U.S.: N. Korea nuke files complete

A preliminary review of thousands of nuclear documents turned over to the United States by North Korea shows they appear to be a complete accounting of their plutonium production, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

China: Quake left 18,000 buried in one city

Retail sales slip as consumers cut back

Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April.

Ichan reportedly considers Yahoo proxy battle

Walsh tapes show no rules violations by Pats

Ex-Patriots employee Walsh talks with Goodell, will meet with Sen. Specter

D'Antoni doesn't hint at personnel changes

Kristi skates back to the top on ‘Dancing’

Yamaguchi proves that she is the dancer to beat, but Cristian is on her tail. Can Marissa stay in the game with three stronger dancers? Probably not. She's likely to head home Tuesday.

Drew Barrymore unhurt in hit-and-run

Painkillers don't slow dementia, study says

Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people.

Text nagging prods teens to take meds

Cosmic Log: Quakes by the numbers

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: You can't judge a quake by its numbers alone. Learn about magnitude and other scientific issues surrounding the devastating earthquake in China.

Moving toward more lifelike artificial limbs

Passenger sues over flight spent on toilet

A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.

Can anyone fix the air-traffic system?