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The Mid-Atlantic U.S. on Sunday began carving a path through the piles of wet, heavy snow in below-freezing temperatures while power crews tried to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands...

An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring a dozen or more in a blast...

Iraq vote ban stokes tensions Protesters denounce Baath Party loyalists BAGHDAD -- Hundreds of protesters denounced Iraqis still loyal to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party on Sunday as tensions soared over...

Crash investigation Investigators plan to talk to other pilots who may have heard communications between two small planes just before they collided Saturday in Colorado, killing all three people aboard,...

Northwestern 78, Indiana 61 Here's how you know it's not the same old Northwestern basketball: The Wildcats started Sunday's game with a thunderous dunk and closed out the first half...

7 slain CIA workers honored Obama commemorates deaths in Afghanistan WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama told hundreds of CIA employees Friday that the deaths of seven of their colleagues in...

Gates pessimistic on Iran deal ANKARA, Turkey -- Tehran official also voices doubts on nuclear proposal -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and a conservative official in Tehran found something...

A double bombing Friday in the southern city of Karbala killed at least 43 people and wounded more than 140 as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims commemorated a major Shiite...

An American missionary has arrived in China after being freed by North Korea, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Saturday. The agency gave no additional details. On Friday, North Korea...

Exelon Corp. Chief Executive John Rowe saw his total compensation for 2009 fall nearly 40 percent, to $6.35 million, the company said in documents filed Friday with the Securities and...