LAS VEGAS — Sen. Steven Horsford of Las Vegas has been selected to replace Sen. Dina Titus as Democratic caucus leader in the Nevada Senate.Senate Democrats reached the unanimous decision after a thr…

LOS ANGELES — A former friend said O.J. Simpson confessed to killing his ex-wife weeks after he was acquitted.In a new book, Mike Gilbert claims that he was at Simpson's home in Brentwood when the ex…

Sun, May 11, 2008 (4:42 p.m.) As of Sunday, May 11, 2008, at least 427 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in…

Sun, May 11, 2008 (2:42 p.m.) Sudan severed ties with Chad Sunday, accusing its neighbor of backing a rebel assault on the capital and raising the possibility of new border clashes that could worsen …

MALABAR, Fla. (AP) - Brush fires have forced residents to flee more than 500 homes in central Florida and closed a major interstate. Authorities say a fire in Volusia County has burned between 500 an…

TEANECK, N.J. (AP) - A 46-year-old combat medic and a 29-year-old man will be serving together in the same National Guard unit in Iraq. What makes this news is: They're mother and son. Sergeant Carm…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers from legal immigrants to soldiers based abroad are missing out on the tax rebates going out to millions of others to stimulate the economy. Tha…

Los Angeles - Action film Iron Man beat out newcomers Speed Racer and What Happens in Vegas at US box offices over the weekend. Iron Man brought in more than 50 million dollars for the weekend, keepin…

Sun, May 11, 2008 (2 a.m.) This week's main topic: Airplanes. More specifically, the noise — and complaints — they generate. You'll recall all the hubbub over a new departure route that went in…

NEW YORK (AP) - A person with knowledge of the situation says cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. is close to buying the Long Island newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million. The n…