The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's food safety system. ...more

August 30, 2008

Deteriorating security in Afghanistan is making it more difficult for aid organizations to carry out their work, the director of a group that lost four workers in a Taliban attack said Saturday. ...more

August 17, 2008

Terry Grace Sears knows she still has work to do helping the families of Sept. 11 victims, seeing the proof last week on the faces of kids just beginning to open up about their parents' deaths in the terrorist attack. ...more

August 17, 2008

The Florida Parole Commission will remain all-white with the reappointment of an existing member Tuesday after a move to seek a more diverse slate of finalists failed. ...more

August 13, 2008

The Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to establishing Bible classes in public high schools, rejecting calls to draw specific teaching guidelines and warnings that it could lead to constitutional problems in the classroom. ...more

July 19, 2008

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the United Kingdom's Serious Organised Crime Agency came together to help fight transcontinental organized crime. ...more

July 15, 2008

Japan's oldest person has died at a hospital in southwestern Japan, her nursing home said Saturday. She was 113. ...more

February 24, 2008

After 28 years with the city, Sgt. James Contento called it quits. When he left, the city gave him a check for nearly $70,000 for his unused sick and vacation time. ...more

February 12, 2008

Three candidates have applied to fill the state Department of Corrections' top post. ...more

January 15, 2008

Three candidates have applied to fill the state Department of Corrections' top post. ...more

January 14, 2008