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Officials ordered residents evacuated from the lower Florida Keys on Monday as Tropical Storm Rita headed toward the island chain, threatening to grow into a hurricane with ...8.4

President Bush on Monday questioned the plan to allow residents to return to New Orleans, saying there are too many concerns about additional flooding and safety in the city.8.3

The Bush administration is cautiously optimistic about North Korea's agreement to give up its nuclear program but says implementation of the deal is key.7.5

Tyco's former CE0 Dennis Kozlowski and former finance chief Mark Swartz were each sentenced to eight and a-third to 25 years in prison Monday for stealing hundreds of ...5.5

News More>> Evacuations Ordered for Florida Keys Some Residents Return To City Deliberations Continue in Bruce Trial Saleh To Appear In Court Minivans Put to the Test State ...7.5

They say virtue is its own reward, but what about education? Authorities in Norwalk, Connecticut have decided to sweeten the pot for some middle school students, who will ...5.7

Staff report Louisiana National Guard This is Day 20 since Hurricane Katrina hit.5.6

Seven suspected militants accused of recruiting jihadists to fight U.S. forces in Iraq pleaded not guilty Monday at the opening of their trial in Jordan.5.6

OPEC ministers expressed concern Monday about a tropical storm bearing down on the hurricane-ravaged U.S. Gulf Coast as they debated ways to calm worries over oil prices and ...6.6

Prosecutors hung much of their case on circumstantial evidence. A phone call to an Emory clinic taking responsibility for Melendi's abduction was traced to a pay phone near ...6

The nation's leading schizophrenia treatment doesn't work much better than an older, far cheaper drug, says a government study that is the most comprehensive comparison of ...5.9

Democrat Fernando Ferrer has enough votes to officially win the mayoral primary and will face Republican Michael Bloomberg on Nov.6.5

A Stratford, Conn., woman has agreed to a plea agreement that will send her to prison for having sex with an 8-year-old neighbor boy.7

Yesterday's Horoscope Your friends just love talking to you, because they know you'll remember absolutely everything that you've ever been told.5.2

Rapper Lil' Kim is scheduled to begin her prison sentence of one year and one day today, punishment for a perjury conviction.5.4

Computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed to acquire software company Peregrine Systems Inc.5.7

The Iraqi government has announced the first verdict against a family member of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.6.3

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A 17-year-old girl was arrested in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl during a fight that neighbors said was over a boy.5.5

Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise-ship operator, said Monday that profit rose 12 percent in its fiscal third quarter as higher ticket prices and increased onboard ...6

Losing your keys can be a pain. But after an assistant warden lost a set of keys, prisoners at the Jacksonville Correctional Center spent four days on lockdown.5.9

United Press International A British man and woman left behind on an Australian scuba diving trip survived six hours in waters off the Great Barrier Reef surrounded by sharks.6

Authorities shut down all westbound lanes of Interstate 10 Monday morning while investigating a car-to-car shooting that injured two Rialto men, one critically.6.5

Head of Nuclear Agency Urges End to Confrontation Over Iran's Atomic Program Iran's U.N. Ambassador to Austria Mohamed Akhonzadeh Basti, second left, speaks to journalists ...6

White Sox and Indians square off in Central Division chemistry showdown! Plus: WNBA Finals, NFL prediction embarrassments.6.3

Attendance is down at some of North Carolina's top tourist attractions, though the state's tourism expenditures continue to rise, surpassing 13- -billion-dollars last year.6.1

Milwaukee, Wis. The amount of garbage brought in from other states to Wisconsin landfills increased 46 percent last year to 2.2 million tons, the state Department of Natural ...5.6

Television's first "Survivor" winner now starts a new ordeal. Richard Hatch who won the first season of the reality show is scheduled to be arraigned today on charges that ...6.3