NEW YORK -- For more than three months, police Detective John Botte roamed the ruins of the World Trade Center, snapping photographs with his Leica Rangefinder camera and capturing hundreds of images of people at work on the monumental cleanup.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Squired in limousines and festooned in their finest, the stars of U.S. television strolled up the red carpet on Sunday to celebrate and salute the best of the small screen at the Primetime Emmy Awards.

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A Comair commuter jet crashed just after takeoff Sunday morning in Lexington, Ky., killing 49 people and leaving the sole survivor in critical condition. The flight was bound for Atlanta. " E-Mail This " Add to Del.icio.us

Police say a Maine man was charged Sunday withbreaking into Mayor Martin O'Malley's campaign headquarters inBaltimore.

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Although the Internet is a democratizing force, television is still the most influential form of media and citizens ought to have more control over its programming, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said on Sunday.

Another hiring scandal could be brewing in Cook County. The Chicago Sun-Times reports hundreds of people have been hired since John Stroger fell ill last spring, even though there is a hiring freeze. CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports two county

SAN FRANCISCO -- A Fox News correspondent and his cameraman telephoned their relieved families Sunday after being released by militants who held them hostage in the Gaza Strip for two weeks.

LEXINGTON, Kentucky (Reuters) - A Comair jet crashed and burned in a Kentucky horse pasture on Sunday after a failed takeoff, killing all but one of the 50 people aboard, authorities said.

MIAMI Police in south Florida say five people found dead inside a house today were likely victims of carbon monoxide poisoning.The body of one adult was found in a car...

LEXINGTON, Ky. A police officer who reached the flaming wreckage of the passenger jet that crashed on takeoff in Kentucky this morning burned his arms as he pulled the plane's...

MIAMI -- Five people, including two children, were found dead inside a South Florida home Sunday, likely victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, police said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Truthiness" and "Wikiality" -- two of the words popularized by political satirist Stephen Colbert on his TV show "The Colbert Report"-- were named on Sunday the top television buzzwords of the year.

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Storm-weary New Orleans residents were relieved to hear Tropical Storm Ernesto was likely to give the jazz city a miss but prepared for the worst on Sunday just in case it turned toward them just a

Fire investigators in Montgomery Countysay an improperly discarded cigarette is what caused a fatal firethis afternoon in Kensington.

A commuter jet carrying 50 people crashed in a Kentucky field and caught fire shortly after taking off in light rain Sunday morning.