Posted: 3:57 PM President Barack Obama says he and the leaders of Canada and Mexico are launching a new bid to pare back regulation in hopes of boosting trade and creating more jobs.

Posted: 3:54 PM The battered "Geraldton Western Australia" yacht and its bruised crew were limping into port here Monday after a giant wave smashed over the stern with such force that it carried away the boat's steering wheel.

Posted: 3:51 PM A white, powdery substance sent to the suburban Denver prison where convicted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is being held wasn't hazardous.

Updated: 3:50 PM Freak chance was mostly to blame for the record warm March weather that gripped two-thirds of the country, with man-made global warming providing only a tiny assist, a quick federal analysis shows.

Posted: 3:45 PM In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled against a New Jersey man who was strip searched in two county jails following his arrest on a warrant for an unpaid fine that he had, in reality, paid.

Posted: 3:40 PM The new World Trade Center has reached a milestone. The skyscraper being built to replace the terror-wrecked twin towers is now 100 stories high.

Posted: 3:37 PM Police have also confirmed that there are at least five dead fatalities in the shooting at an Oakland Christian university that also left at least four people wounded.

Posted: 3:33 PM When did our ancestors first use fire? That's been a long-running debate, and now a new study concludes the earliest firm evidence comes from about 1 million years ago in a South African cave.Study: Our ancestors used fire a million years ago

Posted: 1:28 PM Morris, who is in her 100th year, will get to experience the novelty of seeing her own name and details about her life in the records being released by the U.S. National Archives online after 72 years of confidentiality expires.

Posted: 1:14 PM Former President Bill Clinton said he believes President Barack Obama can win re-election if he can persuade voters he steadied a shaky economy.

Posted: 1:11 PM The punishment phase began Monday in the capital murder trial of an East Texas nurse who could go to death row for killing five kidney dialysis patients by injecting them with bleach.

Posted: 7:53 AM Kentucky and Kansas face off Monday to decide the national championship

Posted: 5:22 AM When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history.

Updated: 4:41 AM The NFL Players Association told players involved in the New Orleans Saints' bounty case that there is a chance they could face criminal charges and it hired outside counsel to represent them if needed.

Updated: 4:35 AM The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued two injured sailors from a yacht that was hit by a monster wave while participating in an around-the-world race.

Updated: 4:36 AM Pope Benedict XVI has kicked off the Catholic Church's Holy Week celebrations with Palm Sunday Mass and good news from Cuba.

Updated: 9:10 PM New research suggests that long-term use of any type of hormones to ease menopause symptoms can raise a women's risk of breast cancer.

Posted: 10:12 AM New research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer.

Updated: 10:07 AM The Senate's top Republican says it's time for his party to turn its attention to the fall presidential campaign

Updated: 10:07 AM Hundreds have turned out for a memorial service to remember six of the nine victims of a deadly West Virginia house fire last weekend.

Posted: 9:42 PM The Republican presidential candidates are focusing on Wisconsin, and front-runner Mitt Romney is appearing more and more confident that he's closing in on the nomination.

Posted: 12:52 PM Authorities say 12 people were wounded and two shot dead when gunmen opened fire on mourners outside a Miami funeral home.

Posted: 12:40 PM A battle over a law that denies federal benefits for married same-sex couples is headed to an appeals court in Massachusetts, the first state in the nation to legalize gay marriage.

Posted: 12:02 PM America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff is fast approaching a crossroads where he'll either have to settle claims that his officers racially profile Latinos during his trademark immigration patrols or take his chances in court.

Posted: 11:54 AM Protesters have begun marching in the Florida town where 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer.