National News

Laying off 700 employees including 285 teachers

Football star became television actor

No more than half can be rehired under federal rules

The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week

The Marine Corps is trying to determine why a fighter jet suffered engine failures, crashing into the Atlantic ocean near Charleston.

President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are ready to make one last sales pitch that will determine the outcome of the health care overhaul.

Graniteville spill killed nine

11-year-old wrote one a week for six months following assassination of JFK

Authorities say eight teenage boys were shot while leaving a Gary, Ind., skating rink where they were attending a concert.

Authorities are saying five people, including three children, have been killed in a mobile home fire in central Alabama.

At least 15 injured, triage set up in middle of Interstate

No connection to terrorism found

Copper hopes more revenue, jobs generated

For the third time in seven months, the judgment of those who operate the nation’s air traffic control system has been called into question and concerns raised that complacency may be causing controllers and their supervisors to bend rules.

Retail sales were up, productivity improved and jobless claims fell, according to reports this morning.