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Chief Justice nominee John Roberts said Thursday there is no room for ideologues on the Supreme Court, declaring an "obligation to the Constitution" and to no other cause as ...8.2

Lawmakers on Thursday worked to help solve the practical problems facing those caught in Hurricane Katrina's path who need quick access to cash, housing and medical care.6.5

President Bush delivered a prime time address to the nation Thursday from Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans 17 days after Hurricane Katrina churned the ...6.2

Bridget Jones is untying the knot. Renee Zellweger, who played the lovelorn Brit in "Bridget Jones's Diary," and country music star Kenny Chesney will have their ...6.1

A school safety alert in Fayette County. Letters went home Tuesday afternoon to parents at two Lexington schools after reports of a man taking pictures of students.6.1

Four states sued the Bush administration Thursday over an invasive, tree-eating beetle that has entered the U.S. as a stowaway on cargo ships.5.7

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin announced Thursday that large parts of his city will reopen next week, and the historic French Quarter the week after that.6.5

Keeping a promise to her grandson that she would parachute when she turns 85, Thelma Tillery did just that.6.6

"I like to say that the 51st state is the state of denial," he told the AP. "It's as though a huge comet were heading for us and nobody wants to talk about it.5.9

A fire engulfed Mexico's most famous fireworks market Thursday, setting off a chain of explosions in a town northeast of the nation's capital that destroyed hundreds of ...4.4

The final recommendations of the base closure commission would bring two new commands to Fort Bragg and give adjacent Pope Air Force Base to the Army.4.8

More women - particularly those in their late teens and 20s - are experimenting with bisexuality or at least feel more comfortable reporting same-sex encounters, according ...6

Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation Thursday placing further restrictions on abortion, and Planned Parenthood said it filed a lawsuit challenging the measure.5.9

A former political prisoner in Cuba, who says he was repeatedly tortured with drugs and electric shocks, sued Fidel Castro's government Thursday for $50 million in damages ...5.9

The U.S. Coast Guard is watching a barge that is sinking off of Mare Island in Vallejo.6

Saying he hoped to improve the ability of emergency responders to communicate with the public, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin announced Thursday ...6.6

BOSTON --A woman who falsely accused her boyfriend of rape was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for committing perjury.6.2

The complete text of the final draft of the Iraqi Constitution, as translated from the Arabic by The Associated Press, part 4. PART TWO: Freedoms Article : The freedom and ...6.1

Army Staff Sgt. Kelvin Irizarry-Melendez pleaded guilty Thursday at Fort Bliss to charges stemming from a scheme to smuggle cocaine into the U.S.6

The judge hearing a product liability suit against Merck & Co., the manufacturer of painkiller Vioxx, reprimanded the company's lead lawyer Thursday for violating pretrial ...5.8

No other details were available. A phone call by The Associated Press to Spears' publicist Thursday wasn't immediately returned.6.8

National Guardsmen used armored vehicles to retrieve wads of soggy cash from a flooded-out vault a few blocks from the Superdome.6.2

San Francisco- A federal judge declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional Wednesday, a decision that could put the divisive issue ...7.4

Christopher Hill, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and top U.S. negotiator for the six-party talks, speaks to journalists at the China ...7.4

Hurricane Ophelia stalled Thursday just off North Carolina's Outer Banks, prolonging the wind and rain blasting the fragile barrier islands even as it appeared the mainland ...8

The prosecution rested this morning in the trial of Chai Soua Vang in the deaths of six deer hunters in northern Wisconsin last November, and Vang reaffirmed his intention ...6.5