Governor Gregoire: I don't like a sales tax increase

Mountlake Terrace man rams cars in parking lot

Police say a 32-year-old man who was upset after a fight with his girlfriend smashed into multiple cars at a Mountlake Terrace apartment parking lot.

Seneca Wallace traded

Mike Holmgren is already making deals with his former team. Seneca Wallace has been traded to Cleveland.

Judge considers sending ex-Edwards aide to jail

A judge said Tuesday he is considering whether to send a former John Edwards aide to jail for contempt over his handling of a purported sex tape showing the former presidential candidate.

FACT CHECK: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories

New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill.

Stock investors ask: What's the next big thing?

A year after the stock market began its comeback from 12-year lows, investors are looking for the next big thing.

Lil Wayne begins 1-year jail term in NYC gun case

After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.

Woman delivers surprise baby, picks up other son

A 32-year-old Kentucky woman who said she didn't know that she was pregnant delivered her newborn son on the floor of her laundry room by herself and even cut the umbilical cord. Kelly Bottom told The Advocate-Messenger that she also picked up her other son from school and stopped in at the baby's grandmother's house to show her the infant before going to the hospital Thursday.

Crews hike to precarious boulder after Colo. slide

Workers hiked up the side of a Colorado canyon Tuesday to examine another boulder threatening to fall on Interstate 70 after a rock slide forced the highway to close indefinitely.

Opponent files ethics complaint on La. Sen. Vitter

A challenger to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter says Vitter's re-election campaign made illegal use of a government emblem on a fundraising letter.

Man who caused Newark airport breach pleads guilty

A lovesick graduate student from China who slipped under a rope barrier at Newark Liberty International Airport to say goodbye to his girlfriend, prompting a security breach and leading to worldwide flight delays, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge Tuesday and apologized publicly for the first time.

Pa. woman charged with recruiting jihadists online

A suburban Philadelphia woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been charged with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill someone, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Ohio State janitor's gunfire kills co-worker, self

An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally shooting himself. No students were hurt.

Calif. test-taking case shows gap in visa security

A ring accused of helping people from the Middle East obtain student visas by taking their proficiency exams and classes has exposed vulnerability in the nation's security tracking system for foreigners who attend U.S. schools, experts said Tuesday.

Coast Guard begins hearing on Texas oil spill

An 800-foot tanker struggling with poor visibility and strong winds apparently failed to center itself in a narrow waterway off the Gulf of Mexico, possibly contributing to a collision with a tugboat that caused the largest oil spill in Texas in 15 years, according to testimony and evidence presented at a Coast Guard hearing on Tuesday.

Workers urge faster rebuilding at ground zero site

Hundreds of construction workers raised a rallying cry of "Build it now!" on Tuesday, gathering with elected officials at the World Trade Center site to urge a quick rebuilding of the complex.

Pa. coal town above mine fire claims massive fraud

Centralians have long believed the government's demolition of their beloved town in the 1980s was part of a plot to swipe the mineral rights to anthracite coal worth hundreds of millions of dollars _ and not, as state and federal officials said, the solution to an out-of-control underground mine fire that menaced the town with toxic gases.

Texas judge rescinds anti-death penalty ruling

A Texas judge criticized for declaring the death penalty unconstitutional took back his controversial ruling Tuesday but scheduled a hearing for next month to hear evidence on the issue.