'Green Mile' actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54 following July 13 heart attack LOS ANGELES... More

• 0

NEW YORK (AP) -- When he announced his run for congress in the fall of 2009, future U.S. Rep.... More

• DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press
• 0

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about... More

• The Associated Press
• 0

LaPLACE, La. (AP) -- President Barack Obama insisted on Monday that the federal government can... More

• BEN FELLER KASIE HUNT Associated Press
• 0

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Mitt Romney wasted no time after accepting the GOP presidential nomination in... More

• CAIN BURDEAU Associated Press
• 0

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities say a man high on PCP-laced marijuana stabbed two neighborhood... More

• BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press
• 0

The nation's oil and gas hub along the Gulf Coast is slowly coming back to life in the aftermath... More

• JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer
• 0

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and... More

• CAIN BURDEAU KEVIN McGILL Associated Press
• 0

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Paul Ryan delivered a scathing criticism of President Barack Obama's... More

• STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press
• 0

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- School day wake-up calls recorded by celebrities. Weekend makeup... More

• LISA LEFF Associated Press
• 0

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Susannah Rodgers, her prosthetic leg resting on the starting block,... More

• The Associated Press
• 0

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Union activists walked a political tightrope on Monday -- voicing support... More

• MICHAEL BIESECKER MITCH WEISS Associated Press
• 0

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- About a quarter of a million customers remained in the dark Monday in... More

• CAIN BURDEAU KEVIN McGILL Associated Press
• 0

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats jockeyed for economic high ground in a Labor... More

• CALVIN WOODWARD KEN THOMAS Associated Press
• 0

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake early Monday in the... More

• 0

It's the mantra we will hear endlessly in the coming weeks: Americans face a "stark choice" come... More

• PAULINE ARRILLAGA AP National Writer
• 0

NEW YORK (AP) -- Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe lost his way kayaking in the waters off New... More

• COLLEEN LONG Associated Press
• 0

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Days after Isaac hammered Louisiana and Mississippi with winds and rain, much... More

• CAIN BURDEAU KEVIN McGILL Associated Press
• 0

Replacement officials probably can't start the regular season as poorly as they did the... More

• DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer
• 0

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- With his mother in the hospital and his father out of state, a 6-year-old... More

• BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press
• 0

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A wandering deer found himself in hot water after stepping on a... More

• 0

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dionne Warwick is comparing the death of lyricist Hal David to the loss of a... More

• 0

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Much of a finger-shaped parish southeast of New Orleans was still covered... More

• CAIN BURDEAU KEVIN McGILL Associated Press
• 0

Obama pins 'Romney doesn't care" label on foe for health view, says of Obamacare: 'I do... More

• 0

DALLAS (AP) -- Glenn Smith left a lucrative job at a Dallas-area technology firm for an early... More

• NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press
• 0