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New tests on baby milk powder in China show no signs of melamine. The scandal that broke almost a month ago, is responsible for the deaths of four infants and sickening more than 54 thousand others. (Oct. 6)
Most stocks started the week down in Asia. Japan's index fell four percent to a four-year low. Stocks were also down in Indonesia, Hong Kong and Australia. (Oct. 6)
A missing University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student may have been the victim of foul play, the Dodge County Sheriff's Department said Saturday. (Oct. 5)
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of an association with a former '60s radical. (Oct. 5)
Hollywood.tv has released video of O.J. Simpson emerging from court Thursday and signing some autographs with people on the streets of Las Vegas. (Oct. 5)
President Bush is warning Americans not to expect immediate relief from the $700 billion bailout bill he signed Friday. (Oct. 4)
Former NFL star O.J. Simpson has been found guilty of 12 charges stemming in his armed robbery-kidnapping trial and could go to prison for the rest of his life. (Oct. 4)
In response to a finding by investigators looking into the deadly train crash near Los Angeles last month, rail officials have issued an emergency order banning rail workers from using cell phones on the job. (Oct. 3)
AP Special Correspondent Linda Deutsch takes a look at the OJ Simpson robbery trial as the jury prepares to begin deliberations. (Oct. 3)
Chinese candy sold in Chinatowns across the U.S. has tested positive for melamine, linking it to the tainted milk scandal blamed for at least 4 deaths and thousands of sick children. (Oct. 3)
New citizens to the United States are registering to vote in this November's election in record numbers. Many are split as to which candidate to support, and what issues are most important. (Oct. 3)
Florida authorities have now officially labeled Casey Anthony as a suspect in the disappearance of her daughter Caylee. The three-year-old has not been seen since June. She was reported missing a month later. (Oct. 3)
An industrial chemical blamed for sickening thousands of infants in China was found in candy in four Connecticut stores this week and California stores last week. (Oct. 2)
The Senate has voted to overturn a three-decade ban on atomic trade with India. The pact allows American businesses to begin selling nuclear fuel to India in exchange for safeguards and U.N. inspections at India's civilian nuclear plants. (Oct. 2)
Shelters in Florida and Minnesota are hoping to find homes for dozens of dogs displaced by Hurricane Ike. (Oct. 2)
Two children, whose corpses were found in their mother's freezer, were most likely dead since at least last fall. Police in Maryland also say that defendant Renee Bowman also moved the bodies several times. (Oct. 2)
Bankers and political leaders in Europe are anxiously waiting for the U.S. to come up with a solution to what has become a global financial crisis that threatens their economies and markets. (Oct. 1)
Officials with the Maryland State Police say after a test flight, one of its helicopters has resumed operations after a weekend crash that killed four. (Oct. 1)
Los Angeles police are looking for a man who beat up a 16-year-old girl at a McDonald's counter after she complained about him cutting in line. (Oct. 1)
International gymnastics officials close investigation into the ages of the Chinese gymnasts at the Beijing Olympics, saying documentation confirms they were old enough to compete. But the 2000 squad remains under scrutiny. (Oct. 1)
Officials are focusing on the backyard at the former home of a woman suspected of killing two of three adopted daughters and keeping one in a freezer. (Oct. 1)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to try and reverse the city's term-limits law, so that he can seek a third term next year. Bloomberg wants the third term to help the city emerge from financial turmoil. (Oct. 1)
A European tour group kidnapped in the Sahara Desert was abruptly freed after a phone call to one of the captors, and all 19 hostages piled into a single car, some clinging to the roof as they drove 200 miles to safety.
A man accused in a shooting and stabbing rampage in Washington state will face 20 charges, including murder, when his case goes to trial. (Sept. 30)
The defense has started to present witnesses in the OJ Simpson armed robbery and kidnapping case. No testimony is expected today, with closing arguments taking place as soon as Thursday. (Sept. 30)
Asian markets continued to slide on Tuesday, following one of the worst days in Wall Street's history. Indexes in Asia fell anywhere from two to five percent. (Sept. 30)
Thousands of pilgrims panicked by false rumors of a bomb stampeded at a Hindu temple in western India on Tuesday, killing at least 168 people in the crush to escape, officials said. (Sept. 30)
The gas shortage in the southeast is driving motorists to switch to mass transit or rise before dawn to get to gas stations that still have fuel to sell. (Sept. 30)
Jury selection is underway in the case of five men accused of planning to attack soldiers on Fort Dix. The men are charged with conspiracy to murder soldiers and attempted murder. (Sept. 30)
President Bush said Tuesday that the economic damage to the nation will be 'painful and lasting' if Congress fails to pass a $700 billion bailout bill. (Sept. 30)
Hurricane Kyle turned out to be a phantom storm that caused little damage in eastern Maine. But the storm preparation provided good practice in the event a hurricane does make landfall in Maine, officials said Monday. (Sept. 29)
Police say a convicted sex offender died Sunday during a struggle with a father who found the naked man in or near his 17-year-old daughter's bedroom. (Sept. 29)
A car bomb exploded Monday near a military bus carrying troops on their way to work in northern Lebanon, killing at least five people and injuring 25. (Sept. 29)
President Bush urged lawmakers to pass a massive $700 billion bailout, saying it was vital for the future of the nation's economy. The President said he is confident that this rescue bill will help stabilize the economy. (Sept. 29)
Nearly a dozen types of chocolate has been pulled off the shelves in Hong Kong after candy-maker Cadbury recalls the treats saying it is taking the precaution due to the tainted milk scandal in China, where the chocolate is made. (Sept. 29)
A pair of dolphins are currently stuck in a pond in Northern Australia. Wildlife experts tried to rescue the pair on Sunday, but were unsuccessful. Another attempt to rescue the mother and her calf will happen later this week. (Sept. 29)
Asian stock markets traded lower on Monday, despite word that a deal has been reached to bailout the economy in the United States. There remains concern because of a bank bailout in Europe. (Sept. 29)
Rescuers have freed a whale that has been tangled in a shark net for more than a week. (Sept. 28)
A medical helicopter carrying victims of a traffic accident crashed in a suburban Washington park early Sunday after reporting bad weather, killing four of the five people aboard, authorities said. (Sept. 28)
Congressional leaders and Treasury Secretary Paulson announced a $700 billion deal early Sunday morning. (Sept. 28)
Congressional leaders and the Bush administration have reached a tentative deal on a bailout of imperiled financial markets that could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. (Sept. 28)
President George W. Bush said in his radio address he hoped for a deal very soon and a key House negotiator, Rep. Barney Frank, has said he believes a deal can be in place by Sunday. (Sept. 27)
A Chinese taikonaut performs that nation's first spacewalk, going outside an orbiter for about 13 minutes, waving a red Chinese flag for a live broadcast. (Sept. 27)
An attorney for the brakeman who survived the deadly train collision near Los Angeles says his client is seeking unspecified damages against the commuter rail service and the companies that provided its engineers. (Sept. 27)
A prosecutor says a final defendant pleaded guilty on Friday to his role in the kidnapping and torture of a young black woman in West Virginia. (Sept. 27)
A spokeswoman for screen legend Paul Newman says the actor died Friday of cancer at the age of 83. (Sept. 27)
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama hammered away at each other for 90 minutes in their first face-to-face debate of the campaign. (Sept. 27)
Police say a Colorado teenager hired men to kill his mother so he could use her money to get breast implants for his girlfriend. (Sept. 27)
President Bush made a fresh appeal Friday for Congress to move quickly on his proposal for a $700 billion program to stabilize cascading financial markets. (Sept. 26)
While lawmakers in Washington wrestle with an agreement on the Wall Street bailout plan, some Americans support their efforts and hope the plan can improve the economy. (Sept. 26)
The gloom hanging over Wall Street by the uncertainty of the stalled government bailout was punctuated Friday by nasty weather and hooded protesters opposed to the bailout. (Sept. 26)
Some drivers in the Southeast could finally start to see gas at their local service station starting this weekend. For weeks, gas stations have been dealing with shortages and in some cases, outages. (Sept. 26)
Financial markets remained jittery Friday after efforts to approve a $700 billion banking bailout hit a serious roadblock. Stocks fell sharply, while fears of a deepening economic crisis fed safe-haven buying in Treasury notes. (Sept. 26)
Washington Mutual is the latest bank to go belly-up. The Seattle based savings and loan failed on Thursday and was purchased by JPMorgan Chase. The pricetag, nearly two billion dollars. (Sept. 26)
The European Union has stopped importing baby food made with milk from China, as worries spread about food contaminated with tainted milk. Several baby animals are now sick after being nursed with poisoned milk powder. (Sept. 25)
Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist accused of carrying out the 2001 anthrax attacks, e-mailed himself last year saying he knew who the killer was. According to an FBI affidavit, the e-mail was dated Sept. 2007. (Sept. 25)
A federal judge has rejected an appeal from convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, who was sentenced to death for masterminding a 2002 killing spree in the Washington, D.C. region. (Sept. 25)
A Knox County, Illinois, judge issued a gag order Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with killing eight people. (Sept. 25)
Magician-daredevil David Blaine wrapped up his latest stunt by plunging off a platform, then disappearing into the night. (Sept. 25)
Officials in South Florida raided a nonprofit animal shelter Wednesday and took dozens of cats and dogs away, arresting a pair of workers at the facility. (Sept. 25)
A woman admitted she helped her 14-year-old son build a weapons cache, but it's not clear if she knew her son was planning a deadly school attack. (Sept. 24)
A west Texas grand jury investigating allegations that members of a polygamist sect sexually abused girls indicted three more people Tuesday, raising the number of defendants in the case to nine. (Sept. 24)
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