3:55 p.m. EST November 9, 2013  WASHINGTON (AP) — They are among our most personal daily decisions: what to eat or drink. Maybe what to inhale.

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10:39 p.m. EDT October 17, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — A security guard on the lookout for shoplifters searched two teenage girls as they left a Manhattan lingerie shop Thursday afternoon and discovered one of them was carrying a fetus in her bag, police said.

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7:25 p.m. EST November 7, 2013  WASHINGTON--President Obama said on Thursday that he is "sorry" that some Americans are losing their current health insurance plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act, despite his oft-repeated assurances that Americans could keep their health insurance plans if they like them.

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10:41 a.m. EDT October 15, 2013 WASHINGTON -- House Republicans intend to pass their own plan to reopen government and avert an impending Thursday default deadline instead of waiting for Senate leaders who are nearing agreement on a competing budget offer.

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10:45 p.m. EDT November 1, 2013  About the only thing tougher than spelling — or pronouncing — Sriracha is finding a trendy restaurant that isn't serving the sizzling hot sauce. This weekend, even Subway is jumping on the Sriracha express.

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12:24 a.m. EDT September 27, 2013 WASHINGTON — The Senate is on track to approve Friday a stopgap spending bill that sets Congress up for a weekend of partisan jockeying to resolve a shutdown threat before Monday's deadline.

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9:55 a.m. EDT October 27, 2013  While Iran's nuclear program, Syria's chemical weapons and the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians remain priorities, President Obama and his team appear to be developing a lower key Middle East agenda.

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More than 3,000 people have been rescued from Colorado floodwaters.The massive search-and-rescue effort after the recent floods in Colorado has been one of the biggest in state history

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6:55 p.m. EDT October 21, 2013 In the space between headline-making speeches and the hushed strategy meetings of debate preparation are phone calls, pamphlets and lawn signs — errands of the unpaid college student.

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9:25 p.m. EDT September 13, 2013 WASHINGTON -- Labor leaders took their turn visiting the White House on Friday to talk about what can and should be done for bankrupt Detroit, while also cautioning the Obama administration that the financial problems experienced in southeastern Michigan may soon be felt in many other metropolitan areas across the U.S.

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