10:55 AM, May 22, 2012
A new era in space exploration dawned Tuesday as a slender rocket powered into the dark Florida sky before sunrise, carrying the first private spacecraft bound for the International Space Station.
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12:48 PM, May 21, 2012
Chrysler Group is recalling about 68,000 Jeep Wrangers in the U.S. for a problem that has lead to fires in some cases.
6:41 AM, May 21, 2012
11Alive speaks to a third person in the Southeast, the second in Georgia, who is fighting a flesh eating bacterial infection.
2:38 AM, May 21, 2012
Law schools in Michigan and Illinois have just released a painstaking compilation of statistics that show more than 2,000 exonerations of people who have been wrongly convicted of serious crime.
1:25 AM, May 21, 2012
Officials say a riot at a privately run federal prison in southwest Mississippi that left one guard dead and five other correctional officers and an inmate injured has been brought under control.
1:25 AM, May 21, 2012
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says the protests of the NATO Summit resulted in 45 people being arrested and four officers suffering injuries - one from a stab wound in the leg.
1:25 AM, May 21, 2012
NATO says that its European missile shield is up and running with a basic capability to shoot down incoming missiles.
1:24 AM, May 21, 2012
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says American troops will still be involved combat next year even as the U.S. officially shifts to a support role.
5:47 PM, May 18, 2012
A 43-year-old California mom, is in the hospital recovering from second- and third-degree burns after some colored rocks her family found on the beach exploded in her shorts pocket and caught fire.
11:27 AM, May 18, 2012
Facebook is about to burst out of the IPO gate Friday, with a blistering initial public offering that is expected to raise billions - not to mention the eyebrows of some investors on Wall Street.
3:20 AM, May 18, 2012
An insurgent attack in Afghanistan has killed two members of the international military coalition.
1:33 AM, May 18, 2012
Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney says his campaign is about the future while President Barack Obama's is about "character assassination."
1:33 AM, May 18, 2012
The White House says the U.S. and Pakistan have decided to "reach a conclusion" to their standoff over Pakistan's blockade of a key supply route.
1:33 AM, May 18, 2012
A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off Chile's southern coast, but the authorities say it wasn't felt on land and discounted the possibility of a tsunami.
1:33 AM, May 18, 2012
A Marine Corps investigation has found that a bird strike caused a helicopter crash at Camp Pendleton last year that killed two Marines.
9:34 PM, May 17, 2012
Trayvon Martin's autopsy shows evidence of marijuana in his urine and blood.
4:32 PM, May 17, 2012
A Republican Congressman from Colorado is backpedaling after news reports of a recording of his comments where said of President Obama, "in his heart, he's not an American."
3:44 PM, May 17, 2012
Actor Nick Stahl, who played John Connor in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," has been reported missing by his wife, who told police she has not seen him since May 9, according to news reports from Los Angeles.
1:32 PM, May 17, 2012
Donna Summer, the "Queen of Disco" whose hits included "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls," "Love to Love You Baby" and "She Works Hard for the Money," has died, a representative said Thursday. She was 63.
12:34 PM, May 17, 2012
Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., died of asphyxiation due to hanging, the Westchester County medical examiner said Thursday.
12:11 PM, May 17, 2012
Aaron Golson and Sean Hobson are charged with hazing Bria Shante Hunter last fall. Golson is also accused in the hazing death of Robert Champion.
11:23 AM, May 17, 2012
Detroit police said they don't believe a group of young attackers knew they had targeted a prominent Detroit pastor and gospel recording artist when they beat and carjacked him Wednesday afternoon.
8:41 AM, May 17, 2012
A whopping 96 percent of main entrees sold at top U.S. chain eateries
exceed daily limits for calories, sodium, fat and saturated fat
recommended by the USDA.
7:01 AM, May 17, 2012
Lana Kuykendall is a paramedic, so when a rapidly spreading red and black bruise appeared on the back of her leg after giving birth to twins, she knew something was wrong.
3:21 AM, May 17, 2012
A Russian-made Soyuz craft carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station, putting the crew in place for the imminent arrival of the first ever privately owned cargo ship to the orbiting lab.
1:42 AM, May 17, 2012
New foreclosure data show that the number of U.S. homes seized by banks declined in April, while fewer properties entered into the foreclosure process.
1:42 AM, May 17, 2012
For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.
1:41 AM, May 17, 2012
A senior judge has been sworn-in to head a caretaker government in Greece for the next month.
1:41 AM, May 17, 2012
Dozens of world leaders are heading to the United States to discuss Europe's economic woes and solidify plans for winding down the Afghanistan war.
1:31 AM, May 17, 2012
High winds have nearly tripled the size of a wildfire in northern Arizona that led to an evacuation order for a historic mining town.
12:25 AM, May 17, 2012
For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children.
8:06 PM, May 16, 2012
The attorney representing Trayvon Martin's parents said Wednesday a medical report detailing injuries sustained by the man who said he shot Trayvon was leaked to bolster his claims of self-defense.
5:24 PM, May 16, 2012
Coffee lovers are a loyal crowd. Most pour out their morning cup of java for the flavor, the aroma, and the accompanying jolt of energy, rather than the health perks.
2:38 PM, May 16, 2012
A phenomenal response for Aimee Copeland on Tuesday at her college in Carrollton resulted more than 200 people offering to donate blood
2:33 PM, May 16, 2012
A phenomenal response for Aimee Copeland on Tuesday at her college in Carrollton resulted in 162 pints of donated blood.
2:22 PM, May 16, 2012
The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.
7:15 AM, May 16, 2012
A medical report by George Zimmerman's family doctor shows the neighborhood watch volunteer was diagnosed with a fractured nose, two black eyes and two lacerations on the back of the head after his fatal confrontation with Trayvon Martin.
12:57 AM, May 16, 2012
Mitt Romney is adding two more victories to his win column.
12:57 AM, May 16, 2012
Attorneys for John Edwards are indicating their case is winding down, but they are not yet saying whether they will call the former presidential candidate or his mistress to testify.
12:57 AM, May 16, 2012
High winds are increasing the acreage of a northern Arizona wildfire but also blowing flames away from an historic mining town.
12:57 AM, May 16, 2012
Facebook's public stock offering this week is projected to generate between $1.6 billion and $2.1 billion through mid-2013 for California's budget as shareholders cash in their shares.