Charlie Sheen pays for injured teen's therapy dog
Written by CARRIE ANTLFINGER,Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) — There's a 15-year-old Florida girl who didn't really know much about Charlie Sheen before this week — but does now.
Texas police chase, fatally shoot Florida fugitive
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — A Florida prisoner who escaped in Texas after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was shot and killed by law enforcement officers early Saturday after police responded to a report of a home burglary near Dallas, authorities said.
Facebook gets unwelcome look at hackers' dark side
Written by MICHAEL LIEDTKE,AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates.
Budget cut warnings may prove harsher than reality
Written by ALAN FRAM,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for two weeks of intensifying warnings about how crucial, popular government services are about to wither — including many threats that could eventually come true.
States' choices set up national health experiment
Written by RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is unfolding as a national experiment with American consumers as the guinea pigs: Who will do a better job getting uninsured people covered, the states or the feds?
Opponents denounce call for anti-gay prom in Ind.
Written by PAMELA ENGEL,Associated Press
SULLIVAN, Ind. (AP) — A quiet Indiana community known for its parks and corn festival has become the latest setting for the debate over gay rights and bullying after several area residents, including some high schoolers, proposed holding a non-school sanctioned "traditional" prom that would ban gay students.
Stocks little changed on Wall Street
Written by STEVE ROTHWELL,AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were little changed on Wall Street Friday, with the S&P 500 barely holding on to its seventh week of gains.
Unyielding GOP politicians doing what voters ask
Written by NICHOLAS RICCARDI,Associated Press
HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz flew home from Washington last week, leaving behind a capital baffled by Republicans like him in Congress: those who stubbornly refuse to compromise with President Barack Obama, a tactic that some see as damaging the GOP brand and pushing the nation repeatedly to the brink of fiscal chaos.