SACRAMENTO, Calif. - To Celeste Tyler and her teenage friends, text-messaging is as effortless as tying their shoes. The high school senior can text without looking, sending messages on her red Samsung "slider" while it's behind her back, in her purse or under her desk at school, where cell phones are banned. So why not do it while driving? ...more

June 30, 2008

A 6-year-old boy from Southwest Florida has been picked to represent the state in an all-star Tee Ball game at the White House this summer. ...more

June 29, 2008

Until the Supreme Court ruled Thursday, it was unclear if citizens in this country had even a limited right to possess a loaded firearm for hunting or personal self-defense. ...more

June 27, 2008

Federal investigators plan to descend on tomato farms, warehouses and packing sheds in Florida and Mexico today to search for the cause of a salmonella outbreak that has now sickened 552 people in 32 states and the District of Columbia. ...more

June 21, 2008

A civil liberties group filed a lawsuit Friday seeking an injunction against the District of Columbia police department's vehicle checkpoint program, calling the "military-style" initiative unconstitutional and ineffective. ...more

June 21, 2008

Ten new postage stamps featuring the U.S. and state flags go on sale today - on the annual observance of Flag Day. ...more

June 14, 2008

Anticipating the Supreme Court's expected late June decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which will decide the constitutionality of a D.C. law restricting gun-ownership rights, many analysts have turned to the Founders' writings in an effort to understand the Second Amendment. What analysts need to do - recognizing that language and word usage change over time - is turn to America's first dictionary. ...more

June 9, 2008

The government is suing diversified manufacturer Honeywell International for selling material used in bulletproof vests that it alleges the company knew was defective. ...more

June 6, 2008

Last year, I bought a new (used) car. My last car was brand new, and with that vehicle I order a personalized license plate: NUJERSY. That's right I am from the great state of New Jersey - The Garden State. ...more

May 25, 2008

Merck & Co. has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement of allegations that its ads for the once-popular painkiller Vioxx deceptively played down the health risks. ...more

May 21, 2008