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INGOMAR, Mont. (AP) -- The top U.S. Postal Service official on Thursday took his case for rural post office closures straight to those it will hurt most, telling residents in Montana's capital and one of its smallest towns that thousands of post offices nationwide must be shuttered to cut costs....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally KITE comes up....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally KITE comes up....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- When Casey Anthony stood trial last summer in her toddler's death, Mark O'Mara became a familiar face on local television making daily critiques of prosecutors and defense attorneys in the world-famous case....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- When Casey Anthony stood trial last summer in her toddler's death, Mark O'Mara became a familiar face on local television making daily critiques of prosecutors and defense attorneys in the world-famous case....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- When Casey Anthony stood trial last summer in her toddler's death, Mark O'Mara became a familiar face on local television making daily critiques of prosecutors and defense attorneys in the world-famous case....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New cars and light trucks would have to have override systems to prevent unintended acceleration when the gas pedal and brake are applied at the same time or accelerator control systems disconnect, under new federal regulations proposed Thursday....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The credibility of Trayvon Martin's shooter could be an issue at trial after a judge said that George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain a bond, legal experts say....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The federal government cited a Missouri grain company Thursday for willful safety violations and proposed a hefty fine for an explosion that killed six workers last October at a northeast Kansas grain elevator....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The top U.S. Postal Service official on Thursday took his case for rural post office closures straight to the people it will hurt most, telling Montana residents that up to 3,600 small post offices around the country need to be shuttered as part of cost-cutting moves....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A toy grenade was to blame for an evacuation Thursday at a building near ground zero, authorities said....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally KITE comes up....

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- When Susan Combs was growing up on her family's West Texas ranch, conserving water was part of everyday life: If the windmill wasn't turning and the storage tank at least half full, the household plumbing was turned off - even the toilets....

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The vote to repeal Connecticut's death penalty brought a moment of triumph for Elizabeth Brancato, a lifelong opponent of capital punishment despite the murder of her mother in 1979....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New cars and light trucks would have to have override systems to prevent unintended acceleration in instances where the driver steps on the gas pedal and brake at the same time or accelerator control systems disconnect, under new federal regulations proposed Thursday....

STARKE, Fla. (AP) -- David Alan Gore was set to be executed Thursday nearly 29 years after murdering 17-year-old Lynn Elliott, whose attempted escape ended a string of rapes and murders that shook the quiet coastal town of Vero Beach....

BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts man convicted of conspiring to help al-Qaida has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison....

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- An engineering review has found that stage rigging that collapsed and killed seven people during last summer's Indiana State Fair wasn't built strong enough to meet state building codes....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors face steep hurdles to win a second-degree murder conviction against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, experts say....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities say a novelty grenade was to blame for an evacuation at a building near New York's ground zero....