The case a lawyer wouldn't give up on

Defense lawyer Elvin Gentry was walking into the El Paso County courthouse this year as an assistant district attorney was walking out....

What recession? It's boom time again in Silicon Valley

As she unloaded groceries in the driveway of her Palo Alto home, Lisen Stromberg was approached by a real estate broker who asked whether...

Independent groups getting a head start on 2012 campaign

An early television war fueled by independent groups is poised to shape the focus and landscape of the 2012 presidential race much as "tea-...

If Rudolph Giuliani runs, it'll be a different campaign

Rudolph W. Giuliani was just five minutes into his speech criticizing President Obama's economic policies and hinting at a possible...

Republican candidates spent money to make money

The huge infrastructure that President Obama is putting together for his reelection effort was already visible in the first few months of...

Gun-smuggling cartel figures possibly were paid FBI informants

Congressional investigators probing the controversial "Fast and Furious" anti-gun-trafficking operation on the border with Mexico believe at...

Tourists revisit the Cold War at Nevada Test Site

There was a time when a mushroom cloud billowing over the Nevada desert was celebrated as a symbol of American strength — and, about...

A different kind of Mormon stage show

Don and Lee Preston, who teach at an international school near Shanghai, were sitting under a gaily striped tent last Saturday in a field...

Ban on enforcement of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy is suspended

A federal appeals court late Friday temporarily suspended its ban on enforcement of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, reversing...

House Republicans brace for compromise on debt

Republican leaders in the House have begun to prepare their troops for politically painful votes to raise the nation's debt limit,...

Campaign finance reports underscore GOP disparities

The first look at the campaign finance activities of the 2012 White House contenders underscored not only President Obama's huge cash...

Court rejects challenge to airport body scanners

A U.S. appeals court rejected a constitutional challenge to the government's use of body-imaging scanners at the nation's airports, ruling...

House Republicans move to thwart lighting efficiency rules

The House Republican majority moved Friday to keep old-style incandescent light bulbs around a bit longer, voting to block enforcement of...

Transplant recipient learns to accept his fate, and his new face

From the start, Dallas Wiens has believed that the face he woke up with after surgery was his own.

After 200 years, Somers Point fights for return of sailors' bodies

Even as the United States and its Western allies participate in a modern war in Libya, a small city in New Jersey and a congressmen are...

J.K. Rowling's characters turn up in medical literature, too

For more than a decade, the phenomenally popular Harry Potter series has provided grist for medical studies on topics including genetics,...

Senate leaders' plan for Obama to raise debt ceiling gains traction

A plan by the Senate's two top leaders to allow President Obama to raise the debt limit without congressional approval is emerging as the...