The Lake County sheriff is behind bars _ voluntarily.

Firefighters sent more than 30 distress calls from a burning ground zero skyscraper where two firemen died, but not all were heard in the confusion, a fire department...

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s legal issues will cause Gov. Jennifer Granholm to miss some of the Democratic National Convention.

A New Jersey congressman met with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in hopes of arranging safe passage for two young girls stuck there, even as the girls’...

Researchers at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site last year injected 5,000 gallons of molasses into the soil to try to clean up toxic groundwater near...

A privately funded initiative that pays students in some New York City high schools up to $1,000 for passing Advanced Placement tests is not making the grade, critics...

Sheryl Crow is giving away free music _ a tactic she calls the “Tupperware” party approach to inspiring young people to vote.

Grown men argued over dolls for six hours as they wrapped up a federal trial pitting the maker of the pouty-lipped Bratz dolls against the house of Barbie _ a lawsuit...

Authorities outside Birmingham are investigating after five men were found dead in an apartment.

Presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain together spent nearly $90 million in July, feeding an escalating advertising contest as they tussled for pole position...

Barack Obama reports spending $55 million in July, his highest figure in a single month.

Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is...

Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp is completing its split into five publicly traded companies Thursday _ a move intended to give each business more focus and...

Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama star in a new television ad that highlights successes in helping the world’s poor and encourages people to do more this election...

Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting “a little testy” as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid...

After a barrage of consumer complaints, the government is banning phone calls of prerecorded sales messages unless consumers agree to receive the calls.

There are loyal customers, and then there’s Joseph Macko.

There are loyal customers, and then there’s Joseph Macko.

A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Arizona from using a state law to prosecute an online merchant who sells shirts that list names of thousands of troops...

A supervisor arrested after an immigration raid at a large meatpacking plant pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to hire illegal immigrants and aiding and abetting...