Posted: 3:48 PM Three New Jersey teenagers were charged Wednesday with assault and robbery in what authorities described as the bullying of a 15-year-old high school freshman who committed suicide after he was attacked in March.

Posted: 3:45 PM Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who was found guilty of using a webcam to spy on and intimidate his gay roommate, has reported to a New Jersey jail Thursday where he will serve a 30-day sentence, according to Middlesex County Sheriff Mildred Scott.

Posted: 3:38 PM There were smiles, laughter and tears -- but little politics -- when former Presidents George W. Bush and his father, George H. W. Bush, joined current President Barack Obama at the White House for the unveiling Thursday of the younger Bush's official portrait.

Posted: 3:28 PM Sister Maureen Fiedler, host of the public radio program "Interfaith Voices," calls looming moves by the Roman Catholic Church toward a group of American nuns a "hostile takeover."

Posted: 3:26 PM Ronald Poppo, the 65-year-old homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off by Rudy Eugene along a busy Miami highway ramp, will require months of treatment to rebuild his facial features and be permanently disfigured.

Posted: 3:03 PM A Southern California man exonerated last week on a decade-old rape conviction was looking ahead Thursday to try to relaunch a dream taken from him because of prison time he served in the case, the chance to play in the National Football League.

Posted: 3:00 PM Lori Anne Madison, 6, stepped boldly Wednesday afternoon to the microphone, lowered it a bit to fit her height, and took on the word "ingluvies" at the National Spelling Bee.

Posted: 2:53 PM Authorities launched an international manhunt Thursday for a Canadian man suspected of dismembering an acquaintance and mailing body parts to political party headquarters.

Updated: 5:28 PM New York City officials are proposing banning the sale of large-size sodas and other sugary beverages at restaurants and food carts.

Posted: 2:45 PM Seattle was reeling Thursday after a man killed five people in two shootings before turning the gun on himself.

Posted: 2:41 PM The mother of Rudy Eugene, who was shot and killed by a police officer as he chewed the face off a homeless man in Miami, says her son was "a nice kid" who could have been subdued with a Taser rather than gunfire.

Updated: 2:37 PM A key part of the law banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage was struck down as unconstitutional by a U.S. appeals court Thursday.

Updated: 2:31 PM The judge in former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards' federal corruption trial has ordered jurors to continue deliberations after they announced they had reached a verdict on only one of six counts.

Updated: 2:18 PM The Topeka Police Department, FBI, and Shawnee County District Attorney's office have teamed up to seek charges of life in prison in the Hudson Liquor store robbery and murder, which happened this past Christmans Eve.

Posted: 11:03 PM The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about counterfeit generic Adderall tablets being sold on the Internet. Adderall is approved by the FDA to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy.

Posted: 10:56 PM One of the most divisive issues in politics is set to take center stage in Congress on Thursday as the House of Representatives votes on a measure banning abortions based on the sex of a fetus.

Posted: 10:54 PM The family of the late President Dwight Eisenhower continued to express disapproval Wednesday for the design of a memorial commissioned to honor the 34th U.S. president in Washington

Posted: 10:51 PM Companies that made and set up trailers used as emergency housing after Hurricane Katrina have agreed to a nearly $43 million settlement with people who say they were hurt by formaldehyde in the units.

Updated: 8:35 PM Three people were killed and two wounded at the coffeehouse on Wednesday morning, with the survivors listed in critical condition, police said. The second shooting left one woman dead in what police described as a possible carjacking about a half-hour later.

Posted: 8:02 PM The long-running battle between a Tennessee Muslim community and its critics over a new mosque took a dramatic turn with a county judge's ruling that could bring construction to a halt.

Posted: 6:18 PM A shooting at a Seattle cafe and an apparent carjacking have left four people dead. Police have released this image of suspected gunman. Investigators are looking for connections between the two incidents.

Posted: 5:29 PM NASA scientists are turning their attention from deep space to the millions of adults facing osteoporosis. They've teamed up with researchers from Arizona State University to develop a new technique that can detect bone loss earlier than currently used X-ray methods.

Posted: 4:57 PM President Barack Obama broke out his pens Wednesday to sign legislation reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, which makes it easier for U.S. companies to sell their goods overseas by providing financing for exports.

Posted: 4:15 PM The "Flame" virus, the most complex computer bug ever discovered, has been lurking for years inside Iranian government computers, spying on the country's officials.

Posted: 4:09 PM The Polish prime minister on Wednesday reacted strongly to what the White House said was a mistake by President Barack Obama during a Medal of Freedom ceremony.