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Obama Tax Plan Gets Pushback The White House proposal to overhaul the U.S. corporate-tax code by lowering rates and limiting deductions faced immediate resistance from business groups and many Republicans.
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Massey Mine Executive Faces Charges The U.S. attorney charged a former Massey Energy superintendent with conspiring to obstruct federal regulators before a 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners.
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Home Resales Climb Higher Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose last month to the highest level in more than 1½ years, while the inventory of unsold homes contracted to a level economists consider healthy, positive signs for housing.
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Justices Take on Medal Lies Supreme Court justices expressed reverence for the valor represented by U.S. military decorations, but some questioned whether falsely claiming to have received a medal should be a federal offense.
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Drivers at the Mercy of Crude Prices America is pumping more oil out of the ground than it has in years, while Americans' gasoline consumption is at an 11-year-low. Yet gasoline prices are rising, and experts say it's all about the global economy and geopolitics.
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Fact Check: Errant claims on auto bailout, taxes

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, responds to a point made by former Pennsylvania Sen.

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Mayor's office: Top cop didn't mention spy program

In this Aug. 9, 2011 file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Chicago.

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Congressional offices receive mailed threats

Some congressional offices outside Washington and media organizations have received threatening letters containing a suspicious powdery substance that was tested and proved to be harmless, the FBI and the Senate's top law enforcement officer said Wednesday.

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AGs have 'strong concerns' about Google privacy rules

The top government lawyers from three dozen states sent a letter to Google on Wednesday, expressing "strong concerns" with the privacy policy the Web giant intends to roll out soon.

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Judge says Wash. can't make pharmacies sell Plan B

Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state's true goal was to suppress religious objections by druggists - not to promote timely access to the medicines for people who need them.

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Republican Presidential Contenders Debate Iran and Domestic Issues The debate took place in in Arizona, one of two states holding Republican primary elections next Tuesday
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Obama Pushing For Corporate Tax Reform President aims to cut corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 percent, while eliminating dozens of tax-saving deductions
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New American Voters Learn Finer Points of Democracy Cambodian immigrants are learning the finer points of American democracy as they gear up for this November’s US presidential election
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Universities Criticize NYC Police for Monitoring Muslim Students Mayor Bloomberg defends monitoring students at universities in several states, including New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania
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Construction Begins on National African American Museum When complete it will be Smithsonian Institution's 19th museum
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Santorum in spotlight in Arizona Rick Santorum comes under fire from rival US Republican candidates in a crucial TV debate days ahead of two key primaries.
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Homs reporters' deaths condemned The killings of two Western journalists in Homs among 60 reported deaths across Syria spark further outrage towards the Damascus government.
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NYPD 'spied on' Newark Muslims The New York Police Department carried out covert surveillance of Muslims in nearby Newark, New Jersey, police records reveal.
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Obama seeks US corporate tax cut US President Barack Obama proposes a cut in corporate tax and an end to tax loopholes, as part of his election-year strategy on the economy.
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LA teacher 'harassed in custody' A Los Angeles teacher has been intimidated by jail staff, his lawyer says, as he pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of child molestation.
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Huguely found guilty in Virginia lacrosse slaying Jurors find former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend, NBC News reported.
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Va. lawmakers scale back controversial abortion bill State Republican legislators have scrapped a bitterly contested proposal to require women seeking abortions to undergo invasive ultrasound imaging.
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Latino voters: Missed opportunity for Republicans? Hard-hitting immigration rhetoric is popular with conservative GOP primary voters, but may be costly in the fall because Latinos seem likely to account for a bigger share of the electorate than four years ago.
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Most Americans agree with Santorum: Satan is real

Rick Santorum is far from alone in professing a belief in Satan. In fact, most Americans believe in the devil too.

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Third-grader shot at Wash. elementary school A third-grade girl was wounded and a second student was detained Wednesday at an elementary school in Bremerton, Wash.
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