A federal appeals court in San Francisco has begun grappling with the constitutionality of Arizona's abortion law, which is considered the most restrictive in the country as it prohibits abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy.

MTV, home of the "Jersey Shore" reality show, plans to air a fundraising special to help rebuild New Jersey's devastated shoreline.

Apple says it sold 3 million iPads of all kinds in the first three days it sold the new Mini model.

Forecasters are tracking another coastal storm that threatens cleanup and recovery efforts in New York and New Jersey after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy.

Sharon Osbourne says she had a double mastectomy after learning she carries a gene that increases the risk of developing breast cancer.

Some residents in northern New Jersey awoke to a small earthquake early Monday.

Massachusetts officials say mobster James "Whitey" Bulger is being treated at a hospital after suffering chest pains at a prison while awaiting trial on allegations he played a role in 19 murders.

A 31-year-old amputee has made history, becoming the first person to climb 103 floors of one of the world's tallest skyscrapers with a bionic leg.

The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped 21 cents over the past two weeks.

President Barack Obama said he will work across party lines to end gridlock in Washington by compromising but not surrendering. Mitt Romney renewed his pledge to work with Democrats on Capitol Hill if elected, but at the same time promised to overturn Democrats' signature achievements.

It's finally time to reclaim that hour of sleep you lost last spring.

U.S. Attorney for Utah David Barlow says the war against marijuana farming in southern Utah being waged by multiple agencies is working.

Pop star Katy Perry is sporting a skin-tight minidress with President Barack Obama's campaign slogan "Forward" emblazoned across it at the president's rally in Milwaukee.

The superstorm that hit the Jersey shore did more than upend a geographic area; it left people wondering about the future of a place that's become part of pop culture.

New York City schoolchildren are preparing to go back to the classroom on Monday while power and subway and fuel services are slowing coming back online.

New York's governor says the U.S. Department of Defense will set up emergency mobile fuel stations around the New York City metro area.

The New York Aquarium has lost part of its fish collection after being flooded by the superstorm and having its equipment extensively damaged.

Scientists say initial sampling of Mars' atmosphere by the NASA rover Curiosity did not definitively detect methane, a gas that can be a clue to determining if the red planet ever was hospitable to microbial life.

The Obama administration is ordering the purchase of up to 12 million gallons of unleaded fuel and up to 10 million gallons of diesel fuel for distribution in areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy to supplement private sector efforts.

Prosecutors are asking an appellate court to change its ruling and allow a retrial for Howard K. Stern, the former boyfriend and manager of Anna Nicole Smith.

Dozens of desert bighorn sheep from Nevada are getting a new home in southern Utah.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City Marathon has been canceled.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's signed an executive order waiving a requirement that fuel tankers register and pay tax before unloading.

An Illinois prosecutor says the suburban Chicago woman charged with stabbing to death her son and a little girl she was babysitting told investigators she was upset by her father's recent death.

Atlantic City's 12 casinos, ordered closed because of Sandy, can reopen immediately.