Updated: 9:32 AM Kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard says the women who went missing about a decade ago and were found at a Cleveland home need a chance to heal and reconnect with the world.

Updated: 8:47 AM A spokesman says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent gastric band surgery in February to try to lose weight.

Posted: 5:43 AM A South Carolina high school teacher removed from the classroom when he stomped on an American flag while discussing freedom is being paid $85,000 to avoid a legal challenge.

Posted: 4:15 PM The Senate has passed a bill that could end tax-free shopping on the Internet for many shoppers.

Posted: 12:23 PM A public memorial service is being planned for the crew of an aerial refueling tanker that crashed in Kyrgyzstan last week.

Posted: 10:35 AM The DNC included a call to legalize same-sex marriage in the party's convention platform last year.

Updated: 12:26 PM The FBI says a potential terror attack that it believes was disrupted by a mobile home raid was in its "planning stages" and the target was believed to be in western Minnesota.

Updated: 12:43 PM Jurors weighing murder charges against a Philadelphia abortion provider are being reinstructed on the legal distinctions between murder, manslaughter and infanticide.

Posted: 8:16 AM A government watchdog says the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of hundreds of domestic and overseas repair stations that service U.S. airliners is ineffective and doesn't target stations mostly likely to present safety risks.

Posted: 8:11 AM More than a dozen sculptures that will be used to call attention to evacuation points around New Orleans are arriving in the city.

Posted: 7:49 AM U.S. authorities in New York plan to repatriate a 70-million-year-old nearly complete Tyrannosaurus skeleton to the Mongolian government.

Updated: 8:27 AM Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you.

Posted: 5:22 PM Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is taking on the topic of freedom of expression.

Posted: 1:46 PM The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has gone up one penny over the past two weeks. It is the first increase after eight straight weeks of decline.

Posted: 1:45 PM Former U.S. Health and Human Service Secretary Otis R. Bowen has died. He was 95.

Posted: 1:42 PM The White House says President Barack Obama's trip to Austin, Texas, on Thursday will kick off a series of day trips aimed at highlighting his proposals on jobs and the economy.

Posted: 1:16 PM The White House isn't commenting directly on Israel's latest airstrikes in Syria. But a spokesman says Israel is "justifiably concerned about the threat posed by Hezbollah obtaining advanced weapons systems."

Posted: 1:02 PM James Kirwa of Kenya has won his second straight Pittsburgh Marathon amid heightened security following the Boston Marathon bombings and with a contingent of runners unable to finish the Boston race.

Posted: 12:09 PM The Department of Defense says the three airman killed in the crash of a military tanker refueling plane in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan were from Fairchild Air Force Base.

Posted: 11:30 AM The unrelenting spread of casino gambling across America is reaping billions of dollars for the industry and government coffers yet is also creating more compulsive gamblers.

Posted: 5:50 PM Orb splashed through the slop to win the Kentucky Derby, giving Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the 3-year-old classic.

Updated: 2:04 PM The creators of Solar Impulse - considered the world's most-advanced sun-powered plane - say their cross-country journey will mark a milestone in aviation history.

Posted: 1:29 PM It's been a deadly for Americans in Afghanistan.

Posted: 1:03 PM The track for the 19-horse field has been downgraded to sloppy, and even the bugler is wearing a red poncho as he blows the call to the post in early races on Saturday's card.

Posted: 12:23 PM A lawyer says that the Texas fertilizer plant that exploded last month, killing 14 people, injuring more than 200 others and damaging or destroying property for blocks in every direction was only insured for up to $1 million in liability.