The head of the nation’s Veterans Affairs system said Saturday it still could be months before inpatient surgeries resume at a southern Illinois hospital. But rehabbing the site’s image after a surge in patient deaths last year may take far longer.

Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones has been released from federal prison after completing her sentence for lying about her steroid use.

Former U.S. track star Marion Jones has been moved from a federal prison in Fort Worth and will serve the remainder of her sentence in San Antonio.

Former U.S. track star Marion Jones has been moved from a federal prison in Fort Worth and will serve the remainder of her sentence in San Antonio.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking up the issue of possible job losses due to the closure of a DHL shipping site in Ohio, the result of a corporate merger aided by his campaign manager during his work as a lobbyist.

The new leader at USA Track and Field sent a letter to President Bush asking him to deny Marion Jones’ request to commute her six-month prison sentence for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam.”As...

Disgraced Olympic track star Marion Jones has asked President Bush to commute her six-month prison sentence for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam.The Justice Department confirmed Monday that Jones...

A former Alabama state trooper is scheduled to go on trial in October for a slaying that occurred on darkened streets during a historic civil rights demonstration in Marion in 1965.Circuit Judge Tommy Jones declined to dismiss an indictment against...

A coroner says an elderly Illinois woman found three weeks ago pinned under her dead husband’s body has died as a result of her injuries.Williamson County Coroner Mike Burke says 83-year-old Blanche Roberts died Tuesday in a southern Illinois hospital.A...