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CHICAGO (AP) -- When he walks into prison Thursday, impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will undergo a full-body strip search and hand over his personal belongings, save for his wedding ring. The man with a taste for fine Oxxford-label suits will be given khaki prison garb and boots....

BOSTON (AP) -- Those plump and tempting scallops behind the fish counter glass might be a lot smaller than they look - a sodium-based compound can bloat scallops well past their actual size. And that pollock fillet isn't such a good deal if the price includes the layers of ice glazed onto it to keep it fresh....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The accused madam of a multimillion-dollar Manhattan brothel could get out of jail if a judge okays a defense lawyer's plan to put up his own apartment as bail and a house-arrest locale for her....

PORT ST. JOE, Fla. (AP) -- The St. Joseph Peninsula is picture-perfect Florida: 17 miles of sugar sand beach interrupted by a few clusters of homes, each with a million-dollar view of the Gulf of Mexico....

PORT ST. JOE, Fla. (AP) -- The St. Joseph Peninsula is picture-perfect Florida: 17 miles of sugar sand beach interrupted by a few clusters of homes, each with a million-dollar view of the Gulf of Mexico....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ten years after 9/11, the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims has exposed a bitter divide between New Yorkers and their neighbors across the Hudson River, with city leaders defending the police force and out-of-town politicians angry to learn of New York detectives working their turf....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ten years after 9/11, the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims has exposed a bitter divide between New Yorkers and their neighbors across the Hudson River, with city leaders defending the police force and out-of-town politicians angry to learn of New York detectives working their turf....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Afghanistan is not Iraq, U.S. officials have been fond of saying from the first days of Barack Obama's presidency....

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate is poised to start serving his 30-day jail sentence....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The accused madam of a multimillion-dollar Manhattan brothel could get out of jail - if a judge okays a defense lawyer's plan to put up his own apartment as bail....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Tobacco taxes and smoking bans haven't budged the U.S. smoking rate in years. Now the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with a graphic nationwide advertising campaign....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Tobacco taxes and smoking bans haven't budged the U.S. smoking rate in years. Now the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with a graphic nationwide advertising campaign....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Tobacco taxes and smoking bans haven't budged the U.S. smoking rate in years. Now the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with a graphic nationwide advertising campaign....

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The U.S. serviceman suspected in the massacre of more than a dozen Afghan civilians is a 38-year-old father of two who served three tours in Iraq and is based in Washington state. Still, days after the slayings, the military has kept under wraps one of the most salient details - his name....

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The U.S. serviceman suspected in the massacre of more than a dozen Afghan civilians is a 38-year-old father of two who served three tours in Iraq and is based in Washington state. Still, days after the slayings, the military has kept under wraps one of the most salient details - his name....

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) -- The parents of two Virginia Tech students killed in a 2007 campus massacre worked for years to prove university officials were negligent for waiting to warn students of a gunman on campus, and a jury agreed with them on Wednesday....

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) -- The parents of two Virginia Tech students killed in a 2007 campus massacre worked for years to prove university officials were negligent for waiting to warn students of a gunman on campus, and a jury agreed with them on Wednesday....

BOSTON (AP) -- An East African gay advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a Massachusetts evangelist, alleging he has waged a decade-long campaign to persecute gays in Uganda....

BOSTON (AP) -- An East African gay advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a Massachusetts evangelist, alleging he has waged a decade-long campaign to persecute gays in Uganda....

BOSTON (AP) -- An East African gay advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a Massachusetts evangelist, alleging he has waged a decade-long campaign to persecute gays in Uganda....