Two people are in police custody after they allegedly strapped four children to the hood of a car and drove off after leaving a Fort Wayne liquor store, CBS affiliate WANE reported.

Portugal is eliminating four holidays to try to boost its economy, the government announced -- but only after getting the agreement of the Vatican.

The U.S. Postal Service is backing off a previous plan to close thousands of post offices, and will instead cut hours at 13,000 rural facilities in an effort to save $500 million a year.

There is a little good news for mothers in the United States. The U.S. has moved up six places -- from 31st to 25th -- in the annual Save The Children State of the World's Mothers report.

CNN- Oil prices extended their slide Wednesday, shedding an additional 1.3% amid renewed concerns about Europe and the global economy.

Body-scanning technology to detect threats not widely used abroad.

Gun parts were inside a teddy bear, a rabbit and a Mickey Mouse toy, the TSA says.

Dutchman says he'd rather finish serving sentence in Peru, lawyer says.

Democrats and Republicans are divided on how to fund an extension of the lower rate.

A FBI special agent says he is hopeful the two missing girls are alive.

First plaintiff accuses John Travolta of propositioning, groping during massage.

Both planes were eventually cleared after officials determined a threat did not exist.

The Senate fight pitted moderate Republicans against the more conservative wing of the party.

The Minnesota congresswoman and former GOP presidential candidate was granted dual citizenship with the European country, her spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday night.

Leno asked the former presidential candidate why the big announcement came so far down in the note. Santorum pushed back, saying his intention wasn't to bury the news.

Sen. Richard Lugar's exit from the Senate could contribute to the further polarization of an already bitterly-divided Congress.

Chapel Hill developer Tim Toben said from the witness stand at John Edwards' campaign finance corruption trial that he was astonished when Edwards told him he still had lofty political aspirations.

With most precincts reporting, a North Carolina amendment to ban gay marriage was passing by a 61 percent to 39 percent margin.

Tom Barrett defeated three other Democrats for the party's nomination and a chance to take on the sitting governor in a rematch of the 2010 contest that put Scott Walker into office,

Three expected primary victories Tuesday bring Mitt Romney closer, but not all the way, to the GOP's nomination, which he is widely expected win.

A 92-year-old retired school teacher who sold $40 helium kits to people who could use it to kill themselves faces sentencing in San Diego for failing to file federal tax returns.

Domino's announced Monday it will be the first national pizza delivery chain to offer gluten-free crust to its consumers.

A New York City man was reportedly badly burned during surgery at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx.

By 2030, roughly 42 percent of Americans will be obese, researchers announced today to kick off the "Weight of the Nation" obesity conference in Washington, D.C. That staggering rise will contribute to a rise in major health care costs, so much so that the researchers behind the study say keeping obesity rates level over the next 20 years could save nearly $550 billion.

The Diamond Pet Foods voluntary recall on some of their pet food brands has been expanded after a salmonella outbreak in one of their plants left 14 people sick in nine states.