Panel OKs tentative Pa. university faculty pact
HARRISBURG (AP) -- A negotiating committee for the union representing faculty at Pennsylvania's state-owned universities unanimously approved a tentative contract agreement on Monday, a key step towar...
Scouts, leaders deliver no-gay policy petition
IRVING, Texas -- The Boy Scouts of America's national executive board began three days of closed meetings Monday that are expected to include a discussion of its policy excluding gay members and leade...
Ala. police storm bunker, rescue boy; abductor dead
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. -- Authorities stormed an underground bunker Monday in Alabama, freeing a 5-year-old boy who had been held hostage for nearly a week in the tiny underground shelter and leaving the ...
Senate tries again to push Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats, bolstered by Republican support, on Monday launched a new attempt to broaden a law protecting women from domestic abuse by expanding its provisions to cover gays, ...
