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Senate passes internet tax bill; fight expected in House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on ...
In blow to Obama, Senate blocks gun-control plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign to curb gun violence after the Newtown school massacre was dealt...
U.S. Senate approves Lew as Treasury chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jack Lew as President Barack Obama's new Treasury secretary...
Asteroid may have killed dinosaurs quicker than thought
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Dinosaurs died off about 33,000 years after an asteroid hit the Earth, much sooner than s...
Miss New York is crowned Miss America
(Reuters) - Miss New York won the 2013 Miss America crown on Saturday at the annual pageant which tapped into the reality TV ...
'Fiscal cliff' talks stalled but progress possible
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have made little progress in the past 10 days toward a compromise to avoid the harsh ta...
Rare 'headless' ladybug discovered in Montana
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Sleepy Hollow has its headless horseman and now Montana has a headless ladybug.The newly discovered...
High school football saving brains as game goes on
By Daniel Trotta and Jo Ingles(Reuters) - In the small northeast Ohio town of Massillon, a few miles from the National Footba...
Man apparently attempting Bigfoot hoax killed on highway
MISSOULA, Montana (Reuters) - A man wearing a bushy, military-style camouflage suit in an apparent attempt to impersonate the...
For sale: Historic Montana town where Custer fell
(Reuters) - A tiny Montana town near the banks of the Little Bighorn River where U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer ...
Weather cuts short trip of 'lawn chair' balloonists
BEND, Oregon (Reuters) - Two men sitting in lawn chairs tied to 350 helium-filled balloons failed in their bid on Saturday to...
Thousands work to keep Yellowstone running
CODY, Wyoming (Reuters) - For more than a decade, Richard Ranc has worked a summer job emptying trash cans, cleaning restroom...
Romney camp steps up response to Democrats' attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For weeks, anxious Republicans called on Mitt Romney to respond more aggressively to attacks from the ...
Deadly crash of air tanker fighting Utah fire probed
(Reuters) - Officials opened an investigation on Monday of an airplane tanker crash in Utah that caused the year's first ...
Surviving 'Doolittle Raiders' recount wartime bombing of Japan
DAYTON, Ohio (Reuters) - Four of the last five survivors of a U.S. World War Two bombing mission over Japan reunited on Wedne...
Wyoming town sells for $900,000 to Vietnamese buyer
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The town of Buford, Wyoming - population 1 - was sold for $900,000 to an unidentified buyer fro...
'Three Cups of Tea' author to pay $1 million to charity
MISSOULA, Montana (Reuters) - "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson has agreed to pay $1 million to compens...
Buy your own zip code: towns for sale in Montana, Wyoming
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Buford, Wyoming, the nation's smallest town, will lose its long-time - and only - resident on T...
Mel Gibson selling his sprawling Costa Rica retreat
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor-director Mel Gibson is putting his sprawling hilltop compound in Costa Rica up for sale, with a &#...
NCAA tournament recaps
McGruder Guides K-State Past Southern Miss(Pittsburgh, PA) -- Rodney McGruder scored 30 points on 11-of-16 shooting to power ...
Keystone oil pipeline bill fails in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican proposal to give a permit to the Keystone XL crude ...
Abducted teacher strangled in cocaine frenzy
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A man who said the crack cocaine he was smoking "brought the devil out in him" was lookin...
Empire State Building Hosts First Same-Sex Weddings
By Patricia ReaneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Lucky couples have been married each year on Valentine Day's on the top of the Emp...
Protesters circle White House in oil pipeline row
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters opposed to a new oil pipeline from Canada to the United States circled the Whi...
Aggressive Yellowstone grizzly bear euthanized
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Rangers have taken the rare step of capturing and killing a grizzly bear deemed a threat to human s...