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Seau's suicide forces hard questions on head injuriesHe is not the first football player to have committed suicide, and experts worry that it may be linked to repeated concussions.
- Unemployment drops sharply, Labor Department says
Weekly unemployment benefit applications dropped by 27,000 last week, a positive sign for employment broadly.
China-U.S. ties strained by blind activist's desire to leaveChen Guangcheng is asking to leave China with his family and go to the United States; his decision comes in the midst of a high-level meeting in Beijing between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chinese officials.
- Seau's death a shock, friends say
Friends and former team-mates say they never would have expected the player's suicide.
Florida A&M hazing arrests bring cloudThe future of the nationally-renowned marching bad is in doubt amid revelations that brutal hazing is traditional.
Edwards trial: Interior designer testifies about money funneling schemeBryan Huffman described receiving checks in excess of federal contribution limits and then passing them on to the campaign.
Kentucky Derby: Will mighty white steed ride to rescue of struggling sport?A white horse has never won the Kentucky Derby, so the entry of nearly pure white Hansen makes for a good story. But it likely won't be enough to bring horse racing back into the mainstream.
- Junior Seau tragedy shakes NFL, intensifies concern about head injuries
Former linebacker's apparent suicide, three years after retiring, renews denunciations of football's culture of toughness and the incidence of head injuries. Junior Seau had sustained multiple concussions, friends and family say.
- China blamed for multi-continent cyberspying caper in 2011
For six months in 2011, cyberspies infiltrated, undetected, at least 20 commercial and industrial organizations on three continents, states a new report by a US-based cybersecurity firm. Investigators name China as 'most logical' benefactor.
Bin Laden documents diss Joe Biden. Did he get 'The Onion' in Abbottabad?According to declassified Osama bin Laden documents found at his Pakistan compound, Al Qaeda's late leader called Joe Biden 'totally unprepared' for the presidency, and left him off a hit list.
Kentucky Derby 2012: Who to watch in first leg of Triple CrownKentucky Derby 2012: Is this the year when the Kentucky Derby winner becomes the Triple Crown winner, ending a streak of 33 years?
On National Day of Prayer, plenty of politicsNational Day of Prayer activities may have more political undertones than usual this year, as religious groups take aim at what they see as President Obama's attacks on religious freedom.
Obama's ex-girlfriend: what her diaries revealAs a recent college grad in New York, Barack Obama fell in love with a young white woman named Genevieve Cook. Passages from her diary appear in a new biography of the president.
- White supremacist behind murders-suicide in Arizona, police say
Four people died Wednesday at the hand of Jason 'J.T.' Ready, one of the most visible white supremacists in the US, who then killed himself, police in Gilbert, Ariz., say. Those who track neo-Nazi groups cite a culture of violence, including domestic violence.
Why is Michele Bachmann endorsing Mitt Romney now?An endorsement by Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann in Virginia, a battleground state, can help Mitt Romney. Meanwhile, the Romney camp can help Bachmann with her campaign debt.
Rupert Murdoch deemed 'not fit' to lead media in Britain. What about US?A British parliamentary panel found that Rupert Murdoch is 'not fit' to run media giant News Corp. But the question for Congress is: What laws – if any – were broken in the US?
Osama bin Laden papers: top 5 revelations A new trove of letters seized during the Osama bin Laden raid paint an intimate picture of the inner workings and struggles of Al Qaeda, from its dabbling in the stock market to practices that would make any Mafia don proud.
New Obama book: A danger to his image?'Barack Obama: The Story,' which tells about the president's life as a young man in New York and Chicago, could threaten Obama's own carefully crafted narrative about his life.
Why Mitt Romney is rebounding in two key battlegrounds, Florida and OhioMitt Romney and President Obama are now in a dead heat in Florida and Ohio, while Obama still leads in Pennsylvania, says a new poll. Two factors could be behind the trends.
How can Army keep soldiers fighting fit after Afghanistan? AvatarsMilitary officials are using video games to evaluate troops, but making soldiers' avatars – their virtual selves – more closely mimic the soldiers' actual skills is the next frontier.
