WASHINGTON – The White House asserted Wednesday that the $862 billion stimulus law has been even better for the economically-struggling country than previously advertised. Updating its estimate of the impact the controversial new law has had, the White House now projects that the vast...

  CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Deborah Coleman lost her unemployment benefits in April, and now fears for millions of others if the Senate does not extend aid for the jobless. "It's too late for me now," she said, fighting back tears at the Freestore Foodbank in the low-income Over-the-Rhine...

  CHICAGO – Louella Johnson has spent the last year hoping for answers. More than a dozen of the Chicago woman's relatives, including her daughter, mother and grandparents, were buried at Burr Oak Cemetery, a historic black graveyard where a gruesome desecration scandal was discovered last...

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Spain stunned the Netherlands to win their first World Cup on Sunday in sensational fashion with a goal in the last minutes of extra time. With the scoreless match inching toward a penalty shootout, and the Netherlands down to 10 men, Andres Iniesta collected a pass...

  NEW YORK – Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony and actress LaLa Vazquez have tied the knot in New York City. Michael Gagliardo, a publicist for Vazquez, confirms that the NFL jerseys wedding took place Saturday night at the Manhattan restaurant Cipriani. He provided no details. Us...

  JOHANNESBURG – Caster Semenya was cleared to immediately return to track by the sport's governing body Tuesday, ending an 11-month layoff while she underwent gender tests after becoming the 800-meter world champion. Semenya is allowed to keep running as a woman, although it is unclear if...

  MINNEAPOLIS – Larry Fitzgerald remembers a time not long ago when he was a wide-eyed youngster learning how All-Pros like Cris Carter and Randy Moss perfected the art of preparation. Growing up in Minneapolis, Fitzgerald was a ball boy for those talented Minnesota Vikings teams of the late...

  MINNEAPOLIS – Larry Fitzgerald remembers a time not long ago when he was a wide-eyed youngster learning how All-Pros like Cris Carter and Randy Moss perfected the art of preparation. Growing up in Minneapolis, Fitzgerald was a ball boy for those talented Minnesota Vikings teams of the late...

  ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – Singer Jimmy Buffett is just another mad Gulf Coast native when it comes to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but with an exception: He's got millions of fans and a way to help lift spirits over the seemingly endless crisis. Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will play...

  NEW YORK – A Japanese eating champion who sat out this year's Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog contest apparently couldn't resist the temptation to hotdog afterward — and got arrested. Six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi was sitting in a jail cell Sunday after the annual Nathan's Famous...