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Postmaster General and U.S. Postal Service CEO Patrick R. Donahoe

Say sayonara to Saturday snail mail

National | It may be time to say “bye-bye” to bills and birthday cards delivered on Saturdays. Despite opposition from Congress, the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays…

A sign posted on a tree in front of the Midland City Town Hall on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 asks for prayers and a safe rescue for boy taken captive.

Faith on display during Alabama hostage crisis

Crime |  For six days, residents of the small town of Midland City, Ala., could do nothing but pray for the 5-year-old boy taken hostage—and nothing could have…

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, center, holds hands with her husband, Mark Kelly, while exiting Town Hall at Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn.

Giffords launches gun control lobby group

National |  Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband waged war on guns Tuesday, launching a political action committee aimed at decreasing gun violence.

Handguns fill up a trash can for recycling at the LA Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles.

Cash-for-gun offers balloon after Newtown

National |  A Texas church has renewed its gun buyback program, joining a growing number of groups working to get more weapons off the streets after the mass shooting in…

A view through a window at Kenarden Hall, part of the free campus Hobby Lobby tried to give away.

Hobby Lobby punts free campus to foundation

National |  After two unsuccessful attempts to give away a 217-acre campus in Massachusetts, the Green family, owners of the Hobby Lobby retail chain, has turned the…

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

UPDATE: Doctors say blood clot located in Clinton's head

National |  UPDATE: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton developed a blood clot in her head but did not suffer a stroke or neurological damage and should make a full…

George and Barbara Bush

George H.W. Bush battles persistent fever in intensive care

National |  Former President George H.W. Bush, who has been in hospitalized since Nov. 23, is now in intensive care at Houston’s Methodist Hospital with a persistent…

Graham Spanier, left, and Jerry Sandusky

Ex-Penn State president charged in Sandusky case

Crime |  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)—Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier was charged Thursday with hushing up child molestation allegations against Jerry…

Newsweek ending print edition, job cuts expected

Business |  NEW YORK (AP)— Newsweek plans to end its print publication after 80 years and will shift to an all-digital format aimed at online users starting in…

Lance Armstrong

Armstrong stepping down as Livestrong chairman

Sports |  AUSTIN, Texas (AP)—Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity and Nike severed ties with him as fallout from the…

Jerry Sandusky

Jerry Sandusky sentenced to at least 30 years

Crime |  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP)—Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison - effectively a life sentence—in the child sexual abuse scandal…

Chick-fil-A finally responds

Chick-fil-A finally responds

National |  After three days of silence, Chick-fil-A has finally responded to a Chicago alderman's claims that the company plans to stop funding groups that oppose…

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