Americans just witnessed the biggest housing boom in their history. The impact of the bust that has followed looks to be wide and long-lasting. First of a three-part series.
Upholding a relatively light sentence in a crack case, the Supreme Court held that ?the cocaine guidelines, like all other guidelines, are advisory only.?
AP - Authorities searched a suburban Denver home early Monday, seeking any link between two deadly shooting sprees at Christian religious centers that left five people dead and communities stunned on a day of worship.
AP - Roads were treacherous Monday from the Plains into parts of the Northeast as a storm spread a coating of ice and freezing rain that blacked out a more than half-million homes and businesses. At least 13 traffic deaths were linked to icy roads.
A female parishioner acting as a security guard is a hero at a Colorado Springs megachurch, senior Pastor Brady Boyd said today. Boyd said the guard shot the gunman as he entered the church Sunday. Two teen sisters were killed by the gunman in the parking lot.
Ex-NFL star Michael Vick today was sentenced to 23 months in prison for financing a dogfighting ring and helping to kill pit bulls that did not fight aggressively. Vick apologized to his family and to the judge.