Police say they have identified three bodies found on Long Island, New York, last month, and the deaths may be the work of a serial killer.

President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night will be "all about America winning," one of his top advisers told CNN.

Home prices are falling across most of America's largest cities, and average prices in eight major markets have hit their lowest point since the housing bust.

The British monarchy saga "The King's Speech" reigns at the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including acting honors for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush and positioning itself to challenge "The Social Network" for best picture.

An explosion in a gas main in northeast Philadelphia spawned a three-alarm fire that left one person dead and five injured and prompted evacuation of several dozen residents.

America's harsh winters cost the nation's economy billions of dollars each year in snow removal equipment, weather damage to streets and vehicles, extra days of school and revenue lost to closed businesses.

Republicans have put the wheels in motion to try to repeal President Obama's health care reform law. CNN breaks down the issue and the efforts' future.

In a little publicized coup, Chinese martial artists have stormed the White House. The White House Theater, that is.

Goldman Sachs said Wednesday its earnings fell 53 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 as it set aside less pay for its staff, although bank employees last year earned more than eight times the average U.S. household income.

Authorities in Maryland are investigating the deaths of about 2 million fish in Chesapeake Bay.

God's mind was behind complex scientific theories such as the Big Bang, and Christians should reject the idea that the universe came into being by accident, Pope Benedict said Thursday.

More than 200 children have elevated levels of lead in their blood caused by a battery plant near their communities in eastern China, state media said.

The United States plans to send more than 1,000 Marines to Afghanistan soon, a U.S. military official told CNN on Thursday.

Three people were shot in the city's West Ward tonight, but their injuries did not appear life-threatening, police said.

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon surrendered to National Police early Monday morning to face murder charges in the death of Michael Esteban Castillo, 25, police said.

Gov. Chris Christie could have gone to any number of swearing-in ceremonies for officials around the state yesterday.

Authorities in New York City say a man who tried to jump to his death from his ninth floor apartment was saved by a heap of trash bags that had gone uncollected since last week's blizzard.

The New Year's Day suicide bombing of a church that killed 21 people has opened up a vein of fury among Egypt's Christians, built up over years of what they call government failure to address persistent discrimination and violence against their community.

Discount-store operator Dollar General Corp. said Monday it plans to open 625 new stores and hire more than 6,000 workers in 2011.

Egyptian authorities have charged a local businessman and two Israelis for recruiting agents in Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon to spy for Israeli intelligence, a State Security prosecutor said Monday.