NEW YORK -- The New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for signs of Iranian terrorists, according to interviews ... full story
ATLANTA -- Fifteen teenage girls report a mysterious outbreak of spasms, tics and seizures in upstate New York. But tests find nothing physically wrong. Scores of adults in Northern California report crawling skin sensations and other bizarre sympt ... full story
DENVER -- The nation's leanest state is taking its sweet time as it considers a proposal aimed at getting junk food out of schools. A Colorado House committee was expected to discuss a bill that represents the nation's toughest regulations meant to ... full story
WASHINGTON -- Even as the Obama administration says it's close to defeating al-Qaida, the size of the government's secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the United States has more than doubled in the past year, T ... full story
NEW YORK -- Americans were shopping in January, but that doesn't mean every store felt the love. Retailers reported mixed sales results for the month in a sign that U.S. consumers continue to be cautious about when and where they spend their money i ... full story
NEW YORK -- The renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen's local affiliates are openly upset, including all ... full story
Eagle Staff Report Money donated by Tom Light Chevrolet will go toward supporting the fifth annual "50 Men Who Can Cook" event that will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Brazos County Expo Complex. The dealership donated $500 to the College Sta ... full story
NEW YORK -- A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines. The word is "fracking" -- as in hydraulic fracturing, a technique long used by the oil and gas industry to free oil and gas fro ... full story
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- President Barack Obama called on Congress Wednesday to make it easier for millions of additional homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates even if they owe more than their homes are worth. He conceded that ... full story
PORTLAND, Maine -- A shipwreck hunter says he has found the wreck of a World War II merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod with a load of platinum now valued at $3 billion -- perhaps the richest hoard ever discovered at the ... full story
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama may help Jennifer Wedel's husband find a job. Whether he gets her vote is another question. Two days after Obama talked with Wedel during an online town hall and offered to take a look at her unemployed husband' ... full story
NEW YORK -- They've bitten their handlers, refused to budge from their beds and lost their shadow-casting jobs to potbellied pigs. And it turns out, not all groundhogs are really that good at predicting the weather. Not even Bill Murray as a movie w ... full story
DALLAS -- The parent of American Airlines wants to eliminate about 13,000 jobs -- 15 percent of its workforce -- as the nation's third-biggest airline remakes itself under bankruptcy protection. The company aims to cut labor costs by 20 percent unde ... full story
LOS ANGELES -- A veteran elementary school teacher was arrested on horrifying child molestation charges after a film processor gave police photos showing blindfolded children with their mouths taped and cockroaches on their faces, authorities said Tu ... full story
NEW YORK -- It's the best start for stocks in 15 years. In what was mostly a slow and steady climb, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.4 percent in January and the Standard & Poor's 500 gained 4.4 percent, the best performances for both ind ... full story
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