Military personnel who suffer a traumatic brain injury need to be fed adequately and immediately to reduce the severity and improve survival chances, according to a new report.
Federal firefighters and officials from other federal agencies joined the fight against a massive fire burning 70 miles west of Fort Worth. Meanwhile, a Texas firefighter died from injuries suffered while battling a blaze earlier this month.
The federal government filed civil complaints against a California contractor here and eight in Hawaii and Washington state, alleging they forced hundreds of Thai laborers to harvest coffee and pineapples while living in squalor and enduring threats of abuse and deportation.
County authorities in Texas are investigating a cattle farm for animal cruelty based on a graphic video of abuse being circulated by an animal-rights group. Live-cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell on worries the video would cause a pullback in consumer demand for beef.
A former Rutgers student was indicted on 15 charges after allegedly secretly taping a same-sex encounter involving his roommate, who later committed suicide.
Federal prosecutors have agreed to let two of the three online gambling companies targeted in a federal crackdown, to use their domain names to facilitate U.S. players' withdrawal of funds in accounts.
Homeland Security will replace the much-derided color-coded terror-alert system next week with a system designed to give specific information.
The U.S. said it would start requiring airlines to refund baggage fees when luggage is lost as part of new rules that also target ticket surcharges and lengthy tarmac delays.
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One year after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, lawmakers are still debating whether to change a law that caps liabilities for oil and gas companies that cause spills at $75 million.
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pakistani news channel Wednesday that links between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence military spy agency and the Haqqani faction of the Taliban were continuing to strain relations between the countries.
Facebook is trying to find its way in Washington, where it has only a fledgling lobbying operation, even though it finds its privacy policies under scrutiny and is trying to navigate expansion into China.
Lee Farkas, the former chairman of Taylor, Bean and Whitaker Mortgage, was found guilty on all 14 charges stemming from a seven-year, multibillion dollar fraud scheme that led to the collapse of his firm and Colonial Bank.
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Global power producer AES has agreed to buy Ohio utility DPL for $3.5 billion, as utilities seek consolidation in the hope that greater scale will bring about efficiencies.
An $800,000 overhaul of downtown Denver's traffic lights has touched off a bout of nostalgia here, as the city does away with a quirky street-crossing tradition known as the Barnes Dance.
A White House jet with First Lady Michelle Obama aboard flew closer than permitted to an Air Force cargo plane and had to break off its approach to land at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.
The FDA said it will require some painkiller manufacturers to produce new educational tools in an effort to quell prescription-drug abuse.
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Tim Hetherington, the Oscar-nominated co-director of the 2010 film "Restrepo" was killed Wednesday in Libya amid a battle between rebel and government forces.
One year after the BP oil spill, Gulf of Mexico energy output is beginning to show the impact of the Obama administration's 10-month freeze on deep-water drilling.
Dismissed just days ago as self-promotion, Donald Trump's flirtation with a White House run appears to be picking up steam as he moves toward establishing the rudiments of a campaign.
Bijan Pakzad, a Beverly Hills designer of ultraluxury clothing, perfume and jewelry, suffered a stroke Thursday and died a few days later.
More dog owners are looking to create custom breeds that combine in a single dog the best traits of two registered purebreds. This, in turn, has spawned demand for cavachons, shih-poos, schnoodles and other hybrids.
France and Italy are joining Britain in sending military officers to Libya to help rebel forces organize and to bolster the NATO air campaign that has failed to rout Gadhafi's military.
Visitors to the Hollywood sign have grown in number in the past two years, sparking a war in the neighborhood over what to do.
In today's pictures, Libyan orphans await aid, a wildfire darkens the sunset in Texas, a sunny day calls for ice cream in England, and more.
Grete Waitz, a Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57 years old.
The Obama presidency is increasingly being consumed by the great national debate over the deficit. But the odds of resolving the debate are undercut by the fact that the two parties can't agree on what's causing deficit woes in the first place.
With the NFL frozen by a labor war, Tommy Zbikowski of the Baltimore Ravens finds himself pursuing an improbably romantic dream: to become the best boxer who ever played professional football.
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