Posted: 7:10 AM Republican Paul Ryan now says he didn't run a marathon in less than three hours as he claimed in a nationally broadcast interview.

Posted: 12:51 AM Police rescued a 17-year-old Nevada girl early Saturday morning to end her 21-hour kidnapping ordeal, and arrested her two alleged abductors.

Posted: 12:37 AM As the remnants of Hurricane Isaac pushed their way up the Mississippi valley on Saturday, spinning off severe thunderstorms and at least four tornadoes, some on the Gulf Coast were impatient with the pace of restoring power days after the storm dragged through the region.

Posted: 5:11 PM Authorities say the gunman in the New Jersey supermarket shooting fired at at least six employees, including one outside the store, before killing himself.

Posted: 5:09 PM When Hurricane Isaac whirled into the Gulf Coast this week, the federal levee system protecting New Orleans did its job. But the patchwork of floodwalls shielding many places outside the city was no match for the drenching storm.

Posted: 11:51 AM American Airlines and US Airways are one step closer to a potential merger.

Posted: 11:48 AM Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is apologizing to a man wrongfully convicted in the 1955 killing of his wife.

Posted: 11:32 AM Diet Pepsi is tweaking its formula to stay sweet a little longer.

Posted: 11:09 AM Despite the unconventional release of "2016: Obama's America," the movie is now among the most successful political documentaries of all time.

Posted: 11:00 AM The Missouri Farm Bureau is reconsidering its endorsement of Republican Rep. Todd Akin for U.S. Senate.

Posted: 10:07 AM The Better Business Bureau is warning Illinoisans to be wary of scam artists pretending to be charities collecting money to help people affected by Tropical Storm Isaac.

Posted: 10:31 PM The death toll in China's worst mine accident in nearly three years has risen to 37 as high temperatures and dangerous carbon monoxide levels hampered rescue work Friday for 10 others still trapped.

Posted: 9:40 PM Defense attorneys say the suspect in the Colorado movie theater shooting tried unsuccessfully to call a University of Colorado, Denver, psychiatrist nine minutes before the attack.

Posted: 9:39 PM Los Angeles police say three children remain hospitalized a day after a car driven by a 100-year-old man backed into them outside an elementary school.

Posted: 9:30 PM Five months after authorities launched an investigation into the mysterious deaths of elderly twin sisters at their South Lake Tahoe home, investigators have concluded the 73-year-olds died of natural causes.

Posted: 9:23 PM Federal health officials are investigating a foodborne illness outbreak that has sickened more than 100 people in 16 states and has been associated with salmonella-tainted mangoes.

Posted: 9:20 PM Some key farm states punished by the nation's worst drought in decades benefited slightly from recent rains, with a bigger dousing forecast from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac.

Posted: 11:08 AM Tropical Storm Isaac staggered toward central Louisiana early Thursday, its weakening winds still potent enough to drive storm surge into portions of the coast and the River Parishes between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Posted: 9:53 PM A three-judge panel in Florida has ruled that a former neighborhood watch leader charged in the fatal shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin should be granted a new judge in his case.

Posted: 9:37 PM It's been a rough day in Louisiana.

Posted: 3:58 PM Sherwin Williams is recalling more than a 100,000 products, because some of its paint cans can leak and ignite.

Posted: 3:42 PM New Orleans residents are facing a dusk-to-dawn curfew as Tropical Storm Isaac continues to drench the Crescent City.

Posted: 3:40 PM Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is telling veterans that he will make jobs a top priority.

Posted: 12:11 PM A foundation set up by Julia Child is locked in a legal battle with the manufacturer of Thermador ovens over a marketing campaign that celebrates the late chef's use of its high-end appliances.

Posted: 10:50 AM A judge says Drew Peterson's lawyers can hit at the credibility of Drew Peterson's vanished fourth wife as they defend the former Illinois police officer against charges he killed his third wife.