WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria's state news agency says special forces have completed their operation to free hostages from a remote desert natural gas complex.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren wrote the long-running "Dear Abby" advice column, has died. She was 94.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is confirming that Lance Armstrong came clean to her about his use of performance-enhancing drugs during their 2 1/2 hour interview Monday. She says the cyclist was "forthcoming" as she asked him in detail about doping allegations that followed him throughout his seven Tour de France victories.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year, far exceeding American combat deaths in Afghanistan, and some private experts are predicting the dark trend will worsen this year.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new report shows coroner's officials amended Natalie Wood's death certificate based on unanswered questions about bruises on her upper body.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden says he's interested in technology that would keep a gun from being fired by anyone other than the person who bought it. He says evidence shows such technology may have curtailed what happened last month in Connecticut when 20 youngsters and six teachers were gunned down inside their elementary school.
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - The man accused of the Colorado theater shooting won't have to enter a plea until March.
TAFT, Calif. (AP) - The sheriff of Kern County, Calif., says a 16-year-old student shot at a high school in rural Taft is in critical but stable condition.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is considering whether police must get a warrant before ordering a blood test on an unwilling drunken driving suspect.
US - There's rising concern among health officials about the flu.
PHOENIX (AP) - Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has one word about gun violence in America: "Enough."
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new poll finds that Americans blame too much cheap fast food for fueling the nation's fat epidemic, but they're split on how much the government should do to save them from themselves.
NEW YORK (AP) - This could give you nightmares: 1 in 24 U.S. adults say they recently fell asleep while driving.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and members of Congress are heading back to Washington -- but that doesn't mean there's hope of a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff."
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is reacting for the first time to a report from a high-level panel that looked into the attack in Benghazi, Libya in which four Americans died. The report said management failures at the State Department led to insufficient security at the consulate.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Rifle Association is breaking its silence four days after a school shooting in Newtown, Conn., where 26 were killed, including 20 children.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Parents in SUVs and pickup trucks are dropping off children and other students old enough to drive are pulling into the parking lot at the high school in Newtown, Conn., where schools are opening for the first time since last week's massacre.
HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT FLAG SHOULD ARE TO BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF.
