DA: Cardinal's death in Pa. probed amid odd timing

By PATRICK WALTERS

A suburban Philadelphia prosecutor is investigating the recent death of a Roman Catholic cardinal because of what she called odd timing.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 10:40 am

Dozens of pets rescued from Ohio fire find home

Several dozen animals rescued from a house fire in a Cincinnati suburb have found temporary shelter with one Ohio family.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 10:40 am

Former DuPont engineer released on bond

By RANDALL CHASE

A federal judge in Delaware has ordered a former DuPont Co. engineer charged with conspiring to steal trade secrets from the company released on bond.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 10:42 am

Obama: Birth control policy meets everyone's needs

By BEN FELLER

President Barack Obama declared Friday he's found a solution that will protect religious liberty but also ensure that women have access to free birth control, as he rushed to defuse an election-year political uproar that threatened to overtake his administration.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 10:36 am

APNewsBreak: Audit: N.Dakota school lacks controls

By DALE WETZEL

Dickinson State University awarded hundreds of degrees to foreign students who didn't earn them, signed up students who couldn't speak English and enrolled a handful without qualifying grades, according to an audit report of the North Dakota school.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 10:33 am

By JACQUES BILLEAUD

Obama: Religious liberty will be protected; women will still be able to get contraception

New Feb 10, 2012 | 10:28 am

Mentally challenged teen rescued, woman arrested

A missing, mentally challenged teenager was rescued and a woman was charged with false imprisonment after she befriended the girl and taunted her mother with text messages giving phony information on the girl's whereabouts, investigators said.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 10:23 am

NY's AG isn't backing down from Wall Street probe

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE'-dur-muhn), a lead investigator into the mortgage collapse that wobbled the U.S. economy, says he won't take the title "sheriff of Wall Street" that his predecessor held.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 10:27 am

Sandusky takes stand over request for local jury

By MARK SCOLFORO

Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky briefly testified at a pretrial hearing Friday, telling the judge overseeing his child sex-abuse case that he believes a local jury would be as fair and unbiased as those from anywhere else in Pennsylvania.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 10:20 am

5 killed in wrong-way crash on I-10 in La.

Authorities say five people were killed when a driver going the wrong way crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 10 outside New Orleans, closing the westbound lanes for nearly five hours.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 10:13 am

Report: Teacher in LA molest case paid to resign

By CHRISTINA HOAG

The former third-grade teacher charged with committing lewd acts on students was paid $40,000 to drop an appeal of his firing, a newspaper reported Friday.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 9:54 am

2nd depo sought for convicted Fla. Ponzi schemer

By CURT ANDERSON

Convicted Florida Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein will give another round of sworn testimony about the inner workings of his $1.2 billion fraud.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 9:57 am

3 senators introduce a bill for oversight of NYPD

Three Democratic state senators say an independent inspector should oversee the New York City Police Department after what they say are abuses including the widespread surveillance of Muslims and the crackdown on Occupy Wall Street protesters.

New Feb 10, 2012 | 9:45 am

Obama call for manufacturing revival a tough goal

By TOM RAUM

President Barack Obama is making a strong election-year push for an economic revival "built on American manufacturing." But he faces an uphill slog, with little consensus even within his own party on how to do it.

Feb 10, 2012 | 8:35 am

Groups demand new probe into Marine photo

By JULIE WATSON

A leading Jewish organization and others outraged by a photo showing Marine snipers in Afghanistan posing with a logo resembling a notorious Nazi symbol are demanding President Barack Obama order an investigation and hold the troops accountable.

Feb 10, 2012 | 8:37 am

Chicago clerk buying bond for sticker designer

Chicago's city clerk says she will buy a $1,000 savings bond for the boy whose winning design for the 2012-13 vehicle registration sticker was scrapped because some believe it may depict gang signs.

Feb 10, 2012 | 8:24 am

Marine veteran found after 2 days in Oregon snow

A former Marine sniper who suffers from panic attacks and fled on foot following a minor traffic accident in Oregon was found after two days in the snow.

Feb 10, 2012 | 7:57 am

This Week in the Civil War

By The Associated Press

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Feb 10, 2012 | 7:01 am

Nearly 1 in 20 US adults over 50 have fake knees

By LINDSEY TANNER

Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population.

Feb 10, 2012 | 6:44 am