Palin attacks media over 'very scary' reporting

Sarah Palin, still smarting over coverage of her vice presidential run, calls the media's reporting on her family "very scary".

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Congress asked to shut down for BCS title game

Thursday's championship football game between No. 2 Florida and No. 1 Oklahoma is obviously a big game, but big enough to shut down Congress? Rep. Cliff Stearns hopes so.

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U.S. to split by 2010? Russian analyst thinks so

For seriously predicting that the United States will break into six parts in June or July of 2010, Igor Panarin has suddenly become a Russian state-media celebrity.

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Israeli military: Troops cross Gaza border

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Banned words list offers offenders no 'bailout'

A movie about a "maverick," his journey "from Wall Street to Main Street," his "desperate search" for a "monkey" and a "game-changing" revelation about his "carbon footprint" probably would make the nation's word-watchers physically ill.

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Vt. man wins big after pulling ticket from trash

A Vermont man who threw out a lottery ticket he'd been given for Christmas pulled it out of the trash and cashed it - winning $650,000.

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Oprah gives $365K to Atlanta inner-city school

A letter from Oprah Winfrey last week seemed like the world's best Christmas present - until teacher Ron Clark noticed an extra piece of paper flutter out of the envelope ... a check for $365,000.

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Black renters raise tensions in Bay Area

As more and more black renters began moving into mostly white Antioch, Calif., a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, prostitution, drug dealing and muggings of schoolchildren.

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Calif. family finds $10,000 in box of crackers

The box of crackers Debra Rogoff bought from the grocery store had some crackerjack in it - an envelope stuffed with $10,000.

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$1.6 billion went to bailed-out bank execs

Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals.

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Pregnant death-dive survivor is now mother of two

Shayna West didn't know she was expecting when she hit pavement at 50 mph while attempting her first solo parachute jump three years ago. Now the mother of two, she says "my babies are what kept me going" through many painful surgeries.

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3-year-old Hitler can't get name on cake

The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, whose request for a birthday cake with the child's full name on it was rejected by a New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance.

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In Mideast, Arabs hail shoe-hurling journalist

Arabs across many parts of the Middle East hailed the journalist as a hero and praised his insult as a proper send-off to the unpopular U.S. president.

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ME says Celtics fan died of 'natural causes'

Officials said a 22-year-old man who died 11 days after he stopped breathing while in police custody during Boston Celtics championship celebrations died of "natural causes.''

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Indians nearing deal with former Cub Wood

The Cleveland Indians are nearing a deal with free-agent closer Kerry Wood. The Indians have offered the former Cubs reliever a two-year deal, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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Zimbabwe declares national health emergency

Zimbabwe health officials declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and the collapse of its health care system.

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Proposed wind farm generates anger

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NM gets a D in emergency health care

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Locksley will earn $750K per year at UNM

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Cash crunch leaves Gazans using tattered notes

Desperate Gazans crowded into banks on Monday, jostling to get to the front of lines as they raced to withdraw money from accounts that have become largely inaccessible due to Israeli sanctions.

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Obama set to nominate Sen. Clinton for State

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Southern California battles devastating fires

Southern Californians weathered a second straight day of devastation Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes and shut down major freeways.

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Family: Man shot by police was unarmed

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New Mexico signs deal with Ciudad Juarez

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico's Economic Development Department has signed a memorandum of understanding with the city government of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to coordinate business-building efforts along the border.

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Man charged with stealing 8 piggy banks

A 34-year-old man is charged with stealing eight piggy banks from a Minnesota home, netting more than $2,700 in change.

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