Former President George H.W. Bush remained in guarded condition overnight in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital after a day marked by what his spokesman called "a series of setbacks including persistent fever."

Progress toward avoiding the "fiscal cliff" appears to be stalled -- with the Senate's top Democrat accusing House Speaker John Boehner of standing in the way of a solution to the looming tax hikes and spending cuts.

About 200 Utah teachers are being trained in handling concealed weapons.

U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in December, driven lower by fears of sharp tax increases and government spending cuts set to take effect next week.

Government officials say dozens of militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons attacked two tribal police posts in northwest Pakistan, killing two policemen.

Four national retailers have agreed to recall more than 150,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners after at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners.

A New York City hospital that had to evacuate hundreds of patients during Superstorm Sandy after it lost power is set to reopen.

A nonprofit group is reporting that the number of law enforcement officers who died while performing their duties declined this year compared to 2011.

The average number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing.

The storm that's dumping heavy snow on parts of the Northeast is now blamed for 15 deaths.

Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz selected to replace Inouye who died Dec. 17 of respiratory complications at 88

Justice Sotomayor says company must continue their challenges through lower courts

City leaders say community is deeply grateful but cannot handle inundation of gifts sent to community

A plaintiffs' attorney says Toyota Motor Corp. has reached a settlement in a case involving hundreds of lawsuits over accelerations problems.

Los Angeles police are offering grocery store gift cards for guns in a buyback program that was moved up in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting.

Blizzard warnings have been in effect across Indiana and Ohio

The fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in a Houston hospital over Christmas has worsened, and doctors have put him on a liquids-only diet.

A Utah group is offering free concealed weapons permit training for teachers.

South Africa's presidency says Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid icon and former president, has been released from the hospital.

Measures on gay rights and child abuse are among the top state laws taking effect as 2013 begins.

Four children and one woman are now confirmed dead in a house fire in NW Oklahoma City.

The death toll has risen to six from winter storms in the nation's midsection.

An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast on Wednesday, slowing holiday travel.

A report out Tuesday that tracks spending, called MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, says holiday sales increased 0.7 percent. Analysts had expected sales to grow 3 to 4 percent.

Alpine Meadows said in a statement on Tuesday that 53-year-old Bill Foster died at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev.