35 students rescued from burning bus on NYC bridge

NEW YORK — A bus carrying 35 elementary school children on an outing has caught fire on a New York City bridge,...

Boston College tries to keep ACC title hopes alive

Thirty-seven wins, and counting. Three bowl games, soon to be four. Two Atlantic Coast Conference title game appearances....

Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager...

Nightmare is over for British man

LONDON - A British man who said he was having a nightmare about fighting off an intruder when he strangled his...

Pennsylvania university students upset about fitness class

PHILADELPHIA — A university’s requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive...

Death of Drew Brees’ mother ruled a suicide

GRANBY, Colo. — The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide. Mina...

Pricey gift: MLB offers Series film set for $2,229

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has the perfect gift to bust a budget in a recession. A 20-DVD set of...

Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote

WASHINGTON - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that...

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the...

Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens

NEW YORK — The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising...

TD Bank named in lawsuit connected to $100M fraud probe

MIAMI —Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday...

J.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit soars on coffee

PORTLAND, Ore. — J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers...

GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown blasts NY trial for Mohammed

Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown wants President Barack Obama to overrule the attorney general on trying...

UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike

BERKELEY, Calif. - Students barricaded themselves inside buildings on University of California campuses to protest...

Prosecutor: Man used power saw to dismember father

Prosecutors say a Boston man beat his 70-year-old father to death, then used a power saw to cut his body to pieces...