Posted: 6:32 PM A 16-foot great white shark named Mary Lee is among those who like calling North Carolina home.

Updated: 2:57 PM The Harris County sheriff says there could be a second suspect in the aftermath of the Houston-area community college shooting that injured three people.

Posted: 2:08 PM Vice President Joe Biden is launching a White House campaign of road trips to promote gun control with a visit to the heart of avidly pro-gun Virginia.

Posted: 2:20 PM Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat.

Posted: 11:12 AM Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Senate Democrats will support a House Republican bill extending the government's ability to borrow for four months.

Posted: 6:59 AM An eastern Ohio couple has pleaded guilty to punishing their three children by forcing them into plastic storage boxes sealed with duct tape and only a square cut in the top for air.

Posted: 8:08 AM Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Congress Wednesday that she is committed to improving security at U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide after the Sept. 11 raid on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.

Posted: 12:15 AM New York has legions of residents living in tiny apartments. Now the city is about to see just how small they're willing to go.

Updated: 8:17 AM A top National Rifle Association official has criticized President Barack Obama's reference to absolutism in his inauguration speech.

Updated: 4:57 PM Authorities say the daughter of a murdered Nevada official had an affair several months before fatally shooting the woman she was married to and then turning the gun on herself at their Phoenix home.

Updated: 1:03 PM A federal judge is allowing the New York Police Department to temporarily resume stop-and-frisk stops she believes are unconstitutional while the city appeals her decision.

Updated: 1:50 PM Authorities in the Houston area say they've detained a person of interest in connection with today's shooting on the campus of a community college.

Updated: 4:55 PM Authorities in New Mexico say the teenager accused of gunning down his family over the weekend had reloaded his guns after the attacks and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people.

Posted: 9:26 AM The White House says a House Republican bill to extend the government's borrowing authority for three months still faces concerns in Congress.

Posted: 9:20 AM School districts across the upper Midwest are canceling classes as the region grapples with another day of extreme cold.

Posted: 11:37 AM U.S. sales of previously occupied homes rose in 2012 to their highest level in five years, spurred higher by record-low mortgage rates and steady hiring.

Posted: 11:39 AM Abortion opponents are marking the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling with a push for yet more restrictions after a string of legislative victories narrowing access to the procedure.

Updated: 8:54 AM A U.S. Education Department study says the high school graduation rate nationally is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of students fail to get a diploma in four years.

Posted: 7:48 PM Home for a Southeast Texas family is still an old school bus with no engine and no front wheels.

Posted: 4:12 PM Authorities say as many as 50 vehicles could be involved in a pileup on Interstate 75 in southwest Ohio.

Posted: 2:41 PM Authorities say one person has died after a highway pileup involving as many as 85 vehicles in southwest Ohio.

Updated: 1:29 PM Police say five people have been wounded in a shooting near a New Orleans intersection where a parade passed earlier celebrating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Posted: 10:06 AM President Barack Obama has begun his second term by declaring that the nation's "possibilities are limitless."

Updated: 2:39 PM Want to board first on a Southwest Airlines flight? Now you can pay $40 for the privilege.

Updated: 10:08 AM President Obama's Complete Inaugural Address