ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama carried out the traditional Veterans Day role today, then made a surprise visit to a part of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, walking among the grave sites and talking to mourners. ...more

November 11, 2009

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Mourners were asked to pray for the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, and an Army chaplain exhorted his congregation today to draw together even if the gunman's motives may never be fully known. ...more

November 8, 2009

To Tom Norton, the father-in-law to Spec. Eric N. Lembke, a soldier killed in Afghanistan Oct. 23, the visitation service at Plant City's First Baptist Church on Friday was sadly reminiscent of his daughter's wedding with Lembke in 2003. ...more

November 7, 2009

ORANGE PARK (AP) — Mourners said farewell today to a 7-year-old Florida girl whose body was found in a Georgia landfill after she vanished on her way home from school, and they honored her favorite color by releasing hundreds of purple balloons into the sky. ...more

October 27, 2009

Investigators are sorting through more than a thousand tips but are still trying to figure out what happened when 7-year-old Somer Thompson. And a fundraiser for Somer Thompson's family raised about $18,500 so her mother doesn't have to go back to work immediately. ...more

October 25, 2009

It began with a prayer and ended a block away with candles on a sidewalk, the tiny flames twinkling in the breeze. More than 70 Jackson Heights residents gathered Thursday for a vigil in memory of Britney Mills, the 11-year-old girl who died at a city pool on July 9. ...more

July 17, 2009

Authorities have yet to release blood tests for Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth, who authorities say fatally struck a pedestrian in Miami Beach a week ago. ...more

March 22, 2009

If anything was symbolic of Northern Ireland as a more hopeful, more harmonious work-in-progress, it was the province's new police force. ...more

March 14, 2009

The families of two missing boaters met with the sole survivor of a boating accident to find some answers. ...more

March 9, 2009

About 200 family members and mourners have gathered at the funeral of radio legend Paul Harvey in Chicago. ...more

March 7, 2009