Former Washington Redskins football player Albert Haynesworth pleaded no contest Monday to an assault charge for fondling a female server at a hotel bar in February, federal prosecutors said.
The Rev. Martin Luther King memorial opened to the public Monday on the National Mall in Washington. The memorial will be formally dedicated on Sunday Aug. 28 on the 48th anniversary of King's I Have a Dream speech. President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at the dedication.
Rep. Ron Paul derided Fox News for questioning him about a supporter's newspaper advertisement that attacks Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
The unemployment rate rose in more than half of the nation's states in July, as the slowdown in economic growth prompted companies to take a wait-and-see stance regarding new hires. The major period of lay-offs appears to be over, but the hiring has not resumed en masse, which has kept the nation's unemployment rate stubbornly high at 9.1 percent,
Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. aka West Memphis Three are now free men. Nearly after two decades, the trio, imprisoned for murdering three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas in 1993, walked out of a courtroom on Friday proclaiming their innocence.
Three men jailed for the Satanic 1993 slayings of three 8-year-old boys in Arkansas walked free on Friday after nearly two decades of proclaiming their innocence from behind bars.
The NFL season is just a few weeks away.
A judge has called a surprise hearing for Friday concerning three men - known as the West Memphis Three - convicted of satanic killings in 1993 of three 8-year-old Cub Scouts in Arkansas.
Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas and a candidate for the 2012 Republican nomination for president, said Wednesday he doubts man-made climate change is occurring, and also asserted that some scientists have manipulated the climate change research data to keep the issue alive.
An early look at how the NFL regular season may end up.
Elvis Presley, ?the King of Rock n' Roll? was 42 when he was found dead in his bathroom at the Memphis, Tennessee mansion on August 16, 1977. As Tuesday marks the 34th anniversary of the superstar's death, thousands of Elvis fans flock to Memphis to remember his legacy, as they have always been commemorating him for last thirty-four years. Check out the photos of ?The King? and how his fans still miss him:
Thousands of fans of Elvis Presley a.k.a. "The king Of Rock and Roll" have gathered at Graceland to pay homage to the rock-and-roll star who died undermysterious circumstances exactly 34 years back.
A candlelight vigil took place in remembrance Elvis Presley's death, as thousands participated at his estate in Graceland near Memphis, Tenn. to honor the King who died on Aug. 16, 1977.
More than 60,000 pounds of ground beef supplied by National Beef have been recalled after officials at the Ohio Department of Agriculture discovered the batch was contaminated with E. coli.
Rick Perry is officially a candidate for President of the United States. Here's five reasons the Texas Governor can beat Barack Obama.
Rick Perry will make it known on Saturday during a speech in South Carolina that he is joining the presidential race.
The governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, is not only a rising star in the GOP, but an absolutely ideal Vice-President nominee.
Housing bonds that are backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Ginnie Mae will all be adjusted.
O'Charley's Inc said it sees increased food and beverage costs -- mainly from higher beef prices -- continuing to weigh on its margins, and the casual dining chain posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, sending its shares down to their lowest in more than two years.
Perry's spokesman Mark Miner told The Associated Press on Thursday that the Texas governor will be running for president and will make his intentions known on Saturday while visiting South Carolina and New Hampshire as most of his presidential rivals compete in a test vote in Iowa.
A 17-year-old Memphis boy, charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of the principal of the small private school he attended, told police he did not like her and had planned to kill her, police said on Thursday.
In the municipal market, the downgrade will likely affect credits directly supported by federal aid and credits that rely on federal support streams for part of total revenues.