Seven students suspected of being part of a drug trafficking ring at San Diego State University pleaded not guilty on Thursday.

Authorities were waiting for daylight early Friday so they could begin assessing the damage from a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina.

Thirteen of the estimated 15 officers on hand during the Monday incident have been taken off the streets as investigators pore over the television news footage.

National Park Service officials say the Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson was arrested will be closed for a second time this year to search for possible human remains.

A construction company owner from Metairie who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize Thursday, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.

A pre-Mother's Day study released Thursday by Salary.com says if a stay-at-home mom were compensated in dollars for her services, she'd rake in nearly $117,000 a year.

The 55-year-old says he got a steak knife from the kitchen and made a small hole in his throat, allowing air to gush in.

New York Gov. Paterson pledges to explore undercover police procedures following unrest stemming from police acquittals in 50-shot killing of groom.

Three teenagers were arrested after two of them told police they dug up a secluded grave north of Houston, removed the skull from the coffin and converted it into a marijuana bong.

A 78-year-old legally blind man nicknamed "The Hammer" has bowled a perfect game.