Holes in health care means teens face future ills
Many adolescents are falling through cracks in the health care system — what a major new report calls missed opportunities to shape the next generation's health.

Jobs outlook grim for 2009

We've decided to ask the Magic 8-Ball about the jobs outlook for this year.  The answer? "Outlook not so good."

Outline of possible Gaza truce emerges

The contours of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas are emerging, with diplomacy focusing on international guarantees, including monitors to oversee any agreement.

Cuba allows access to Hemingway papers

Cuba on Monday began accepting requests for electronic access to more than 3,000 documents from Ernest Hemingway's home on the island, including the unpublished epilogue of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and coded messages the author sent when using his yacht to hunt for German submarines during World War II.

Bush to create huge marine sanctuaries

President George W. Bush on Tuesday will designate three remote Pacific island areas as national monuments that together will make up the largest marine conservation effort in history.

Wash. state police find baby's remains in trash
Authorities combing through 60 tons of trash, searching for the body of a baby allegedly dumped by his 16-year-old mother, found a dead infant in the garbage Monday.

Police search for boy missing 10 years
The parents who failed to report their 11-year-old adopted son missing nearly a decade ago are "people of interest" as authorities search for him nationwide, a sheriff said Monday.

Nursing industry desperate to find new hires

Please, please accept a high-paying job with us. In fact, just swing by for an interview and we'll give you a chance to win cash and prizes.

Ukraine: Russia slashed gas to Europe
Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz said Tuesday that Russia cut natural gas supplies to Europe by about two-thirds, raising the stakes in a dispute between the two neighbors that bodes ill for European consumers.