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WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's something special for the Obamas and something special for the Camerons in the entertainment lineup and guest list for Wednesday's state dinner for the British prime minister and his wife....

ALBANY, New York (AP) -- "Pink slime" just went from a simmer to a boil....

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Jurors considering the fate of a former Rutgers University student accused of watching his roommate's intimate liaison on a webcam won't be deciding just whether he'll go to prison - they also could indirectly determine whether he's deported to his native India....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When police in suburban Washington raided the home of a suspected drug dealer last fall, they found the cocaine, all right, but also something unusual on the man's shelves: nearly 20 large bottles of liquid Tide laundry detergent....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When police in suburban Washington raided the home of a suspected drug dealer last fall, they found the cocaine, all right, but also something unusual on the man's shelves: nearly 20 large bottles of liquid Tide laundry detergent....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When police in suburban Washington raided the home of a suspected drug dealer last fall, they found the cocaine, all right, but also something unusual on the man's shelves: nearly 20 large bottles of liquid Tide laundry detergent....

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- A lawyer for five construction workers says they have been awarded $4 million each by a New Jersey jury that concluded a co-worker cheated them out of their share of a lottery jackpot....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate voted Wednesday to overhaul transportation programs and keep aid flowing to thousands of construction projects while strengthening highway and auto safety....

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) -- A jury found Virginia Tech negligent on Wednesday for waiting to warn students about a gunman during a 2007 campus massacre that left 33 dead....

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A man armed with three knives began a stabbing spree in the admissions office of a technical school in a downtown office building Wednesday, injuring four people, including an employee of the state attorney general, before being shot by a police officer, authorities said....

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) -- A man at court with family members opened fire outside a Southeast Texas courthouse Wednesday, killing one person and wounding at least three others before briefly taking hostages at a nearby business, police said....

CHICAGO (AP) -- On his last full day of freedom, Rod Blagojevich will do what he loved doing while Illinois governor and as he unsuccessfully defended himself against corruption charges: He'll step up to a microphone and talk....

ROCKWOOD, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say about 15 people have been injured in a collision between a school bus and a tractor-trailer in western Pennsylvania....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's something special for the Obamas and something special for the Camerons in the entertainment lineup and guest list for Wednesday's state dinner for the British prime minister and his wife....

MIAMI (AP) -- Scientists say new fossil discoveries show tiny camels with long snouts roamed Panama's tropical rainforests about 20 million years ago....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has passed an overhaul of transportation programs that's intended to keep aid flowing to thousands of construction projects while also strengthening highway and auto safety....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon says an Afghan drove an apparently stolen vehicle onto the ramp area of a British airfield in southern Afghanistan and into a ditch, where it exploded in flames, about the same time U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's aircraft was landing....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly 4 million people across the United States, from Los Angeles to much of the East Coast, live in homes more prone to flooding from rising seas fueled by global warming, according to a new method of looking at flood risk published in two scientific papers....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the United States, Britain and their NATO allies are committed to shifting to a support role in Afghanistan in 2013....

SEATTLE (AP) -- A 3-year-old boy fatally shot himself with a gun he found in a car while his family stopped for gas early Wednesday in Tacoma, police said. It was western Washington's third recent shooting by a child....