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The Republican inheriting the job as Alaska governor from resigning Sarah Palin plans to seek a full term in office in 2010.

A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family's small furniture and appliance store died Saturday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing a small South Carolina community, authorities said.

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, who led the famous Tennessee Titans' drive that came a yard short of forcing overtime in the 2000 Super Bowl, was found dead Saturday with multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head.

Authorities say a fireworks explosion on a North Carolina island only reachable by ferry has killed one worker and critically injured four others.

A physician attacked in her Lakeview office this week put up a good fight by grabbing her assailant's knife and never letting go as he tried to rape her, Cook County prosecutors said this afternoon, detailing the woman's bravery.

How had Hayes, 25, and Coleman, 21, heard the news so quickly? Twitter. The two young women had learned about Jackson's health like so many who get their news nowadays: by reading the ever-flowing feed of real-time information on the microblogging service.

Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders on Friday to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered U.S. assistance in achieving that, as concerns grow that a lack of political progress is fueling violence in Iraq.

The 2010 Toyota Prius adopts a theme from a revered song: "I'm going to change the way I strut my stuff." In less than a decade, the Prius hybrid automobile has gone from an oddity to an icon.

A French government plane carrying the young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash arrived Thursday at a Paris airport from Comoros.

A U.S. Postal worker was ordered held without bond this afternoon on charges he sexually assaulted a pair of teenage girls after he threatened and forced them into his personal vehicle in two separate attacks.

For Mini, the maker of sporty -- if sometimes eccentric -- pint-sized hatchbacks, landing at the bottom of another closely watched vehicle quality study this week is almost a point of pride.

An attorney for a trio of bondholders opposed to General Motors' sale plan on Thursday urged a judge to call the government's bluff and require the automaker to restructure itself through a more traditional Chapter 11 process instead of through the quick sale of its assets.

General Motors Corp., hoping for a quick exit from Chapter 11, on Tuesday will ask a bankruptcy judge to approve its plan to refashion itself as a leaner automaker owned mostly by the government.

Michael Jackson's family wants the singer's mother, Katherine, to have custody of his three children.

Performance minded Jaguar aficionados may have another model to lust after come this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed .

A picture of The BMW X1 has been confirmed for the U.S. market. The BMW X1 has been confirmed for the U.S. market.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has backed out of a promise to release personal financial records proving he did not use state money for trips to see his mistress.

Volkswagen of America and Ford Motor Corporation were announced today as full-line corporate leaders in Strategic Vision Inc.

A senior member of President Barack Obama's auto task force testified yesterday that the U.S. government will not continue to fund General Motors Corp.'s operations if the automaker doesn't get approval to sell its assets to a new company within the next 10 days.

A picture of Hyundai is launching a gasoline incentive program for consumers. Hyundai is launching a gasoline incentive program for consumers.