Military leaders, Clinton push for sea treaty
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's top military leader says U.S. approval of a long-spurned high seas treaty would strengthen American naval power.... 5/23/2012 10:01 AM

Defendant: FAMU band drum major wanted to be hazed
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida A&M drum major who died after being hazed on a bus asked to go through the ordeal because it was seen as an honor, a criminal defendant in the case said in a deposition released Wednesday... 5/23/2012 10:20 AM

Senator: Prostitution scandal wider than believed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Several small groups of Secret Service employees separately visited clubs, bars and brothels in Colombia prior to a visit by President Barack Obama last month and engaged in reckless, "morally repugnant" behavior, Sen. Susan Collins says.... 5/23/2012 5:47 AM

5 Western US states shielding part of executions
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A U.S. appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters the death chamber to his or her final heartbeat.... 5/23/2012 9:53 AM

US executions go from town square to behind bars
America's executions have changed dramatically over the years, morphing from daylong events in the town square to somber and tightly controlled affairs held deep inside prisons.... 5/23/2012 3:13 AM

Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- It's been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul's hands after being collected by the first men on the moon.... 5/23/2012 10:19 AM

Tales of lunar rocks through the years
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The saga of lunar rock traveling from the first moon landing in 1969 to the Las Vegas Strip in 1987 and back to NASA in 2012 recalls other moon rock stories. Here are a few:... 5/23/2012 3:51 AM

Jet diverted to Maine; suspicious passenger cited
BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger traveling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.... 5/23/2012 9:46 AM

Jury begins 4th day of talks at John Edwards trial
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The jury has started a fourth day of deliberations at the campaign finance fraud trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards.... 5/23/2012 10:18 AM

Small dairies go under as milk prices sink again
PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- The MacLaren brothers are third-generation dairy farmers, but they will likely be the last in their family.... 5/23/2012 10:14 AM