Week in review: Highlights from Feb. 17-23
A look at some of the top events of the week from Mindy McCready's suicide to the U.S .joining the suit against Lance Armstrong on behalf of the U.S. Postal Service.
Tuesday: Pistorius weeps at bail hearing
Oscar Pistorius stands in court as his brother Carl, left, and father, Henke, second from left, watch the proceedings.
Thursday: Las Vegas Strip shooting leaves three dead
Smoke and flames billow from a burning vehicle following a shooting and multi-car accident on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas early Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. The Las Vegas Strip became a scene of deadly violence early Thursday when, authorities say, someone in a black Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati, sending it crashing into a taxi that burst into flames, leaving three people dead and at least six injured. (AP Photo/Erik Lackey)
Nebraska
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Republican opponents of former Sen. Chuck Hagel's stalled bid to become defense secretary said Sunday that they'll prob…
State of the Union addresses are traditionally laundry lists of policy proposals. President Obama's this week started that way, but it ended a…
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Adults who've begun working toward their GED are being urged to finish up this year, before the test for a high school equival…
South Africa
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer…
MOSCOW - Russian scientists said Monday they had established the composition of the meteorite that exploded over the Chelya-binsk region last …
CHELYABINSK, Russia - As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many jok…
The 150-foot-wide meteor that flew by Earth Friday and the smaller one that exploded over Russia hours before were too small to be easily dete…
MOSCOW - With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of…
The 150-foot-wide meteor that flew by Earth Friday and the smaller one that exploded over Russia hours before were too small to be easily dete…
Meteor 2012 DA14 streaked by Earth shortly before 12:30 p.m. Tucson time.
BRUSSELS - When the armored car set off for the Brussels airport carrying $50 million worth of precious stones from Antwerp's diamond district…
PRETORIA, South Africa - Oscar Pistorius portrayed himself as a lover caught in tragedy, wielding a pistol and frightened as he stood only on …
WASHINGTON - Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., holding back tears, entered a guilty plea Wednesday to criminal charges that he engaged in a schem…
WASHINGTON - Printing out body parts? Cornell University researchers showed it's possible by creating a replacement ear using a 3-D printer an…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department joined a lawsuit Friday against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour …