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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- An Arkansas judge on Wednesday fined Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary more than $1.1 billion after a jury found that the companies downplayed and hid risks associated with taking the antipsychotic drug Risperdal....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. government filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and book publishers Wednesday, saying the publishers conspired with Apple to raise retail electronic-book prices to limit competition....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the Justice Department will take appropriate action in the killing of Trayvon Martin if it finds evidence that a federal criminal civil rights crime has been committed....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Sanford city commission rejected the resignation of the police chief harshly criticized for his handling of the Trayvon Martin case....

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Planned Parenthood sued Texas on Wednesday for excluding the group from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the Republican Governors Association says Rick Santorum's withdrawal from the presidential sweepstakes should signal party conservatives to unify behind Mitt Romney....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is said to be losing weight, suffering from high levels of stress and unable even to perform the simple task of buying a soda at a grocery store because of the intense public scrutiny he is under, his former lawyers say....

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Preventing pilots from losing consciousness from sudden high gravitational forces was among a set of recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board to try to avoid a repeat of last year's horrific air race crash in Reno that left 11 people dead and 70 spectators seriously injured....

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Preventing pilots from losing consciousness from sudden high gravitational forces was among a set of recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board to try to avoid a repeat of last year's horrific air race crash in Reno that left 11 people dead and 70 spectators seriously injured....

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) -- The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything - hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corruption, ethnic melting pot, boomtown gone to rust....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The University of California is set to release a long-awaited report on the pepper-spraying of student demonstrators by UC Davis police last fall....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The University of California is set to release a long-awaited report on the pepper-spraying of student demonstrators by UC Davis police last fall....

SEATTLE (AP) -- Striving to reduce the trash it sends to landfills, Seattle has banned foam take-out containers and plastic bags, told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps, and set up a registry for people to opt-out of getting phonebooks....

SEATTLE (AP) -- Striving to reduce the trash it sends to landfills, Seattle has banned foam take-out containers and plastic bags, told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps, and set up a registry for people to opt-out of getting phonebooks....

SEATTLE (AP) -- Striving to reduce the trash it sends to landfills, Seattle has banned foam take-out containers and plastic bags, told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps, and set up a registry for people to opt-out of getting phonebooks....

MIAMI (AP) -- Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen's comments professing admiration for Fidel Castro caused a bigger uproar than if the Miami baseball team had spent the entire season in last place....

MIAMI (AP) -- Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen's comments professing admiration for Fidel Castro caused a bigger uproar than if the Miami baseball team had spent the entire season in last place....

CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) -- Debra Tate hopes that Wednesday is the last time she has to walk into a prison holding Charles Manson and argue in front of a parole board panel that he should not be freed....

CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) -- Debra Tate hopes that Wednesday is the last time she has to walk into a prison holding Charles Manson and argue in front of a parole board panel that he should not be freed....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- George Lucas' empire is striking back in its long-running battle to build a palatial film studio in the pastoral hills north of San Francisco....