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Autism may be linked to obesity during pregnancy

Obesity during pregnancy may increase chances for having a child with autism, provocative new research suggests.

It's already been a very record-breaking hot year

It's been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records weren't just broken, they were deep-fried.

Cruise ship begins journey to retrace Titanic voyage

A cruise ship has set sail from Southampton, England, retracing the ill-fated voyage of the Titanic nearly 100 years ago.

7-year-old boy tied to Alaska arson fires

A fire marshal in Alaska's capital city says a 7-year-old boy has admitted setting five arson fires over a little more than four months.

Tulsa police say shootings may have been revenge

Tulsa police say there is a connection between shootings that terrorized the city's black community and the shooting of a suspect's father by a black man.

Suspect in dismembering says he met woman online

A 25-year-old man accused of stabbing, suffocating and dismembering his 21-year-old girlfriend in Ohio says he met the woman through a social networking website while looking for new friends.

Hudson star power to complicate murder trial

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's next big role will be under a very different spotlight -- in Chicago's drab criminal courts building at the trial of the man charged with murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in 2008.

7 months after Irene, more cleanups in NY and Vt.

Seven months after the deluge of Tropical Storm Irene, cleanups continue and worries remain in upstate New York and Vermont.

NC Moravians mark 240 years of Easter service

Moravian Christians in North Carolina have held their Easter sunrise service for the 240th consecutive year.

Mike Wallace, `60 Minutes' star interviewer, dies

A spokesman says CBS newsman Mike Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on "60 Minutes," has died. He was 93.

Gingrich: Still in, says Romney likely GOP nominee

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says he's being realistic when he says Mitt Romney is "far and away the most likely" GOP nominee, but Gingrich isn't ready to drop out.

2 killed by train over NY trestle were brothers

Police have identified the two men hit and killed by a cargo train chugging over a trestle in an upstate New York village as half brothers. A third brother was seriously hurt.

1 dead, 3 wounded in Texas beach shooting

Authorities say one person has been killed and three others wounded in a shooting during a packed beach party on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Contracts expire for many at AT&T, talks continue

Union contracts for thousands of AT&T workers expired at midnight but officials said early Sunday that talks were continuing.

7 injured in military helicopter mishap in AZ

A military spokeswoman says seven people are hospitalized with minor injuries after a British Chinook helicopter suffered a "mishap" during a landing exercise in the Arizona desert.

Boy shot by gun from under mom's pillow

Authorities say a 4-year-old boy has shot himself in the chest in Philadelphia with a gun he found under his mother's pillow.

Alaska's largest city breaks seasonal snow record

A spring snowfall has broken the nearly 60-year-old seasonal snow record of Alaska's largest city.

Police: 2 suspects arrested in Oklahoma shootings

Police say two male suspects have been arrested near Tulsa and will be charged with murder in the wake of the Oklahoma shootings on Friday.

Autistic girl, 9, found dead at bottom of FLA pond

A 9-year-old autistic girl who went missing from a children's party was found dead Saturday evening at the bottom of a nearby pond in west-central Florida.

Spring: A time for flowers, high gasoline prices

The average price of gasoline soon could surpass $4 per gallon nationwide. It's already $3.93 per gallon, a record for this time of year.

Rapper who admitted 1993 NYC shooting faces trial

Once-rising rapper G. Dep is set to be tried in a deadly 1993 New York City shooting -- after he reopened the case in 2010 by walking into a police station to confess 17 years later.