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The survey, conducted by the nonprofit social research group Social Weather Stations, shows a rise in supportive views of gays and lesbians in the socially conservative country in the past decade.

Scientists say they've found evidence of a very long gravitational wave that could open a window onto supermassive black holes — and perhaps even other extreme, unseen objects in the universe.

President Bush asked Congress to hark back to one of the triumphs of his first term: passage of the No Child Left Behind Law in 2002. He asked Congress to reauthorize the law.

After days of smoky conditions caused by Canadian wildfires, some U.S. cities are looking to play it safe this Fourth of July with innovative alternatives to their fireworks displays.

The retailer had filed for bankruptcy in May hoping to emerge out of it as a stronger, more stable, business by August. But as revenue continued to plummet, that future appeared more bleak.

With Democrats in control of Capitol Hill, blacks in the House wield unprecedented power. Black lawmakers with long seniority will take over key committees in the 110th Congress.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Peter Pace talk money with the Senate Armed Services Committee. Democrats pressed both with tough questions about funding requests for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman is expected to announce Friday that he will not seek another term after a sweeping defeat in the midterm elections.

Four Marines are being accused of murder in the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha last year. And four Marine officers are being charged with dereliction of duty for failing to report or properly investigate the killings.

President Bush's secretaries of State and Defense spent their days defending his new plan in Iraq, first at a White House news conference and then on Capitol Hill. Secretaries Rice and Gates found only minimal support for a greater troop commitment in Congress.