Updated: 3:29 PM An illegal immigrant accused of assuming a Texas teacher's persona has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Posted: 10:10 AM A Massachusetts pharmacy has issued a voluntary recall of some sterile compounding products following an inspection by state and federal officials.

Posted: 9:48 AM A Washington, D.C., judge has set a December trial date for a German man charged with killing his elderly wife.

Posted: 5:58 AM As a gambling slump squeezes profits at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, the tribe that owns the famously successful enterprise in southeastern Connecticut has begun receiving more assistance in the form of U.S. government grants.

Posted: 10:35 PM Winter storm warnings and advisories have been issued as far east as Pennsylvania as a storm system moves across the country after dumping up to 15 inches of snow on parts of Colorado and Kansas.

Posted: 1:25 PM Given the choice of whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law, many Republican governors and lawmakers initially responded with an emphatic "no."

Posted: 9:33 AM Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines that can top 90 percent.

Posted: 9:36 AM An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade but shelters domestic programs targeted for cuts by House Republicans.

Posted: 9:00 PM President Barack Obama says he's very concerned about Syria becoming an enclave for extremism after the rule of President Bashar Assad is over.

Posted: 8:56 PM The Senate has endorsed construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is to carry oil from Canada to Texas oil refineries.

Posted: 12:53 AM The Defense Department will delay furlough notices for its civilian employees for about two weeks while officials analyze the impact of a new spending bill on planned budget cuts, the Pentagon said Thursday.

Updated: 12:49 AM Civil unions for gay couples has been signed into law in Colorado in a dramatic turnaround for the state, where voters banned same-sex marriage in 2006 and restricted protections for gays 21 years ago.

Posted: 8:06 PM The United States is increasing its oil production faster than ever. And American drivers are guzzling less gas. But gas prices continue to surge.

Posted: 7:57 PM Colorado's governor says he's hoping the man who was involved in a shootout with Texas authorities today is the same man who shot and killed Colorado's state prison director at his home Tuesday night.

Posted: 11:04 PM A national survey says the country views same-sex marriage more favorably because of a shift among people who know someone who is gay or who have changed their views as they grow older.

Updated: 9:24 AM A jury in Ohio has recommended the death penalty for a triple killer who lured victims with bogus Craigslist job offers.

Posted: 8:14 PM The Senate has passed a huge spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September, preventing a government shutdown but leaving in place automatic spending cuts that will mean job furloughs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

Posted: 7:58 AM MONUMENT, Colo. (AP) - The head of the Colorado Department of Corrections has been shot and killed at his home, and authorities say the gunman is on the loose.

Posted: 7:55 AM FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A judge is to decide if a terrorism consultant will testify at the trial of the Army psychiatrist charged in a deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage.

Updated: 9:06 AM HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) - Hundreds of residents in a rural community steeped in military history turned out to mourn the loss of at least seven Marines as investigators arrived at an ammunition depot to try to determine how a mortar shell exploded at the Nevada base.

Posted: 7:02 AM Tea party favorite Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that the nation's illegal immigrants should be able to become citizens eventually. But amid a furor from conservative activists on the explosive issue he quickly sought to make clear that, while they would not be sent home, they couldn't get in line in front of anyone else.

Updated: 6:41 PM The Flowers boys lost their mom and dad in College Station, then lost their grandmother's home by a fire in Colorado Springs.

Updated: 12:14 PM A 60mm mortar explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during a training exercise in the Nevada desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapon worldwide until an investigation can determine its safety, a military official said Tuesday.

Updated: 9:36 AM Authorities have arrested two eastern Ohio girls suspected of making social media threats against a West Virginia girl who accused two high school football players of raping her in a case that drew widespread attention.

Updated: 9:21 AM A University of Central Florida spokesman says it appeared that a student who committed suicide there planned an attack on campus.