Can you actually control your dreams? Some say you can, by "lucid dreaming."

With convicted serial child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky behind bars, new questions are surfacing about what Penn State officials knew about a 2001 incident involving the former assistant football coach's encounter with a boy in the shower -- and whether they covered up the incident.

Four middle school students caught on camera verbally abusing their bus monitor have been suspended for a year and will be required to complete 50 hours of community service, school district officials said Friday.

Even with Tiger Woods in the hunt, Saturday figures to be awfully quiet at Congressional for the third round of the AT&T National.

A new survey says people would grab their phone out of the toilet.

Violent evening storms following a day of triple-digit temperatures wiped out power to more than 2 million customers across the eastern United States and caused two fatalities in Virginia — including a 90-year-old woman asleep in bed when a tree slammed into her home, a police spokeswoman said Saturday.

The event was part of a nationwide campaign ignited by a mandate announced by President Obama earlier this year -- requiring most employers to provide health insurance covering birth control.

Congress voted Friday to extend low 3.4% interest rates on federally subsidized student loans for another year, barely beating a July 1 deadline when the rates would double.

An independent investigation into Nestlé's cocoa supply chain has found numerous child labor violations and kickstarted an ambitious plan to eventually eradicate forced labor and child labor in its production cycle.

In frank remarks Friday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the fact that discussions are even taking place to reopen Pakistan's supply routes into Afghanistan is a good sign.

Thursday's Supreme Court ruling upholding President Barack Obama's health care law has Americans divided, according to the first survey following the landmark decision.

The halfway point of 2012 means the start of new laws across the United States.

The authors of the study are hopeful the new medicine could serve as an alternative to some existing HIV treatment regimens that require patients to take multiple pills several times per day.

Kansas City authorities are probing 3 deaths that may be heat-related. One-third of the U.S. population was under some kind of heat warning Friday. The scorching conditions are expected to stretch into next week in some places.

The Justice Department cites the president's executive privilege in the case. The U.S. House cited Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress. The dispute involves documents in Fast and Furious failed weapons crackdown.

The four bullying tudents will also be required to complete 50 hours of community service. Each admitted to wrongdoing, the school district says. Video of the brazen bullying went viral and spurred international outrage.

Reports of mosquitoes with West Nile virus are popping up all over the country, with several people already confirmed to be infected by the potentially dangerous disease.

The younger brother of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Friday to charges he doctored documents that helped conceal a fraud that wiped out thousands of investors.

Searchers sifting through damage left by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history have found the remains of a second person at a home where another person was found dead earlier.

Saturday night will stretch longer by a second. A leap second.

Both the House and Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed legislation to salvage 2.8 million jobs, mostly in construction, and forestall a sharp increase in interest rates on college loans.

Speaking in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after touring areas ravaged by fires Friday, President Barack Obama said that he saw "enormous devastation" in some subdivisions but that authorities are also "starting to see progress."

Four middle school students caught on camera verbally abusing their bus monitor have been suspended for a year and will be required to complete 50 hours of community service, school district officials said Friday.

With the space shuttle program over and private companies launching their own spaceships, it's clear that nongovernment organizations are making a stir in America's space race.

These stamps for 2012 and 2013 offer you an easy way to protect wetland habitats around the nation.