Choosing diet soda may be part of someone's diet strategy but it could wind up sabotaging those weight loss goals. Many doctors have been trying to figure how refreshments with no calories can cause weight gain.

Department Spokesman Sean McCormack (Jan. 4): "...There is a potential opening here to make progress on the issue of a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security... You do have a partner for peace

Hundreds of high school students from around the region are taking part in the YMCA's 53rd Youth in Government Model Assembly Session this week. This mock legislative experience gives the kids a chance to see how government works at the

The federal government is cracking down on misleading weight loss claims. CBS 2 Medical Editor Mary Ann Childers reports the Federal Trade Commission Thursday hurled multi-million dollar fines at companies that market some of the most popular slimming pills on

EXCLUSIVE: There are disturbing allegations against a Gary, Ind. high school principal. Michael Banham is charged with shooting at his estranged wife's vehicle, then ramming it with his SUV. Banham's wife spoke exclusively with CBS 2 Northwest Indiana Bureau Chief

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher will reportedly announce his retirement on Monday. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Cowher, the longest-tenured head coach in the league, will return to Pittsburgh on Monday and announce his deci...

Would-be illegal immigrants planning to cross the desert and enter the United States on foot are to be given hand-held...

About 30 antiwar protesters blocking the doors of the federal building in San Francisco were being arrested as of 2:45 p.m. today.

At a high school in McKinney, Texas, officials say a group of five cheerleaders recently got out of control. Dubbed the "Fab Five," they acted like they could get away with almost anything and refused to bend to authority. They

An Antioch man took action when, he said, a land developer was getting ready to destroy an old cemetery along Barnes Road in Antioch. | | Ralph Wair has lived off Barnes Road his entire life. When he noticed developers

Nashville's sheriff's department is now authorized to begin screening people processed in Davidson County jails to see if they are in the country legally. The Department of Homeland Security approved the program and it could be up and running in

It's not a cure for cancer, but it could be a step in the right direction. Doctors may soon be able to use genetic clues to predict survival from lung cancer. | | Doctors believe they have uncovered a way

Tennessee democrats gathered Thursday to choose their candidate for Senate speaker. | | Despite a run on the post by Senator Joe Haynes of Goodlettsville, John Wilder, who has served as the powerful Speaker of the Senate since 1971, held

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Nashville's Warner Parks. The nearly 2,700 acre park is one of the largest urban parks in the nation. | | A cool, winter stillness has descended on Nashville's Warner Parks. Those who venture

MEXICO CITY Two Mexican state institutionss are studying the possibility of giving Mexican migrants G-P-S locators that could be used to call the U.S.

SACRAMENTO Senator Barbara Boxer has rescinded a certificate honoring a California Muslim leader after conservative Web sites accused his national organization...

A former East Texas pastor pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography Thursday morning. Joshua Allen, 23 was a pastor at Tyler Street Baptist Church in Jacksonville. Back in September, investigators seized two laptop computers from his home containing more