Posted: 5:56 PM A warrant says a slain Vermont prep school teacher was severely beaten, and her body had patterned marks that appeared to come from the toe of a shoe.

Posted: 5:38 PM An Arizona college student who was a member of a computer hacking group has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to two federal charges of breaking into computers at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Posted: 5:21 PM Students at a Massachusetts elementary school can now sing the word "God" during a school assembly after parents objected when that word was removed from a patriotic song they were taught.

Posted: 4:53 PM If you think texting and walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone's wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.

Posted: 4:50 PM Maryland Lottery officials want to dispel rumors that the state's Mega Millions jackpot has already been claimed and urged the winner to keep that ticket safe.

Posted: 4:45 PM A Wyoming town advertised as the smallest in the United States has sold at auction for $900,000.

Posted: 4:36 PM The share of people in their teens, 20s and 30s with driver's licenses is dropping. It's a trend seen not only in the United States, but in other wealthy nations as well.

Posted: 4:31 PM Longtime Illinois Congressman Tim Johnson says he's dropping his re-election campaign and plans to retire when his current term ends.

Posted: 4:15 PM The Navy says 13 sailors aboard a Virginia-based destroyer are being kicked out of the service for illegal drug use.

Posted: 4:11 PM Pentagon officials say military investigators have finally gotten their first look at the Afghan villages where Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly went on a shooting rampage and killed 17 civilians.

Posted: 4:07 PM A venture capitalist who wants to build a sports arena to bring professional basketball back to Seattle will pay for a study to determine the impacts on traffic and parking following objections by his potential neighbor - the Seattle Mariners.

Updated: 8:50 AM The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell to a four-year low last week, as layoffs slow and the job market strengthens.

Posted: 6:27 AM A Marine facing dismissal for running a Facebook page criticizing the Obama administration is now backed by a team of lawyers and federal congressmen as he fights to stay in the military and test its age-old policy of limiting the free speech of service members.

Posted: 6:25 AM Stung by high gasoline costs, outlying suburbs that sprouted in the heady 2000s are now seeing their growth fizzle to historic lows, halting American city dwellers' decades-long exodus to sprawling homes in distant towns.

Posted: 6:24 AM Jerry Sandusky's request to have child sexual abuse charges against him dismissed and other pretrial disputes are expected to be debated before a Pennsylvania state judge, two months before the retired Penn State assistant coach is scheduled to go on trial.

Posted: 6:22 AM As the U.S. and its allies decry North Korea's planned rocket launch, they're also rushing to capitalize on the rare opportunity it presents to assess the secretive nation's ability to strike beyond its shores.

Posted: 6:04 AM The West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men two years ago Thursday will be permanently sealed with concrete, the mine's new owner said.

Posted: 8:14 PM The admitted mastermind of a failed plot to attack New York City subways is on a list of potential witnesses at an upcoming trial of an alleged accomplice.

Posted: 12:03 PM Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests.

Updated: 12:01 PM Residents in the mountains are particularly sensitive to smoke in the air, and it wasn't unusual for dispatchers to receive calls about seeing smoke from the controlled burn, Kelley said.

Updated: 11:57 AM A boy who became a girl got her wish to compete for title of hottest woman on the planet after Donald Trump said she could compete for Canada's spot in the Miss Universe pageant.

Posted: 11:54 AM The National Weather Service said as many as a dozen twisters touched down in a wrecking-ball swath of violent weather that stretched across Dallas and Fort Worth.

Posted: 11:50 AM In detailed accounts to a federal agency, dozens of female employees of one of the nation's largest trucking companies told of being propositioned, groped and even assaulted by male drivers during cross-country training rides.

Posted: 11:46 AM CNN, Al Jazeera English and NPR all received the prestigious award Wednesday for their coverage of the movements that led to leaders being unseated in Egypt and Libya.

Posted: 11:42 AM Maj. Nidal Hasan will attend Wednesday's hearing on the Texas Army post in which the judge may rule on a defense request to provide them with a government-paid forensic pathologist.