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Marian Hossa scored two goals for the second straight game as the surging Blackhawks won their fourth straight and took over the NHL points lead by beating the Minnesota Wild...

Dodd won't seek re-election Connecticut senator's move adds to loss of N.D.'s Dorgan WASHINGTON -- Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd, a five-term Democrat whose political stock began falling after the financial...

Bitter cold and snow sweeping into the eastern U.S. left part of New England under record snowfall and hit Southerners with subfreezing temperatures that farmers fear could destroy strawberries and...

Health care bill on fast track Democratic leadership meets to resolve key issues WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats and President Barack Obama began work in earnest Tuesday on difficult issues still...

President Obama asserted Tuesday that the U.S. government had enough information to foil the attempted bombing on a Christmas Day flight but intelligence agencies "failed to connect the dots." Obama...

Security test fails A Slovak man unwittingly carried hidden explosives on board a weekend flight to Dublin after a Slovakian airport-security test went awry, Irish officials announced Tuesday. Pilot pleads...

The Internal Revenue Service will regulate paid tax preparers, requiring them to register with the government, pass competency tests and adhere to ethical standards. The regulations, announced Monday, will not...

Board accuses Octomom doc The fertility doctor who helped Nadya Suleman give birth to 14 children has been accused by the California Medical Board of repeated gross negligence. According to...

Drug manufacturer Novartis AG said it plans to take over Alcon Inc. in a deal that broadens its business away from prescription drugs and makes it one of the biggest...

Professors assail Iran regime Violence against opposition shows weakness, they write TEHRAN, Iran -- Nearly 90 professors at Tehran University have told Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that ongoing...