Posted: 3:04 AM Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are ready to face New Hampshire voters and answer their questions, especially about the Republican plan for Medicare that has left some seniors skittish.

Posted: 9:55 PM Neighbors are shaking their heads over a fire in a southern New Jersey town allegedly set by a 15-year-old girl who lived there.

Posted: 9:52 PM Authorities say two people are dead and third person was seriously injured when a small plane crashed into a Long Island neighborhood.

Posted: 9:50 PM Ranchers stricken by drought are expressing frustration at Congress' failure to pass disaster aid legislation before taking a five-week break.

Posted: 8:52 PM Two brothers from a New York City suburb have an advertising concept that's on a roll - a roll of toilet paper.

Posted: 8:40 PM Some Russian activists have sued Madonna for millions of dollars, claiming they were offended by her support for gay rights during a recent concert in St. Petersburg.

Posted: 5:16 PM NASA's Curiosity rover has zapped its first Martian rock, aiming its laser for the sake of science.

Posted: 5:15 PM Experts say it is an issue illustrated by a New Mexico case involving a retired professor and a former college administrator who were accused in what police described as an extensive multistate, online prostitution ring.

Posted: 5:13 PM South Dakota police say a 14-year-old boy who was driving drunk has been arrested, along with his father, who sat intoxicated in the passenger seat.

Posted: 5:10 PM Rep. Todd Akin, Missouri's GOP Senate candidate, has questioned whether women can become pregnant when they're raped.

Posted: 4:53 PM w York financial regulator Benjamin Lawsky, an Ivy League ex-prosecutor and top lieutenant to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, shook a record $340 million settlement this week from a major British bank accused of money-laundering for Iran, earning both praise for his aggressive approach and criticism from those who saw it as a publicity grab.

Posted: 6:57 AM Michael Jackson's Indiana hometown is gearing up for a weeklong celebration marking what would have been the late pop star's 54th birthday.

Posted: 6:46 AM The murder trial of former suburban police officer Drew Peterson was always going to hinge on his dead ex-wife's testimony "from the grave" and other hearsay evidence.

Posted: 6:42 AM The aerial acrobatics have begun at the Chicago Air & Water Show.

Posted: 10:14 PM An Egyptian presidential official says President Mohammed Morsi will attend a summit of non-aligned nations in Iran end of the month, in first such visit in decades.

Updated: 9:47 PM A sheriff says seven people arrested in a fatal shootout with Louisiana deputies have been linked to violent anarchists on the FBI's domestic terrorism watch lists.

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Posted: 9:33 PM Published reports say The Tonight Show has laid off about two dozen workers and host Jay Leno has taken a large pay cut to save the jobs of other staffers.

Posted: 5:23 PM President Barack Obama sharply criticized rival Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan on Medicare, saying the Republican challengers would alter the health care system for older Americans by making them pay more so wealthy taxpayers can get a tax break.

Posted: 5:21 PM Mitt Romney says he needs to keep raising money at a furious pace because President Barack Obama broke all fundraising marks four years ago.

Posted: 3:56 PM General Motors and Isuzu are recalling more than 249,000 SUVs because the window and door lock switches can cause fires.

Posted: 11:42 AM It's easy to see why the restaurants and bars in downtown Tampa are excited about the upcoming Republican National Convention: It means steady business during a traditionally slow time of year.

Posted: 11:33 AM A bill being considered in the U.S. Senate is aimed at helping wounded veterans start families by expanding coverage for in vitro fertilization.

Posted: 11:31 AM Michelle Obama plans to go to Milwaukee to meet with family members of those killed and injured in a Sikh temple shooting this month.

Posted: 11:30 AM Vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan says his family relied on Medicare to take care of his grandmother, and his mother now counts on the program in retirement.