National News
Colo. Woman Held in Jihad Probe Released
Colorado mother Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was released from custody in Ireland after being arrested in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who angered many Muslims by portraying Mohammed with a dog's body.
Ireland - United States - Colorado - Muslim - Muhammad
- Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:57am
Storm Leaves Northeast Soggy, Windblown and Dark
Storm leaves Northeast soggy, windblown and dark; more than 500,000 without power at its peak
Earth Sciences - New York City - Atmospheric Sciences - Meteorology - Storm Chasing
- Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:28am
Thousands Gather to Mourn Chelsea King
More than 6,000 mourners held sunflowers tied with blue ribbons as they said goodbye to the Chelsea King, the straight-A student and cross-country runner from Poway, Calif., who was known for her kindness and compassion.
Cross country running - Sport - Cross Country - Running - College and University
- Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:21am
Disaster Ins.: Smart Policy or Mansion Bailout?
Advocates of legislation to create a national insurance program say it's better to plan ahead than do a bailout after a natural disaster. Critics say it would amount to a subsidy for owners of coastal mansions and encourage people to live in places they shouldn't.
Insurance - Natural disaster - Business - Earth Sciences - Natural Disasters and Hazards
- Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:27am
No Jokes: Newspapers Cutting Comic Strips
The reality facing the comics section is anything but funny, because with the newspaper business hemorrhaging readers and money, newspapers are slicing the number of strips they carry.
Newspaper - Comic strip - Comics - Arts - Online
- Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:07am
One Teacher Gets an Entire Class Into College
The entire graduating class from Urban Prep Charter Academy was accepted to colleges and universities across the U.S. -- a significant accomplishment considering they are from one of the toughest neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago.
United States - Education - South Side - Chicago - Colleges and Universities
- Friday, March 12, 2010 8:01pm
Dead Toddler's Identity Stolen for Tax Return
Jessica Struthers and Matt Bock have been forced to prove their deceased daughter was really theirs after someone else stole her identity and claimed her on a tax return.
Tax - United States - Accounting - Financial Services - Taxation
- Friday, March 12, 2010 10:32am
Obama Eyes 'No Child Left Behind' Redo
President talks up blueprint for education reform.
Education reform - No Child Left Behind Act - United States - Education - President
- Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:04pm
N.J. Nuke Worker Tied to Radical Yemeni
A New Jersey nuclear plant laborer arrested in Yemen with 10 other suspected al Qaeda members was in contact with the same radical Yemeni-American cleric tied to Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, federal law enforcement officials told ABC News.
Nidal Malik Hasan - Al-Qaeda - Yemen - Fort Hood shooting - New Jersey
- Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:33pm
Is Tech Taking Its Toll on Our Relationships?
Research looks at what technology is doing to personal, romantic, professional relationships.
Technology - Research - Relationships - Health - Mental Health
- Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:29pm
Banks Ease Up -- a Bit -- on 'Underwater' Homeowners
The has helped 168,000 homeowners secure permanent mortgage modifications, a 45 percent increase from last month, the Treasury Department announced today.
Mortgage - United States Department of the Treasury - Business - Financial Services - United States
- Friday, March 12, 2010 4:21pm
Paranoid Schizophrenic Girl: Urges to Kill
Rebecca Stancil often seems like a typical 9-year-old girl, playing a sweet child's game of rock, paper, scissors with friends and attending pool parties in her Simi Valley, Calif., neighborhood. But at her darkest moments, she'll deliver a chilling discourse on how to acquire a power tool to kill her mother, who has at times had to lock herself in her bedroom to protect herself from her own daughter. In December 2008, after attempting suicide, Rebecca was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder.
Schizophrenia - Rock-paper-scissors - Mental disorder - Mental health - Health
- Friday, March 12, 2010 11:16pm
Twitter, Facebook and iPhones: Online Crooks' New Tools
The volume of Internet crime has continued to rise steadily since 2007, with victims reporting $559 million in losses in 2009, a 110 percent increase compared to losses in 2008. Investigators and officials say part of the reason may be the economic downturn. Scammers are increasingly using social networking sites -- such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace-- and smartphones such as the iPhone.
Facebook - Twitter - iPhone - MySpace - Social network service
- Friday, March 12, 2010 4:10pm
Birth Control Pills May Help Ward Off Cancer
Taking "the pill" won't increase a woman's risk of death -- in fact, oral contraceptive users may live longer, researchers say.
Birth control - Health - Reproductive health - Hormonal Contraceptives - Oral
- Friday, March 12, 2010 11:49am
Silver Star Winner's Career Threatened, Why?
Three Army officers have received letters of reprimand for failing to prepare adequate defenses for a combat outpost in Wanat, Afghanistan, where a mass Taliban attack in July 2008 resulted in the deaths of nine soldiers and 27 people wounded, a Defense Department official confirmed to ABC News.
Afghanistan - Taliban - War in Afghanistan - Asia - American Broadcasting Company
- Friday, March 12, 2010 1:56pm
13-Year-Old Prodigy Cries Discrimination
He may be young but Colin Carlson is no stranger to discrimination. At 12, Carlson was turned away from his dream school, Connecticut College, amid concerns that he was too young for a dormitory, even though he agreed to live off campus with his mother. Now, more than a year later, 13-year-old Carlson said he has faced trouble again because the University of Connecticut barred his entry into an African field ecology class that required a three-week trip to South Africa.
South Africa - Africa - Connecticut College - School - Ecology
- Friday, March 12, 2010 3:16pm
WATCH: Court: Vaccines Not to Blame for Autism
Special court rules claims that certain vaccines cause autism are without merit.
Autism - Health - Vaccine - Vaccination - Autism spectrum
- Friday, March 12, 2010 9:22pm
WATCH: Tapper on Obama's Delayed Departure
The president postpones his trip to Asia to deal with health care reform.
Health care - United States - Politics - Health Care Reform - Barack Obama