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Balloon boy dad to start work-release

Balloon boy dad to start work-release

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The man who pleaded guilty in the balloon boy hoax has been released from a Colorado jail to serve the rest of his sentence in a work-release program.

Posted: Today at 10:00 am EST
  • GOP's to test new power during Tuesday vote

    GOP's to test new power during Tuesday vote

    WASHINGTON -- Today marks the first test of Senate Republicans' new voting clout as they attempt to block President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for the National Labor Relations Board.

    Posted: Today at 10:00 am EST
  • Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic

    Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic

    WASHINGTON -- Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard.

    Posted: Today at 10:05 am EST
  • First lady begins fight against childhood obesity

    First lady begins fight against childhood obesity

    WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama launched a nationwide campaign Tuesday to fight childhood obesity, part of her effort to teach America's children about better nutrition and exercise.

    Posted: Today at 10:10 am EST
  • Reconstruction of plane collision planned

    Reconstruction of plane collision planned

    BOULDER, Colo. -- Federal investigators plan to do a reconstruction of the midair collision that killed three people in two planes above Boulder, Colo., on Saturday.

    Posted: Today at 11:45 am EST
  • Double hand transplant patient leaves Pa. hospital

    Double hand transplant patient leaves Pa. hospital

    PITTSBURGH -- The nation's first double hand transplant recipient has left a Pittsburgh hospital after medicine cleared up a rash that signaled he might be rejecting his new hands.

    Posted: Today at 10:05 am EST
  • Stocks climb on hopes for Greece assistance

    Stocks climb on hopes for Greece assistance

    NEW YORK -- Stocks surged Tuesday morning as hopes grow the European Union will help Greece with its growing debt burden.

    Posted: Today at 10:15 am EST
  • Group buys land around Hollywood sign

    Group buys land around Hollywood sign

    LOS ANGELES -- A nature conservation group says it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land above the world-famous Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes.

    Posted: Today at 8:05 am EST
  • Rep. John Murtha, voice for veterans, dies at 77

    Rep. John Murtha, voice for veterans, dies at 77

    HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A longtime friend of John Murtha says the late congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery and an infection led him to be hospitalized with a fever.

    Posted: Today at 8:00 am EST
  • Astronauts inspect space station shuttle

    Astronauts inspect space station shuttle

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.

    Posted: Today at 7:50 am EST
  • Fires strike 2 more east Texas churches

    Fires strike 2 more east Texas churches

    DALLAS -- A sheriff's dispatcher says fires have struck two more rural east Texas churches, just hours after investigators announced that a blaze last week marked the eighth arson against a house of worship in the state this year.

    Posted: Today at 8:00 am EST
  • Reports: Toyota to recall 300,000 Priuses

    Reports: Toyota to recall 300,000 Priuses

    TOKYO -- Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and is likely to notify both the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, news reports said, as a top executive will testify before U.S. lawmakers about defects that have tarnished its reputation for quality and safety.

    Posted: Yesterday at 4:15 pm EST
  • Gov't shut down as DC, region dig out of snow

    Gov't shut down as DC, region dig out of snow

    WASHINGTON -- Federal workers and school children got a day off Monday as the Mid-Atlantic region dug out from as much as 3 feet of snow that made travel nearly impossible and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people.

    Posted: Yesterday at 10:00 pm EST
  • NY murder defendant learned about burning

    NY murder defendant learned about burning

    WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A wealthy 68-year-old jeweler with two ex-wives in Europe who is accused of killing his third wife and burning her body testified Monday that he learned how bodies are incinerated when he questioned a mortician about his mother's cremation.

    Posted: Yesterday at 7:50 pm EST
  • Barzee pleads guilty to charge in Smart case

    Barzee pleads guilty to charge in Smart case

    SALT LAKE CITY -- Prosecutors on Monday dropped state charges against a woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

    Posted: Yesterday at 3:00 pm EST
  • Man arrested after Detroit airport security breach

    Man arrested after Detroit airport security breach

    ROMULUS, Mich. -- A portion of a terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was evacuated Monday after a man walked through a passenger screening checkpoint and refused to obey security officers, officials said.

    Posted: Yesterday at 11:05 am EST
  • Space shuttle blasts off on last night flight

    Space shuttle blasts off on last night flight

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what's likely the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station.

    Posted: Yesterday at 4:25 pm EST
  • NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's cat

    NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's cat

    NEW YORK -- A graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated animal cruelty, ending an eerie case in which authorities said the unsuspecting woman kept replacing her dying pets.

    Posted: Yesterday at 8:00 pm EST
  • Former Philly officer to be charged with murder

    Former Philly officer to be charged with murder

    PHILADELPHIA -- A murder warrant was issued Monday against a former Philadelphia police officer accused of fatally shooting a neighbor during an off-duty altercation in November.

    Posted: Yesterday at 2:55 pm EST
  • Toyota resale values lowered by Kelley Blue Book

    Toyota resale values lowered by Kelley Blue Book

    IRVINE, Calif. -- The Blue Book value of used Toyotas has been reduced again as the Japanese carmaker's troubles persist.

    Posted: Yesterday at 2:55 pm EST

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