President Barack Obama will travel to Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday to speak about the economy.

U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Eagles ruled Thursday in Greensboro jury selection will begin April 12th for the federal trial about John Edwards' alleged misuse of campaign funds. A planned January start was delayed while Edwards was treated for a heart condition.

The conservative media publisher and activist was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York and former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod.

The Senate has defeated a Republican effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage.

The storm system that spawned tornadoes in several midwestern states resulting in nine deaths produced more deadly storms as it moved into Tennessee

Authorities say 6 people have been killed in the Illinois town of Harrisburg and 3 more in Buffalo, Missouri, when storms slammed the state.

The former Massachusetts governor defeated Rick Santorum, who had waged a hard-fought battle for the state.

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The Dow Jones industrial average has closed above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008, four months before the financial crisis.

A dog that survived a car crash in South Dakota that killed its owner has been united with the late master's three sons from North Carolina.

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A prosecutor says the 17-year-old suspect in a fatal Ohio school shooting didn't know his victims and chose them randomly.

Hollywood honored the best in film Sunday night at the 84th Annual Academy Awards.

Lance Cpl. Jonathan S. Long, 22, died during personal time after training in California. His death is under investigation.

The average price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 18 cents over the past two weeks.

A federal trial over the nation's worst offshore oil disaster has been delayed for a week to allow more time for settlement talks, according to two people close to the case.

American drone strikes inside Pakistan are killing far fewer civilians than many in the country are led to believe, according to a rare on-the-ground investigation by The Associated Press of 10 of the deadliest attacks in the past 18 months

Corporations and human rights groups are squaring off in the Supreme Court over whether foreign victims of war crimes, killings and other atrocities can haul multinational companies into American courts and try to prove they were complicit in the abuses and should pay damages.

The Food and Drug Administration has rejected three prescription diet pills in the last three years, raising questions of whether any weight loss drug can win approval in the U.S.

Sales of new U.S. homes dipped in January but only after the government said the final quarter of 2011 was stronger than first estimated.

For online security professionals, 2012 is turning out to be a banner year.

For the first time in the decade-long war in Afghanistan, the top commander of the U.S. and NATO forces has recalled all international ministers from Afghan ministries.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett admits he was "dead wrong" with his prediction that the U.S. housing market would begin to recover by now, but he remains optimistic about the nation's economy.

Goodyear is recalling six versions of its Wrangler Silent Armor tires over concerns that the tread could separate from the tire and cause accidents.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized Saturday with a stomach ailment, according to a government statement issued about the 93-year-old beloved anti-apartheid icon.