Clemency for D.C.-area sniper is denied

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine clears the way for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002.

Obama remembers Fort Hood victims

Day after big rally, stocks end trading mixed

  Investors cooled their buying of stocks and commodities, pausing from a surge that carried major stock indexes to their highest levels in more than a year.  Stocks ended mixed Tuesday.

JPMorgan Chase adding 1,200 mortgage officers

Abdul-Jabbar has rare form of leukemia

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging.

Shaq’s wife files for legal separation

Letterman plot suspect asks court to drop case

TV news producer was only trying to sell the late-night comic a screenplay, lawyer said Tuesday.

Is Leno’s 10 p.m. experiment nearing an end?

9 surprising places where germs lurk

Here are some surprising (and some icky) places where germs hang out — and what you can do to protect yourself.

Antibiotic overuse could threaten medicine

7 award-winning innovations

Every year, scientists and engineers get awards for their mental prowess in the lab. Some get the prizes for recent innovations; others for discoveries made decades ago. 

Las Vegas and the 21st-century Strip

CityCenter’s design speaks in equal parts to the challenges of the Strip, the unsustainable sprawl of the Las Vegas Valley  and a fundamental shift in American demographics.

  Las Vegas reports increase in visitors in Sept.