10 3:55 PM

NYC jury begins deliberating over EMI deal dispute

(11-03) 15:43 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- A jury began deliberating Wednesday whether Citigroup tricked a British private equity firm into...

AP 11.3.10 3:43 PM

6 months prison for 2 Nev. man in mustang killings

(11-03) 15:40 PDT Reno, Nev. (AP) -- Two Nevada men who admitted they were drunk when they fatally shot five wild horses on federal...

AP 11.3.10 3:40 PM

DeLay remains confident as trial proceeds

(11-03) 15:57 PDT Austin, Texas (AP) -- Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay remained confident he would prevail at his money...

AP 11.3.10 3:57 PM

NASA gives 'go' for Thurs. launch as storms loom

(11-03) 16:15 PDT Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) -- NASA will try Thursday to launch space shuttle Discovery on its final voyage. Mission...

AP 11.3.10 4:15 PM