Originally carrying a hefty price tag at $6.1 billion, the fleet of 28 helicopters being built to fly the next president is now projected to cost $11.2 billion.

Endangered status restored for wolves

On the day McCain visited one of the areas hardest-hit by the economic downturn and rising gas prices, one of his top advisers, former Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas gave up his campaign position a week after saying the country

Hundreds of baby penguins are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches in Brazil.

The Illinois senator also is slated to meet with opposition leaders in Israel and Britain.

I would like to pause to acknowledge the shame which we have all felt as a result of the sexual abuse of minors by some clergy ... in this country," Benedict said during an address at a Mass in Sydney.

Four workers were killed when one of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery Friday.

Environment Secretary Ron Curry said Friday that Asarco has asserted that the company should be exempt from the requirements because it always intended to reopen the smelter.

In an appeal to your conscience as well as your style-consciousness, Jane Marvel bags offer an alternative to leather handbags and satchels dangling four-figure price tags.

Find the sleep masks at Product by Maria Martin in the upper level of La Encantada, on the northwest corner of Campbell Avenue and Skyline Drive. They regularly cost $20, and we recommend hurrying in pronto because Product is having

Stafford died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at her Century City home, her son, Tim Weston of Topanga, said Friday. She had been in declining health since October, he said.

Several local groups have teamed up to host a "stuff the bus" school supplies drive to provide backpacks, notebooks, binders and other items for needy students in Tucson Unified School District .

The 11-term Democratic congressman wrote to the House Homeland Security Committee this week that he's still subjected to repeated airport searches and required to present multiple forms of identification.

After months of resistance, the city's chain restaurants have begun obeying a first-of-its-kind rule requiring them to post calorie counts on the menu.

The CARE Fair continues today. Free immunizations, dental and vision screenings, and physicals are among the services that will be available to families in need.

Athlete's Choice was at an outlet mall near Interstate 10.

Their scouts were fanned out across the country, examining the minor-league systems of every contender. The only thing the Rangers had to decide is what would be their selling point.

Consider this deal where South is in six hearts and has two potential losers — a diamond and a club. Since there are no finesses or discards available, the only hope is to try for an endplay.