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A New York prosecutor considering rape allegations against Greg Kelly, a Fox TV local morning anchor who is the son of the city's police commissioner, has decided not to bring charges in the case.
White House officials tell ABC News that they are open to exploring a possible compromise – if one exists – that would ensure that women have health insurance that fully covers contraception while also allaying concerns of religious organizations that oppose birth control. “This is...
A retired general today assailed the commander of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden for drawing too much media attention to operations that he argued should be kept under wraps. Special Operations Commander Adm. Bill McRaven was confronted by retired Lt. Gen....
The man in charge of buying weapons for the U.S. military said that the stealth F-35 Joint Strike Fighter -- one of the most expensive defense programs in U.S. history -- was put in production so prematurely the error amounted to "acquisition malpractice."
As investigators pore over the gutted Washington state home of Josh Powell for evidence explaining how and why he murdered his two sons and killed himself in a gas explosion, the man's best friend says that it was likely not done as revenge against his missing wife because " all he ever thought about was himself."
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration plans to increase federal funding for Alzheimer’s disease research and caregiver support by more than 25 percent over the next two years, the Department of Health and Human Services announced today. The decision will provide $156 million in added...
On Wednesday, the Center for Science in the Public Interest will petition the Food and Drug Administration to stop letting manufacturers label their foods “Whole Grain” when they really aren’t and to start putting the percentage of whole grain on the packaging. The government has encouraged Americans to eat...
As Walmart unveils its new Great for You stamps to identify healthy foods, nutrition experts say that while the move is a good one, they question how consumers will benefit.
A NYC street vendor who discovered a car bomb will fun for Congress in 2012.
There was no question what happened one night back in April of 2009 in a Houston, Texas suburb. A 12 year-old girl walked into her father’s bedroom and shot her dad while he slept. The question that faced the jury in the murder case of...
Some have heard of “frugal Fridays,” but the Dunning family in Davis, Calif., is practicing “frugal February.” “Since my pockets were empty, it was not a real hard decision to make,” writer Bob Dunning said. The family of six has vowed not to do any discretionary spending...
Two and a half miles beneath Antarctica‘s ice lies Lake Vostok, a mysterious body of water 160 miles long and 30 miles wide that is believed to have been sealed off from the rest of the world for 20 million years. Now, the Russians, who...
Big catch is an understatement! A 40-foot long whale shark was found dead near Karachi, Pakistan, the Express Tribune, a Pakistani newspaper reports. Mehmood Khan, the owner of the Charai Fishery, said the whale shark was spotted unconscious 10 days ago in waters about 150...
One month after giving birth to Blue Ivy Carter, Beyonce stepped out in New York City to attend husband Jay-Z's Carnegie Hall performance wearing Christian Louboutin heels and a tight red dress that highlighted her post-baby curves on Feb. 6, 2012.
From teddy bears to naughty teddies, gift guide shares some ideas.
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Managers at the Federal Air Marshal Service regularly made fun of blacks, Latinos and gays, took taxpayer-paid trips to visit families and vacation spots, and acted like a "bunch of school kid punks," current and former air marshals tell ABC News. One supervisor was even photographed in 2006 asleep on a flight, carrying a loaded pistol, the air marshals said. In interviews to be broadcast tonight on "World News with Diane Sawyer" and "Nightline," the air marshals describe a culture of incompetence, bigotry and sexism on the part of senior managers at some offices that has endured for the last decade and raises questions about the professionalism and performance of the force entrusted with preventing acts of in-flight terrorism.
