Astronauts return to space station after a nearly 7-hour spacewalk marred by lost tool bag A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away.

8-year-old Arizona boy admits in police video that he fatally shot father, co-worker An 8-year-old boy accused in the deaths of his father and another man gave police conflicting accounts about the shootings, at one point saying, "I wasn't shooting any guns" before admitting to fir

Cheney, former AG Gonzales indicted on charges brought by controversial Texas prosecutor Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal

Ted Stevens, legendary Alaska senator, loses re-election bid after felony conviction Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count.

Clinton lawyers aid vetting process as Clinton, critics weigh her secretary of state prospects Sen.