Weakening Ida drenches Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds Tuesday before weakening to a depression, causing little damage along the Gulf Coast but bringing more rain to the Southeast.

D.C.-area sniper executed in Virginia

  John Allen Muhammad was executed Tuesday night for the sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead and spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas.

Carbon storage? Not under my house!

The residents of a Dutch town are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming. They just don't want it to be the ground below their homes.

Investigators: Fort Hood suspect acted alone

The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre apparently acted alone and without outside direction, investigative officials said Monday evening.

Fort Hood suspect warned of threats in ranks

Maj. Nidal M. Hasan gave hour-long lecture on Islam, suicide bombers and threats the military could encounter from Muslims conflicted about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

theGrio: Sosa's new skin reflects ugly mentality

Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life

Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of alien life.

‘Slow money’ gains momentum

Former venture capitalist Woody Tasch is trying to persuade at least 1 million Americans to donate at least $25 each to help create a fund to support local food businesses and family farms.

Newsweek: The fight over abstinence at Harvard

Thanks to the provocations of True Love Revolution, the university's three-year-old pro-abstinence club, brainy women are defending their right to have sex with whomever they want, whenever and however they want.