NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.... 6/19/2013 12:19 AM

Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.... 6/19/2013 12:08 AM

FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffa's remains enters 3rd day
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- FBI agents have resumed digging in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa.... 6/19/2013 9:03 AM

Search for Hoffa mystery endures for decades
Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance almost 40 years ago has been the stuff of urban legend, prompting numerous theories about what happened to the former Teamsters leader.... 6/19/2013 3:11 AM

Chef describes kids' grief over Jackson's death
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's personal chef described for jurors the home lives of the children during the final months of the singer's life and their ongoing grief over their father's death nearly four years ago.... 6/18/2013 8:08 PM

FBI digging at former home of famed NY mobster
NEW YORK (AP) -- FBI agents with jackhammers and shovels were digging Tuesday under a New York City house once occupied by a famed gangster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in the movie "Goodfellas."... 6/18/2013 6:23 PM

Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former investigators of the TWA Flight 800 crash off Long Island are calling on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the case.... 6/19/2013 7:38 AM

Zimmerman jury selection moving into a new phase
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are about to move into the next phase of jury selection.... 6/19/2013 3:28 AM

Traffic returns to Wash. bridge that collapsed
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Cars and trucks are rolling again across the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge, restoring the traffic flow on the main route between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.... 6/19/2013 8:49 AM

Baked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th state
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A heat wave hitting Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven - or a tropical paradise.... 6/19/2013 3:12 AM