It was a heroes welcome for hundreds of Chicago soldiers and their families Saturday. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports on the emotional homecoming.

As Tropical Storm Fay finally got on track Friday to make its way out of Florida, flood-stricken homeowners got an encouraging sign: Muddy brown water lines began appearing on the sides of homes, a clue that floodwaters were receding.

Optimism has been rare in recent months, as the death toll rises almost daily in drug turf battles and in brutal kidnappings — including that of Fernando Marti, the 14-year-old son of a prominent businessman whose death at the hands

Ever wonder why it's so much easier to remember people's faces than their names? Neuroscientists have an explanation. They've identified a pea-size region in the brain that reacts more strongly to faces than it does to cars, dogs, houses or

Customers in China of Apple's iTunes online-music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album.

The Raishbrook brothers own RMG News, a news video agency that supplies local and national TV programs with footage of the chaos that plays out each night in and around the city. There is good money in feeding TV news'

France's prime minister wants parliament to vote on whether to keep French forces in Afghanistan, his office said Friday, as a new poll showed most of his compatriots want the troops pulled out after 10 died in a vicious ambush.

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It is the storm that won't quit. On the fifth day since hitting Key West, Tropical Storm Fay continued to pound Florida with rain and wind Friday, having caused at least seven deaths in the state along with damage totaling

The controversy over a best-selling author's account of forgery and deception in the White House deepened Friday with a new CIA denial of claims that it helped the Bush administration produce phony documents suggesting past links between al-Qaida and Saddam

Two weeks after sending troops storming across the Georgian border, Russia pulled its forces out of the city of Gori on Friday and withdrew from a stretch of the main east-west route that they had used to choke the strategic

They" are the ones whose children aren't screaming bloody murder in the checkout lane at the grocery store.

Derek Jeter got his 2,500th career hit, a bloop single in the first inning against the Orioles Friday night. He joins Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth as the only players to have 2,500 hits as Yankees.

The opportunity to apply this principle occurs time and time again. The general idea is that if declarer cannot attain the 100 percent chance he'd like to have, he should look for the next best thing to it.

Tucson drivers continue to hold the state's lowest average fuel price at $3.54 a gallon for regular — down 27 cents from a month ago — as gas prices continued a five-week retreat on falling crude oil prices, AAA Arizona

The Hospital Council of Southern Arizona and Grand Canyon University on Friday celebrated the graduation of the inaugural class of nursing students from its "fast-track" educational program, putting 18 new nurses in the field at hospitals throughout Southern Arizona.

No, we're not talking tatts, although you can go that route if you're so inclined. We're talking about Liz Vaughn's eye-catching, decorated dog tags. The Tucson artist uses dramatic colors that pop. It's like wearing a mini masterpiece right around

Three owners of the Phoenix-area restaurant chain Pinata Nueva were indicted for felony fraud and theft after allegedly falsifying records showing they had paid back wages to workers under a $25,000 wage-violation settlement, the state Attorney General's Office said.

What is billed as the Southwest's "first exclusive electrical-bicycle store" will open Monday in Tucson.