$5,000 for each passenger on ditched jet

As investigators looked at an earlier engine problem on US Airways Flight 1549, the airline sent $5,000 checks to each passenger to compensate them for lost luggage and other belongings.

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Bush leaves note for Obama in Oval Office

George W. Bush's presidential finale includes a goodbye to Washington and a hello from fellow Texans.

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Man sues city for demolishing his fixer-upper

There are thousands of buildings that should be demolished in Detroit. Eric Roslonski says his house wasn't one of them.

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Finger length may predict financial success

Researchers report that men with longer ring fingers, compared to index fingers, tended to be more successful in the frantic high-frequency trading in the London financial district.

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Gotti neighbor allegedly dissolved in acid

It's been one of the last mysteries from John Gotti's gangland career: What happened to the neighbor who accidentally ran over and killed the mobster's 12-year-old son - and then vanished?

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Premium tuna fetches $100,000 at auction

Two sushi bar owners paid more than $100,000 for a Japanese bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish auction Monday, several times the average price and the highest in nearly a decade, market officials said.

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Coleman dealt another setback in Minn. race

The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected Republican Norm Coleman's request to count an additional 650 rejected absentee ballots in the state's U.S. Senate recount.

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Eight alternatives to Detroit's 'Big Three'

Don't want to buy a car from GM, Ford or Chrysler? There's a good number of alternative North American carmakers out there. Here's a list.

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John Travolta's 16-year-old son dies

The teenage son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston died suddenly after suffering a seizure on Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas, according to the family's lawyer.

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Merle Haggard beats cancer, but craves pot

Country star Merle Haggard isn't letting lung cancer get in the way of his ambitious touring and recording plans.

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4,300-year-old tombs unearthed in Egypt

Egyptian archaeologists have found the tombs of two court officials, in charge of music and pyramid building, in a 4,000-year-old cemetery from the reign of Pharaoh Unas.

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Year's biggest full moon lights up sky

The full moon tonight will be the biggest one of the year as Earth's natural satellite reaches its closest point to our planet.

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Deer gets revenge after hunter shoots him

A hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain.

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Obama names Clinton to top role in his team

President-elect Barack Obama announced former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as his choice for secretary of state Monday and also said he would keep Robert Gates as defense minister.

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The 'pardoned' turkeys: Where are they now?

Every Thanksgiving, one lucky bird is appointed National Thanksgiving Turkey, appearing at the White House and getting an official pardon from the president. But where do these turkeys go to meet their non-food fate?

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2 Dutch men guilty of injecting 14 with HIV

A Dutch court convicted two men Wednesday for attempting to infect 14 victims with HIV in a bizarre sex case.

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Cat came back - 13 years after going missing

A California couple recently had an unexpected reunion with an old housemate: their pet cat, George, who went missing more than 13 years ago.

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Barack Obama elected 44th president

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Vote: Who won the final presidential debate?

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Expectations low, Palin scores in debate

Analysis: While both vice presidential candidates succeeded in their only debate, the stakes were much higher for Sarah Palin. So, in the contest of low expectations, Palin won.

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Search crews find Fossett's plane, wreckage

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After Wall Street, anger spreads to Congress

The government's failure to reach a compromise on a hotly contested federal bailout package is adding to the frustration and confusion surrounding the country's current financial crisis.

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KFC shoring up security for its secret recipe

Colonel Harland Sanders' handwritten recipe of 11 herbs and spices was to be removed Tuesday from safekeeping at KFC's corporate offices for the first time in decades.

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