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Some were young and single, some married with children, others just starting families. Some joined the military because of a sense of duty, others as a way to better themselves. They all were victims of a gunman who opened fire Thursday at Fort Hood.

Thirteen flag-draped coffins left Fort Hood on Friday as authorities searched for a motive in the massacre that left more than 50 casualties at the largest U.S. military base.

Firefighters and police responded to a reported shooting Friday at a high-rise building in Orlando, Florida.

Americans of all ages are being hurt by the weak job market, but the nation's teens are in a particularly bad spot.

A recent sale of Impressionist and modern art at Sotheby's auction house exceeded sales estimates and raised the hopes of industry insiders that a rebound is under way.

Authorities on Friday released the name of a fourth victim found last week in or around the home of registered sex offender.

The maternal grandmother of a 7-month-old Florida girl found hidden in a small cedar box under her baby sitter's bed says her daughter, who was charged in the case, is troubled and needs help.

A 1965 Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Spokane, Washington, was found by customs agents in shipping container in the Los Angeles port last month, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said.

The 650,000 jobs created or saved by the stimulus package so far make up only a small step toward correcting the gap between the tens of millions of unemployed people and the few openings that those people are fighting over.

It was two-and-a-half days before Illinois Gov. George Ryan was to leave office in 2003. I sat in a crowded auditorium in Northwestern University's Law School in Chicago, where Ryan was expected to make a major announcement on capital punishment.