Hugo Chavez, fiery Venezuelan leader, dies at 58
Written by FRANK BAJAK,Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.
Winter clings on with Upper Midwest snowstorm
Written by DON BABWIN,Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Mother Nature apparently saved the best, or at least the biggest, for last.
Dow surges to record ... and keeps going
Written by STEVE ROTHWELL,AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow has never been higher.
GOP's anti-tax focus trips Dems in budget battle
Written by CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans' unyielding stand against income tax increases has caught President Barack Obama and his allies off guard, resulting in the spending-cuts-only approach to deficit reduction that Democrats most wanted to avoid.
Report: Suspect in NY crash ready to surrender
Written by COLLEEN LONG,Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The suspected driver who fled the scene of a grisly crash that killed a pregnant woman, her husband and ultimately the child they were expecting is meeting with an attorney Tuesday and plans to report to police.
12 charged with manslaughter in FAMU death
Written by KYLE HIGHTOWER,Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Twelve former Florida A&M University band members were charged Monday with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major.
Ex-DEA heads: Feds should nullify state pot laws
Written by MICHAEL TARM,Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Eight former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs say the federal government needs to act now or it might lose the chance to nullify Colorado and Washington's laws legalizing recreational marijuana use.
Violent past for suspect in NY crash; family dies
Written by COLLEEN LONG,Associated Press VERENA DOBNIK,Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities were looking for a man with a history of violence and a prior drunken driving arrest suspected of barreling down a street and crashing into a pregnant woman and her husband, killing them and ultimately the child they were expecting.