Surveillance video dramatically shows an Amtrak passenger train -- running about 25 mph over the speed limit — ramming a freight train inside a crowded rail yard outside Chicago last Friday, injuring dozens of people.

A pregnant woman found dead in Oklahoma Friday texted her sister that she was afraid the father of her baby would 'blow up' because she'd told his girlfriend she was pregnant, NewsOK.com reports.

Missouri prosecutors will not file criminal charges in connection with the suicide of a teen who had been dumped by a fictitious boy on MySpace, officials announced Monday.

Wellesley College's all-female world is hosting Mohammad Usman, 19, for a semester-long program, making him the only male student among 2,300 females.

The man accused of taking hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office had been drinking heavily before the standoff and talked about his problems getting medical care, according to family interviews and a court document released Monday.

Morticians are baring all in the 2008 Men of Mortuaries calendar, featuring funeral directors and morticians from around the country.

Thousands begin filling university arena Monday for the funeral of slain Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor at Florida International University's Pharmed Arena.

Judge says federal prosecutors may have overreacted in case against two Border Patrol agents who were sentenced to prison after shooting drug suspect.

A powerful Pacific storm battered the Northwest on Monday, blocking roads near the coast with fallen trees and flooding, blacking out thousands of customers and icing up mountain highways.

All of the major Democratic presidential candidates will meet in Iowa Tuesday for a two-hour debate, as polls suggest a statistical dead heat shaping up in the first-in-the-nation caucuses. " E-Mail This " Add to Del.icio.us

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether prisoners there must have access to U.S. courts to challenge their detention. But the case also raises questions about what to do with released detainees, whose home countries may not

With Iowa kick-starting the presidential primary season just two days after New Year's, residents in many states will find their holiday spirit interrupted by politics. And to cap it all off, the Super Bowl comes two days before the 20-state

President Bush came out swinging Monday as Congress returned from a two-week recess. But if the president thinks he has the upper hand, he may have another thing coming, as he takes on Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid. " E-Mail

A bus driver was found dead inside a bus at Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake.

Driving is tricky in New England, as the winter storm that wreaked havoc on the Upper Midwest is now bashing the Northeast. At least 17 deaths are blamed on the storm, which has brought a slippery mix of rain, sleet

A black teenager charged in the beating of a white classmate in Louisiana has reached a deal with prosecutors that may allow him to get out of jail in about eight months. Mychal Bell originally was charged as an adult

This morning nearly 10,000 customers were without electricity, while this evening those numbers are down to just a few hundred. "High winds, wind gusts as high as 50 or 60 miles per hour have been blowing these dry tree limbs

This week, bloggers are falling all over each other to kick retiring state Rep. Mike Krusee on his way out. They're also agog over the latest happening in the U.S. Senate, abuzz about contests throughout the Lone Star State and

The justices rejected arguments that a company which distributes a faulty product is automatically liable for any and all damages it causes. Instead, they said, the distributor can foist off some of the legal responsibility — and share of the