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Attorney General Jerry Brown has relied on a stealth fundraising campaign and his near universal name recognition to wipe out the field seven months ahead of California's Democratic primary for governor. Read More

President Barack Obama says the nation must never forget the 13 men and women who died during a shooting rampage on a U.S. Army post at Fort Hood, Texas. Read More

A former astronaut pleaded guilty Tuesday to attacking a romantic rival after driving 1,000 miles from Houston to Orlando and was sentenced to a year on probation. Read More

Prosecutors in Chicago are claiming that Northwestern University journalism students paid off a witness in an effort to prove a man was wrongly convicted. Read More

The execution was set Tuesday night for John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind three weeks of sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead and beset such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas. Read More

Obama says 'no faith justifies' the slayings at Fort Hood Army base. Read More

Police surrounded an office building near the governor's mansion on Tuesday after a report of a disturbance initially believed to be a hostage situation. But they said there was no confirmation of hostages taken. Read More

An Oregon woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the baby out of her womb will remain in jail without bail pending trial. Read More

A Marine reservist was charged with attacking a Greek Orthodox priest he mistook for a terrorist. Read More

The Republican leader responsible for rounding up GOP House votes says he strongly disagrees with Louisiana Rep. Ahn "Joseph" Cao's (gowz) decision to break party ranks on health care reform. Read More

New York's Senate isn't expected to consider a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage during a special session, despite pleas from Gov. David Paterson and advocates for gay marriage. Read More

A California plastic surgeon accused of molesting dozens of patients, many while unconscious, has pleaded not guilty to 64 felony sex charges. Read More

A report by California Attorney General Jerry Brown's office says a spokesman secretly recorded phone calls with five reporters, even though he was explicitly warned not to do so. Read More

The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them. Read More

The mother of one of three detained Americans accused of espionage by Iranian authorities said Tuesday the group is innocent and she hopes their fates will not get tangled in deadlocked negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. Read More

The city's mayor-elect has a vision of bringing the middle class to her impoverished hometown. But Dana Redd's first task is to try to get full mayoral powers restored. Read More

The driver and the child in her lap survived when a pickup truck slammed into a 1,500-gallon aquarium at Tampa International Airport. The tropical fish were not so lucky. Read More

A South Carolina mother fruitlessly tried to shield her 20-month-old toddler from a barrage of bullets in a drive-by shooting that killed the baby and two adults and injured at least five others, relatives said Tuesday. Read More

A former student held a school administrator hostage for more than two hours Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said. No one was injured. Read More

U.S. Capitol Police say six protesters have been arrested at Sen. Joseph Lieberman's office in Washington. Read More