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GOP opposition to diplomat Rice begins to crack

By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican opposition to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as the next secretary of state began to crack Sunday as Sen. John McCain said she was "not the problem" in the White House's handling of the Sept. 11 attack in Libya and suggested he could

Study finds mammograms lead to unneeded treatment

By MARILYNN MARCHIONEAP Chief Medical Writer Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U.S. study finds. At the same time, more than a million women have been treated for cancers that never would have threatened their lives, researchers

Mom of girl shot on Fla. school bus seeks answers

By SUZETTE LABOYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - Family members of a 13-year-old Florida girl fatally shot while riding a school bus with her younger sister say they forgive the boy who allegedly did it, but the victim's mother insisted Wednesday that he also "has to pay for what he did." A 15

Mo. movie plot attack suspect planned '09 attack

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTHAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man accused of plotting to open fire inside a Missouri movie theater during a "Twilight" showing and attack a nearby Walmart was arrested in 2009 after following a clerk at the same store with a knife and rubber mask, according