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Anthrax case sparks training at Army labs - 
Workers who handle dangerous pathogens at Army biological research laboratories will get additional security training in the wake of the FBI's finding that an Army scientist was behind the 2001 anthrax attacks.
- Found: 1 hour ago

Road salt shortage vexes states - 
Some U.S. cities are paying as much as $170 a ton as road salt prices nationwide soar because of shipping problems and surging demand.
- Found: 3 hours ago

Clinton kicks off Asia charity conference - 
Former President Bill Clinton kicked off his first charitable conference abroad in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
- Found: 3 hours ago

Panel: Biological attack likely by 2013 - 
The U.S. can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.
- Found: 17 hours ago

Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency - 
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency Monday and called lawmakers into a special session to address California's $11.2 billion deficit.
- Found: 20 hours ago

Gift-givers get creative in tough economy - 
Americans are taking a closer look at their spending habits this holiday season as the country is mired in its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
- Found: 2008-12-01, 17:02 GMT

U.S. Muslims worry about new federal rules - 
Some Arab- and Muslim-Americans say new Justice Department guidelines that boost the FBI's power to investigate suspected terrorists could target innocent people.
- Found: 2008-11-30, 23:03 GMT

Lie, cheat and steal: high school ethics survey - 
In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards.
- Found: 2008-11-30, 19:56 GMT

5 deer die jumping from Ind. highway - 
Police in Indiana say five deer that wandered onto a highway overpass have jumped to their deaths on Interstate 69, one of them crashing through a tractor-trailer's windshield.
- Found: 2008-11-29, 22:03 GMT

Fear stops travel to Mexican sister city - 
The recent spate of drug-related killings in Nogales, Mexico, is driving apart what have long been close-knit communities, discouraging some residents of its Arizona sister city from crossing the border.
- Found: 2008-11-29, 20:33 GMT