A day after the recall of 2.1 million cribs linked to four suffocations, the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission conceded the agency "hasn't been acting as quickly as it should."

China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday, the only two people sentenced to death in a scheme to water down infant formula with an industrial chemical that left at least six children dead and sickened more than 300,000.

The Department of Defense says a soldier from Georgia has been killed while fighting in Iraq.

Celebrity chef Paula Deen got an unexpected serving of ham — across her face.

A federal magistrate has ordered four participants in protests last weekend at Fort Benning to stand trial.

Heading into the busy Thanksgiving travel weekend, Tennessee traffic deaths are down significantly this year.

Rob Bironas kept the Titans' unlikely turnaround going with another winning kick against the Houston Texans.

The readings at this 2-mile-high station show a troubling upward curve as the world counts down to crucial climate talks: Global warming gases are building in the atmosphere at record levels from emissions that match scientists’ worst-case scenarios.

Faced with limited job options, many young adults are turning to an old standby to weather the recession: moving back in with mom and dad.

A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest.

A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they’ll behave like Scrooge rather than Santa.

The White House braced for a tough sell of President Barack Obama’s long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of new U.S. forces to the stalemated war in Afghanistan, even as the president met Monday with top advisers for possibly the last major deliberations before an announcement.

Most Americans don’t expect a health care overhaul to affect their lives directly, but those who worry about the fallout outnumber those expecting to come out ahead, a poll out Tuesday has found.

First-time buyers taking advantage of a special tax credit gave sales of existing homes in October their biggest surge in a decade, raising hopes for a turnaround in the housing market and pleasing Wall Street.

Iraq’s parliament failed Monday to produce an election law that pleased minority Sunni Arabs, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to say that nationwide balloting scheduled for January “might slip” to a later date.

For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.

At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a “vaporizer” — a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of heated marijuana. Glass jars hold donations of dried, milky-green weed, and the cafe serves up meals and snacks for the hungry.

A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers.

Mya is poised to take the “Dancing With the Stars” title after finishing three points away from perfect during the final night of competition Monday.

Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina’s Fort Bragg on Monday as thousands greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering that tested military rules involving politicians.

Georgia’s water task force has learned that losing Lake Lanier as source for drinking water could mean an annual loss of more than $26 billion for businesses.

Two suspects charged in the killings of three men whose decomposed bodies were found by hunters have implicated themselves in statements to police, a prosecutor said Monday.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, whose tryst with an Argentine lover blossomed into a wide-ranging scandal, is accused of breaking ethics laws by using taxpayer money for pricey airline seats, taking state planes for personal and political trips and occasionally tapping his campaign chest to reimburse himself for travel.

Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear whether their legislative prominence will help or hurt them.

A special legislative session to reconsider a pending change to workers' compensation insurance requirements in Tennessee should only take place if there's a consensus among lawmakers, Gov. Phil Bredesen said Monday.

Two former West Tennessee prison guards have pleaded guilty to beating an inmate and then lying about it.

The federal government said Monday that it has found a "strong association" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last year.

A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, installing an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list.

Gov. Bobby Jindal has added Tennessee to the list of states where he's traveled to raise campaign cash.

Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett, Kentucky linebacker Sam Maxwell and Alabama punt returner Javier Arenas are the SEC players of the week.

Fire has destroyed the home of country singer Andy Griggs, but he and his family escaped unharmed.

Prosecutors have dropped attempted aggravated robbery charges against Tennessee freshman safety Janzen Jackson.

Tennessee freshman center Faith Dupree will be sidelined this season because of lower back pain.

Nashville police have arrested the man suspected of dragging an officer with his car last week.

First-time buyers seized on an expiring tax credit, low mortgage rates and falling prices to boost home sales in October to their highest level in 2½ years.

Bomb attacks and a firefight killed four U.S. troops in 24 hours in Afghanistan, the military said Monday, adding to the growing toll as NATO and the U.S. consider whether to send more forces to the war.

Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation's economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers will continue to keep a tight rein on spending, according to a new survey.

A leading Senate Democrat said Monday his party is determined to push through a health care overhaul bill with or without Republican support because the "system is broken."

Michael Jackson was made history by winning four American Music Awards on Sunday night, but he couldn’t beat Taylor Swift as the year’s favorite artist.

An attorney for Rocky Joe Houston will argue his former client shouldn't be tried again in the killing of a Roane County deputy and another man.

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that a riding lawn mower does not fit the definition of a motor vehicle.

A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family’s long-running political dynasty is over.

After 80 years, a novel set in the Great Smoky Mountains has finally been published.

Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

National Park Service officials say they tracked down a suspected poacher in North Carolina after an elk was shot and killed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday.

The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive “dumbos” that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.

Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation’s troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren’t met and more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend.

Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody’s punching bag.