Posted: 11:13 AM Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says it's possible to virtually eliminate HIV-infected births and the U.S. is donating to help poor countries reach that goal.

Posted: 2:59 PM An effort to make the government write so people can understand what they're reading is off to a spotty start.

Updated: 9:53 AM The presidential campaigns in Colorado are stepping up their efforts to repeat national talking points using in-state politicians.

Posted: 4:40 PM One look at Paul Gaylord's hands shows why the plague is referred to as "Black Death."

Posted: 9:37 AM Chairman Ben Bernanke says the U.S. economy has weakened and the Federal Reserve is ready to take further action to bolster growth if conditions don't improve.

Posted: 9:35 AM A Maine man who learned how to use a parachute as a Navy pilot during World War II has finally made his first jump -- at age 90.

Posted: 5:01 PM Concerned parents are urging Congress to take steps to limit the ability of state school systems to have special education students physically restrained while in class.

Posted: 11:28 AM A pro-Republican group says it's spending $8 million on new TV ads attacking President Barack Obama on economic issues.

Posted: 10:49 AM There's something lurking around distant and icy dwarf planet Pluto: a fifth moon.

Posted: 1:44 PM The U.S. is urging North Korea to respect intellectual property rights after an unauthorized stage performance of Disney characters at a concert.

Posted: 5:19 PM U.S. law enforcement made more than 1.3 million requests for cellphone records last year.

Posted: 1:23 PM Repairs to the Washington Monument will require massive scaffolding to be built around the 555-foot obelisk and may keep it closed until 2014.

Posted: 7:58 AM A woman celebrating the weekend before her 25th birthday was fatally shot Sunday when she hugged an off-duty police officer while dancing at a party, causing the officer's service weapon to fire, according to police and her mother.

Posted: 7:50 AM Authorities say the driver of a pickup truck killed two children and injured two other people when he drove over their tent at a northern North Dakota campground.

Posted: 7:48 AM A Pittsburgh woman has been jailed on charges she attacked her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend and other women with a knife and a brick at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant during a party for her son.

Posted: 8:26 AM A North Carolina man whose hidden cocaine was found by a police dog that bit into the package and died has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison.

Posted: 4:56 PM Authorities say heartthrob singer Justin Bieber has been ticketed for speeding on a Los Angeles freeway after being chased by at least one other vehicle.

Updated: 8:51 PM President Barack Obama is marking the Fourth of July by thanking service members and their families, who he said "represent what is best in America."

Updated: 1:40 PM The Vatican has gotten its report card on its efforts to be more financially transparent -- but it's secret.

Posted: 2:14 PM The price tag for safeguarding government secrets rose by 12 percent in 2011 to a record $11.4 billion.

Posted: 10:53 AM If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks.

Posted: 10:51 AM A former FBI employee with post-traumatic stress disorder linked to her role in the investigation of the Sept. 11 terror attacks has written a book about seeing legions of angels guarding the Pennsylvania site where a hijacked airliner crashed.

Posted: 9:45 AM Airbus says it will build its first assembly plant in the United States in Alabama.

Posted: 10:32 PM Dozens of demonstrators in Japan are protesting the restarting of a nuclear power plant -- the first to go back online since all reactors were shut down for safety checks following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Updated: 7:58 PM The director of national intelligence is announcing two steps to avert leaks of classified information following recent disclosures about national security.