Kansas governor signs bill for massive tax cuts

Gov. Sam Brownback signed one of the state’s largest income tax cuts in history into law during a ceremony at the Capitol today, and Kansas wage-earners can expect to send less money to their state government starting next year. | 05/22/12 17:27:33 By - Brent D. Wistrom

3 arrested on terrorism charges at NATO summit have South Florida ties

South Florida's chapters of the Occupy protest movement have generally been overshadowed by their larger siblings in cities such as New York and Oakland, Calif., but three veterans of the Occupy Miami group are now the focus of news reports across the country. | 05/22/12 06:20:38 By - Michael Vasquez and Daniela Guzman

Experts: College success can spring from a single conversation

How does someone succeed in college? It’s the $64,000 question – or, these days, more like the $150,000 question – whose answer has been sought by countless policymakers, researchers and universities over the years. | 05/21/12 16:27:17 By - By Nick Pandolfo

A Sixties-style cookbook for 'Mad Men' fans

If you want to eat like a 20th century 1960’s family, you’ll now have a chance. “The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Sixties Cookbook” brings back all those family favorites that you might only have seen on television or the Thanksgiving table. | 05/21/12 12:27:45 By - Tish Wells

Sunday's duckling parade shuts down wide road in Wichita

It was almost a scene out of Robert McCloskey’s beloved children’s book, “Make Way for Ducklings” on Sunday morning – only better. | 05/21/12 15:51:31 By - Beccy Tanner

New Chihuly glass garden shines under Seattle's Space Needle

The new exhibit space opening today at the Seattle Center does offer tourists and residents a sleekly presented overview of Dale Chihuly’s career in one impressive experience. | 05/21/12 13:05:24 By - Rosemary Ponnekanti

Afghan student, math teacher clash at California college

Abdul Haris Hamdard put his life on the line assisting U.S. forces in Afghanistan. He never imagined his American math teacher might suspect him of terrorism one day. | 05/21/12 11:09:05 By - Stephen Magagnini

Lockerbie victim's wife feels 'no sense of justice' with al-Megrahi's death

Victoria Cummock’s war against Moammar Gadhafi’s Libyan regime outlived the notorious strongman, and now will outlive the one man convicted of bombing the airplane that killed Cummock’s husband 24 years ago. | 05/21/12 06:52:01 By - Douglas Hanks

Survivors tell of harrowing experience below Mount McKinley summit

Standing triumphant on Mount McKinley on May 11, 2011, the team of climbers atop North American's highest peak that night had no idea what terrifying decisions they'd face just below the summit. | 05/21/12 06:33:38 By - Casey Grove

2 more charged with planning to use explosives at summit

If Sebastian Senakiewicz and Mark Neiweem share anything, it appears to be a disaffection with government that runs deep and tilts toward anarchy and, according to law enforcement authorities, a lot of talk about deploying explosives to sow chaos in the run-up to the NATO summit. | 05/21/12 06:21:43 By - Jason Meisner, Jeremy Gorner and Steve Mills

Federal spending in Alaska has leveled off, report says

The explosive growth of federal spending in Alaska has flattened, according to a new analysis, but the state’s per-capita haul is still more than 40 percent above the national average, even with legendary spender Ted Stevens gone from the Senate. | 05/20/12 00:00:00 By - By Sean Cockerham

Kansas town to auction first flush of giant public toilet on eBay

The wacky folks in Lucas, Kansas, have always been known for their keen sense of humor. But now, Lucas can add one more notch in its quirky belt: The town has turned to bathroom humor and created a monument making Lucas home of the largest, most blingy toilet in Kansas. | 05/18/12 07:15:23 By - Beccy Tanner

Witnesses tell conflicting stories about what happened in Trayvon Martin case

At first, the howling in the dark sounded like a dogfight. Then came cries. | 05/18/12 06:41:00 By - Marc Caputo, Andres Viglucci and David Smiley

Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dies at 63

Donna Summer, 63, who earned the title Queen of Disco for her era-defining music but who transcended the genre over the years, died of lung cancer Thursday in Naples, Fla., her family said. | 05/18/12 06:43:04 By - Howard Cohen

Census Bureau: Minority births outnumbered whites for first time

The United States has reached a historic tipping point - with Latino, Asian, mixed-race and African-American births constituting a majority of births for the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday. | 05/18/12 06:49:17 By - Michael Muskal

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