Posted: 4:19 PM The Dow Jones industrial average Tuesday edged up 3 points at 12,291 at the close.

Updated: 11:37 AM A babysitter confessed that he bludgeoned a 9-year-old Indiana girl to death then dismembered her, hiding her head, hands and feet at his home and dumping the rest of her remains nearby. The babysitter has a criminal record in Florida.

Updated: 6:47 AM The stakes are sky-high in the race for the White House and some people are eager to place money on the winner-- and do it legally -- on the floor of the futures market.

Posted: 6:37 AM Talk about buried treasure a scuba diver in Florida found what appears to be an in tact World War II-era plane on the ocean floor!

Posted: 9:41 PM Much of the Civil War has been told primarily through the eyes of battlefield and political leaders, but new documents are offering insights from soldiers, their spouses and African-Americans.

Updated: 9:28 PM IBM found that online shopping jumped 16.4 percent on Christmas Day over last year, and the dollar amount of those purchases that were made using mobile devices leaped 172.9 percent.

Posted: 5:01 PM Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse.

Updated: 8:59 AM For many in Russia, it's a case of deja vu. The discontent today mirrors the unhappiness of two decades ago. That's when public protests over three days brought down the Soviet Union and set a new course for the country.

Posted: 6:05 AM State legislators will examine several crime-related bills in the upcoming legislative session that could significantly affect how justice is administered in Florida.

Posted: 12:28 PM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot worth $50 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

Updated: 11:25 PM Barely beating Santa's sleigh, Congress delivered a last-minute holiday tax-cut extension to 160 million American wage-earners on Friday.

Posted: 10:54 PM The Justice Department on Friday rejected South Carolina's law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, saying it makes it harder for minorities to cast ballots.

Posted: 6:04 PM Vice President Joe Biden unleashed a biting critique of Mitt Romney's policies Friday and the Republican came swiftly back at him -- a full-contact preview of what the general election might look like should Romney win the GOP nomination.

Posted: 4:19 PM The Dow finished up 124 points, or 1 percent, at 12,294.

Posted: 6:18 AM Many lawmakers stepping carefully around redistricting.

Posted: 5:21 PM Former presidential candidate John Edwards says he has been diagnosed with a medical condition that would make it difficult for him to attend his approaching criminal trial.

Updated: 11:28 PM In an abrupt about-face, House Republican leaders Thursday agreed to a two-month extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut and federal unemployment benefits, GOP aides said.

Posted: 5:09 PM A new report on the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument details extensive cracking and chipped stones on the top portion of the 127-year-old structure that make it vulnerable to rain.

Posted: 4:26 PM The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 62 points Thursday, or less than 1 percent, to 12,170.

Posted: 6:24 AM The spokesman for the Iraqi health ministry says the death toll from a wave of violence sweeping the country's capital has climbed to 57.

Updated: 11:38 PM Bank of America agreed to pay $335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit engaged in a widespread pattern of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers on home loans.

Posted: 4:22 PM The Dow edged up 4 points, less than 0.1 percent, to close at 12,107 Wednesday.

Posted: 2:49 PM In preparation for the holiday season, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued a progress report highlighting the accomplishments and strategies of President Obama’s Food Safety Working Group (FSWG) combined with useful information for consumers on safe food handling.

Posted: 6:29 AM Pam Bondi agrees with a judge's proposal to fix the flawed ballot summary.

Posted: 6:24 AM Enrollment in commercial health insurance is continuing to decline in Florida.