The run-down Cleveland neighborhood where 50-year-old Anthony Sowell quietly carved out an existence is the type of place where women can disappear almost in plain sight.

A report summary says officials failed to properly supervise parolee Phillip Garrido and missed chances to discover the girl he allegedly kidnapped and held in his backyard for 18 years.

A trio of senators — each with differing politics —  on Wednesday announced a rescue effort for troubled climate legislation and quickly got some key backing.

Bernard Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner and ex-nominee for Homeland Security secretary, will plead guilty to resolve  criminal trials, a person familiar with the case says.

Teammates and family members throw roses and softballs into the farm pond where three college softball players were found dead inside their sunken sport utility vehicle.

Police have determined that a young woman buried as Jane Doe in Colorado 55 years ago was  Dorothy Gay Howard, whose family watched the decades pass without word of her.

Federal investigators on Wednesday express alarm over a second explosion this year at the same Utah oil refinery, which has a history of trouble dating to 2003.

The White House distanced itself Wednesday from Democratic losses in two states, saying the races for governor hinged on local issues and were not a referendum on the president.

The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee is seeking to sue the state for $150 million.

John "Junior" Gotti's mother unleashes a profanity-laced tirade at her son's New York racketeering trial after a judge dismisses two jurors.

Authorities report a staggering jump in the number of marijuana plants seized in California's eradication effort, claiming a more than 50 percent jump over the previous year.

The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana.

Two people suspected of stealing up to 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at Phoenix's airport have been arrested by police who found heaps of the stolen bags strewn throughout their home.

A small Northern California city has banned medical marijuana growing and dispensing, a move opponents say will bring lawsuits.

Commuters juggled schedules as a strike ground the city's transit system to a near halt for a second day Wednesday, a morning rush worsened when a regional rail train caught fire.

A former handyman convicted of killing seven people during a robbery at a suburban Chicago fast-food restaurant in 1993 has been sentenced to life in prison.

A man caught having sex with a horse in a South Carolina stable is sentenced to three years in prison.

The boat's owner and his lawyer say they believe the Lady Mary was struck by another vessel that then left the area. That theory is one of several being examined by the Coast Guard.

A Michigan judge says a man who claims he was chased, shot and beaten by workers at a store he'd just robbed can sue the men. But only if he comes up with $10,000 within two weeks.

Last year, Dave Dudley lost his job as a software V.P. — so he sold his house and took his wife and three children on the road in an RV. And they’re not alone: In a tough economy, more Americans are trading home and hearth for the open road.