An Indiana man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting he forced his 7-year-old daughter to stab and kill the family pet.

Police have charged three men and two women after receiving reports that several men were robbed when responding to online advertisements for sex or massage.

Now that same-sex couples can get married in California, state prison officials are trying to figure out what that means for gay inmates.

Republican officials say they are considering delaying the start of the GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul because of Tropical Storm Gustav, which is on track to hit the Gulf Coast, and possibly New Orleans, as a full-force hurricane.

Groups representing the oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing industries asked a federal judge to ensure that laws protecting polar bears were not used to block projects in Alaska.

That day 45 years ago, when Martin Luther King, Jr., took the big stage to give his big speech - was also filled with countless people who played small-but-important roles, out of the spotlight, Byron Pitts reports.

A former Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees has been acquitted of voluntary manslaughter in a first-of-its-kind federal trial.

The unclaimed bodies of close to 80 victims of Hurricane Katrina have finally been entombed - nearly three years after the storm - by a group of funeral home owners who said they took it upon themselves to inter the remains.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 1,440 people appears to be over.

Kwame Kilpatrick has been a salesman, bargaining to bring improvements to Detroit and prove the struggling city is worth it. But now the mayor will negotiate a more personal deal, one that exchanges a dimming political future for freedom.

The Air Force says at least three ballistic missile crew members at bases in North Dakota and Montana have been taken off the job while the military investigates allegations ranging from sexual abuse to missing classified components.

Tropical Storm Gustav surged toward hurricane force as it drove toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, prompting evacuations of tourists and offshore oil workers. Meanwhile, New Orleans kept nervous watch, three years after Katrina's destruction.

New York City is asking public school principals to consider giving math tests to kindergartners. The experiment could involve tests as long as 90 minutes and comes amid debate over the growing use of standardized tests nationwide.

At least a half-dozen people who attended Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's historic "I Have a Dream" speech 45 years ago today who will be in Denver to see Barack Obama accept his party's nomination for president.

American workers' confidence in the job market is as low as it was during the 2001 recession, according to a survey released.

Authorities say four inmates helped eight others, including a convicted murderer, escape from prison. Two other people close to the fugitives were also arrested. Five escapees are still on the loose.

The Justice Department recommended a dramatic reduction in the prison sentence of imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who became a key witness against lawmakers he spent years corrupting.

The head of emergency planning for New Orleans says the city is prepared to move 30,000 residents to safety if a storm threatens the area.

Medical problems are paired with an inability to work for an increasing number of seniors, prompting suffocating debt and eventual bankruptcy.

Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, has died. She was 87.