A woman whose face was distorted by tumors is found dead two days after a judge denies her euthanasia request. Note: Story contains disturbing image.

Read why U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel calls the war in Iraq one of the five biggest blunders of all time.

Police say an inspector faked a safety report on a building crane two weeks before it collapsed, killing seven.

Barack Obama may be paying a price for heavily replayed, fiery sermons by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

A staffer for John McCain spreads a provocative video about Barack Obama and is suspended.

A Texas man, whose death penalty was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, is going back to jail.

The nation's top cell phone companies won big in a battle over airwaves.

Astronauts from space shuttle Endeavour work with some sticky substances during mock repairs Thursday.

Authorities in Southern California say a woman was in the middle of making a 911 call when she was shot to death.

The celebrated Magnum photographer is best known for his detailed study of the effects of the Vietnam War. He was 72.

A new study, published in the journal Science, suggests that what matters most is not how much money we have but, rather, what we do with it. Spending money on others, it shows, can boost our own happiness.

Several hundred businessmen and politicians, including the former prime minister, have been detained since the president of Bangladesh declared a state of emergency 14 months ago.

Residents of Litang -- which is 90 percent ethnically Tibetan -- are living in fear of the government's tightening control as shops are closed and the use of cars is banned. Simon Elegant, Beijing Bureau Chief for Time magazine talks

Even in cutthroat world of high finance, Bear Stearns stood out. Did hubris contribute to bringing to ruin the powerhouse that helped create the market for risky mortgage-backed securities?

Chase Budinger, Nic Wise and Jawann McClellan may get some tasty three-point looks over the Mountaineers' matchup zone defense, too.

Re: the March 9 article "Historic school adds on."

U.S. Census figures released Thursday show that the explosive growth in Minnesota's outer-ring suburbs is slowing.

University of Minnesota climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley joins Midday on the first day of spring to discuss weather trends and climate science.

A recent national study says one of four adolescent women have an STD. Among Minnesota teens, health officials are most concerned about the troubling rise of chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease that can lead to infertility.

Government forecasters said Thursday that thefloods washing over large parts of the Midwest are just a taste of things to come. But most of Minnesota will escape the most serious spring flooding.