A federal grand jury is investigating mortgage lenders Countrywide Financial Corp., New Century Financial Corp. and IndyMac Bancorp Inc., a person familiar with the situation has told The Associated Press.

Resident across south Texas surveyed the aftermath of Hurricane Dolly, which was downgraded Thursday to a tropical depression.

Officials say three people were shot at a community college in Phoenix and two of them were critically injured. Police say a man has been arrested in the shooting.

Three ballistic missile crew members fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices, triggering an investigation. Officials say the codes were not compromised.

In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science.

House Republicans scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil - about a three-day supply - from the national stockpile.

A mother accused in Pittsburgh of deliberately injecting her 4-month-old son with salt water will be sent to a state mental hospital because she suffers from severe depression.

In this economy and credit crunch, it's taking much longer to sell your home. But there are a few tricks to the trade that can help minimize the time it takes to find a buyer in this buyer's market. Ben Tracy explains.

Three major publishers reported second quarter profits fell by nearly half compared to last year and forecast that the second half of 2008 may be even worse.

He's doggedly loyal to the Marine Corps, but now he's ready to call it a career. David Martin salutes Chesty, the English bulldog Marine mascot.