A gunman in camouflage and wielding a rifle opened fire in an Omaha mall crowded with holiday shoppers Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding five others, before turning the gun on himself. ...more

December 6, 2007

Susan Cole wanted to fly her 12-year-old son Danny from their Maryland home to Houston so he could catch a football game with his dad, who was there on a business trip. ...more

November 21, 2007

It was the road less traveled. Maybe never traveled. If it's been traveled, I'd like proof. On Wednesday, I set out on, dare I say, an unprecedented journey that reached the far corners of Hillsborough County to witness, in as many instances as possible, arguably the biggest day for high school senior athletes: National Signing Day. ...more

November 15, 2007

A shot that robs smokers of the nicotine buzz from cigarettes showed promise in midstage testing and may someday offer a radically new way to kick a dangerous habit. ...more

November 8, 2007

A female teacher and a 13-year-old boy believed to be on the run may have crossed the California border into Mexico, a police investigator said Friday. ...more

November 3, 2007

Key West's annual, 10-day mask and costume festival ended Sunday with an event for children at a local park, but a decadent parade Saturday night was the event's highlight. ...more

October 29, 2007

Critics say ConAgra Foods Inc.'s delay in recalling pot pies linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak increased the chance that more people would become sick, opened up the company to greater liability, and exposed a key weakness in the nation's food safety system: voluntary recalls. ...more

October 15, 2007

ConAgra Foods voluntarily stopped production Tuesday at the Missouri plant that makes its Banquet potpies after health officials said the pies may be linked to 139 cases of salmonella in 30 states. ...more

October 10, 2007

David Beckham, sidelined since injuring his knee Aug. 29, returned to practice Wednesday with the Los Angeles Galaxy. ...more

October 4, 2007

Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel plans to retire and has decided not to run for president next year, according to media reports Saturday. ...more

September 9, 2007