Outraged parents say some students at Coelho Middle School in Attleboro cried when they were told by a worker they could not eat on Tuesday.

Thirteen Rutgers University faculty members are demanding the resignation of university President Robert Barchi over his response to a video showing basketball coach Mike Rice hitting, shoving and berating his players with anti-gay slurs.

Elkhart County is 168 pounds lighter after discarding that much weight in unused medications.

The hunt for a capital murder suspect and a convicted drug offender who escaped from an East Texas jail has turned to a missing crossover SUV.

The White House says President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in light of automatic spending cuts that have led to furloughs for thousands of federal workers.

The Pentagon says an Army civilian employee has died following a shooting incident in a parking lot at Fort Knox in Kentucky.

A Northern California woman is facing 16 years to life behind bars after being convicted of killing her ex-husband by dousing him with scalding water.

A Montana federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama.

Carnival Cruise Lines says a crippled cruise ship that tore loose from the Alabama dock where it's being repaired is secure and has been moved to a terminal.

A museum in Iowa says someone has stolen an 18-pound African leopard tortoise.

Officials say a Carnival cruise ship that had been disabled for days in the Gulf of Mexico has broken away from its moorings in a Mobile, Ala. shipyard.

Authorities say there may be a glimmer of hope in the search for two hikers who vanished days ago in the Southern California mountains.

U.S. service companies expanded in March at a slower pace, dragged down by less growth in new orders and weaker hiring.

Some Colorado sheriffs are speaking out against any more gun control measures as President Barack Obama visits the state.

Children from across the nation will rub elbows with Michelle Obama and dine off fine china in the East Room of the White House this summer as part of a contest to promote healthy eating.

NBC's "America's Got Talent" is moving from New Jersey to New York City's Radio City Music Hall.

The Rolling Stones have announced a nine-city tour.

Film critic Roger Ebert says he has cancer again and is scaling back his movie reviews while undergoing radiation.

Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia are recalling almost 1.9 million vehicles to fix problems with air bags and brake light switches.

Four people have died in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 95 in South Florida south of Fort Lauderdale.

U.S. home prices jumped in February by the largest amount in seven years, evidence that the housing recovery strengthened ahead of the all-important spring-buying season.

Stanford University is collaborating with Harvard and MIT on a computer system that allows colleges to offer free online courses.

Several activities occurring around central Indiana next week will try to raise public awareness of Americans without health care coverage.

A Michiana native is taking the lead on a national news show.

Traci Paige Johnson revolutionized children's television programming when she co-created the hit show Blue's Clues. Now, she's doing the same with touch-screen media.