Ashley Portero

Gov. Rick Perry's campaign has lashed out against Keep Conservatives United, a super PAC that has produced a commercial claiming Perry's track record does not support his message of fiscal discipline.

A judge said he may have to declare a mistrial in the murder trial of Brandon McInerney, who is charged with killing gay classmate Lawrence King in 2008, if jurors do not come to verdict.

Solyndra, a solar panel company that was one of the most well-funded start-ups on record, announced it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy next week.

A Windows Phone 7 user filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft this week, claiming the operating systems camera software ignores users' requests to disable location tracking.

A study from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine found that the average U.S. worker suffering from insomnia loses 11.3 days each year in productivity.

Swiss researchers were able to create micron-sized water droplets by shooting laser beams into the sky, a process that may be a precursor to actually stimulating rainfall.

James Hansen, a NASA scientist who famously gave congressional testimony on the environmental impacts of global warming back in 1988, was arrested outside of the White House on Monday.

A team of French and American researchers unearthed stone axes, cleavers and picks in Kenya that are at least 300,000 years older than previous finds.

A newly-discovered alloy has the potential to revolutionize the renewable energy sector by providing an inexpensive source of hydrogen.

After uncovering evidence that American doctors infected unknowing Guatemalans with STD's in the 1940s, a federal panel concluded the U.S. should create a system to compensate people who are harmed during the course of scientific research.

Through massive pay raises and tax-dodging strategies, 25 CEO's were able to earn more than what their companies' pay in federal income taxes in 2010, according to an analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies.

A South Carolina woman was swindled into purchasing a fake iPad after she was approached by the sellers in a McDonald's parking lot.

While speaking to members of the American legion, President stressed his commitment to U.S. veterans and unveiled measures to lower unemployment and improve healthcare to those who have served in the military.

New research discovered that older men who experience low levels of slow wave sleep and significantly more likely to develop high blood pressure.

A Wisconsin labor council has banned Republican lawmakers from a local Labor Day parade as a result of their support of Gov. Scott Walker's anti-collective bargaining legislation.

A judge dismissed a case against Illinois mom Kimberly Garrity, who was slammed with a $50,000 lawsuit from her two children who claimed they suffered from emotional distress as the result of her bad mothering.

Through its Bug Bounty Program, Facebook has awarded more than $40,000 in the last three weeks to users who report security flaws on the Web site.

A lone hiker was mauled and killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone Park last week, the second park visitor this year to perish from a bear attack.

NASA's researchers are investigating ways to implement a bioregenerative system in space that would allow astronauts to grow certain plants.

While Rep. Michele Bachmann said she would consider allowing oil drilling in the Florida Everglades after consulting with scientists about the possible environmental impacts, her public derision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implies scientific opinion would not carry a heavy weight in her decision.

A day before the release of Dick Cheney's memoir, In My Time, Former Secretary of State Collin Powell said some of the ex-vice president's revelations are nonsense.

An analysis of several studies found that regular consumption of chocolate may reduce the risk for both heart attack and stroke.

A COBRA subsidy that reduces the cost of health insurance for unemployed workers by 65 percent is set to end on Sept. 1.

An AP investigation revealed that multiple Sept. 11 charities are not using their donations for their intended purposes.

Residents across Massachusetts and Rhode Island are preparing for their first hurricane in 20 years.

David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam, said that while society will never forgive him for his crimes, Jesus Christ already has.

NASA's Swift orbital telescope captured a surge of X-rays from deep space that scientists realized was the result of a massive black hole's consumption of a star.

Female politicians took three out of the top five spots in Forbes' 2011 list of the most powerful women in the world.

As Hurricane Irene approaches the U.S., we take a look back at some at some of the most epic storms that have made landfall in the last century.