Former Sen. Phil Gramm steps down as John McCain’s campaign manager.

A female soldier vanishes after sending a text message about leaving her husband two days before.

The vast majority of penguins turning up are baby birds that have just left the nest and are unable to out-swim the strong ocean currents they encounter while searching for food

A U.S. Forest Service spokesman says crews are “grinding away on these fires,” and that progress is being made

Some of the 2.8 million Iraqis who have been uprooted are being encouraged to go home

Stay calm, don’t fight back, and try to send a text message to the police.  That’s how Chinese police are advising people to respond if captured by terrorists .

A 911 dispatcher told t rescuer to throw something to the man. He snagged the man’s shirt with a fishing lure and reeled him in

Iraqi officials, in a sign of growing confidence as violence decreases, have been pressuring the United States to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw U.S. forces

Crackdown focuses on arms smuggling from Iran

The storm isn’t expected to threaten land

The 200-ton, tunnel-boring rig is one of two that have been carving a pair of new rail tubes that will eventually allow commuter trains from Long Island to connect with Grand Central for the first time.

When Coke bottle glasses just won’t cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick.

James Brown mementos ranging from his signature capes to a medical bracelet fetched thousands of dollars yesterday at an auction, which the soul icon’s children protested

Lt. Major Garvin, a 15-year veteran, was fired July 8.

Afraid of laundry? You may be after reading this.

European terrorists are trying to enter the United States with European Union passports, and there is no guarantee officials will catch them every time, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.

The Defense Department will send close to 800 more bomb-resistant vehicles to Afghanistan, where a resurgent Taliban has military leaders developing plans to add thousands of U.S. troop reinforcements.

Since a huge lightning storm on June 21, about 2,010 separate fires have ignited across California, ravaging nearly 900,000 acres

The IRS Criminal Investigation Division completed more than 4,200 investigations in the 2007 budget year, with about one half resulting in conviction for a crime

In what experts say is the biggest investment in the clean and renewable energy in U.S. history, utility officials in the Lone Star State gave preliminary approval Thursday to a $4.9 billion plan to build new transmission lines to carry wind-generated electricity from gusty West Texas to urban areas like Dallas.

A man wanted by Liechtenstein for leaking secret banking information that identified millionaire tax cheats across Europe and the United States has told congressional investigators how money was concealed.

President Bush fondly remembered Tony Snow Thursday, telling mourners at Snow’s funeral that the conservative commentator-turned-White House press secretary “amassed a rare record of accomplishment.”

A judge said Tuesday that rapper 50 Cent’s lawyer can stay on a case against the star’s ex-girlfriend although she claims she once consulted the attorney and therefore he has a conflict of interest.

A judge sentenced Vincent Puglisi to life in prison yesterday after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon.

The White House said Bush will visit Northern California on Thursday to get a first-hand look at the wildfires that have ravaged hundreds of square miles and strained the state’s firefighting resources.

Three billboards that depict New York’s World Trade Center in flames with the words “Please Don’t Vote for a Democrat” are the work of a songwriter and commercial painter marketing his latest song.

Pentagon leaders on Wednesday signaled a surge in U.S. forces in Afghanistan “sooner rather than later” - a shift that could come later this year as they prepare to cut troop levels in Iraq.

Tropical Storm Fausto has formed south of Acapulco, while Elida has strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane off Baja California’s coast

Fire crews conducted more controlled burns Wednesday, trying to block the spread of a wildfire that already has blackened 190 square miles of the Los Padres National Forest in the hills of the central California coast.

Police say man killed woman, then self in Missouri mall