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NEW YORK (AP) -- The fossil of a dinosaur that roamed the earth 70 million years ago should be turned over to the United States by an auction house so that it can be returned to its home in Mongolia, a lawsuit brought by the U.S. government demanded Monday....

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate over anti-abortion legislation performed "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse steps - with a hand from the author....

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) -- Firefighters faced dangerous conditions across much of the Rocky Mountain region Monday, as they toiled in hot, dry weather to battle a wildfire that has charred nearly 91 square miles in northern Colorado....

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago man filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming an Illinois jail prevented him from taking his prescribed HIV medications for a week, harming his health and violating his constitutional rights....

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- Jerry Sandusky opened his defense in his molestation trial Monday with character witnesses who defended his reputation, including a former Penn State coach who said he knew Sandusky took boys into showers but never saw him do anything wrong....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the latest likely case of an insider attack, an American service member was killed and several others injured Monday when individuals dressed in Afghan police uniforms turned their guns on them in southern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said....

The defense in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial is suggesting that a personality disorder explains some of the charges the former Penn State assistant football coach, but one expert says that may be a stretch....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Wisecracking zoo animals held off `80s rockers and overgrown adolescents to maintain the top spot at the box office this past weekend....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Wisecracking zoo animals held off `80s rockers and overgrown adolescents to maintain the top spot at the box office this past weekend....

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- As the recession took its toll many states diverted scarce money away from pension plans to pay for more immediate concerns, and the amount of new costs states will owe the public retirement funds in the decades ahead ballooned to $757 billion, according to a study released Monday....

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate on anti-abortion legislation is set to perform "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse steps - with a hand from the author....

RIALTO, Calif. (AP) -- An autopsy has been completed on Rodney King, but the results won't be released for several weeks....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the latest likely case of an insider attack, an American service member was killed and several others injured Monday when individuals dressed in Afghan police uniforms turned their guns on them in southern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said....

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Monday that a Texas horse trainer charged with conspiring to launder money for Mexico's powerful Zetas drug cartel should be released on bond, rejecting the prosecution's argument that the threat of cartel reprisals against him was so severe it could harm the surrounding community....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The video was shocking when played for the first time: A shadowy, jumpy clip of police officers slamming their batons against a fallen man....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration's pick to be the next ambassador to Iraq withdrew from consideration Monday as Senate Republicans suggested his confirmation was endangered because of his behavior and judgment while working at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in 2008....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The 1,000-page "farm bill" being debated in the Senate is somewhat of a misnomer. Four of every five dollars in it - roughly $80 billion a year - goes for grocery bills for one of every seven Americans through food stamps....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Covering all the bases ahead of a momentous Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration plans to move ahead with major parts of the president's health care law if its most controversial provision does not survive, according to veteran Democrats closely involved with the legislation....

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A hitchhiker's chilling tale of being shot in a random drive-by along a rural Montana highway quickly unraveled when no gun could be found in the supposed perpetrator's pickup, authorities said Monday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration's pick to be the next ambassador to Iraq is withdrawing his nomination amid concerns that he engaged in improper behavior while working at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in 2008....