NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- When a Tennessee jailer ripped the gold grill from a new inmate's teeth two days before Thanksgiving last year, it left the 31-year-old man in excruciating pain and left taxpayers on the hook for nearly $100,000 in damages.

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their most public rift in a decade, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that quickly became a test of U.S. and Israeli commitment to peace talks and one another.

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Robert Gary Jones was a pharmaceutical salesman on a business trip, looking forward to getting home to celebrate his daughter's third birthday. He was enjoying a moment to himself on this resort island, jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod. Officials say the Woodstock, Ga., man neither saw nor heard what struck him from behind Monday evening: A single-engine plane making an emergency landing.

A teacher at a Rancho Penasquitos elementary school was shot with an air gun.

Toyota's investigation of sudden acceleration in some of its cars is shifting to suburban New York, where a driver said her Prius sped up on its own and slammed into a stone wall.

Sunshine, dry air and light winds made for a bright, warm day today with highs in the lower 60s.

KSHB meteorologist Gary Lezak says St. Patrick's Day will start off cloudy, but the sun might come out in the afternoon. Wednesday's high will be 48. For the weekend, there's a chance of rain possibly turning to snow.

As the tax deadline draws near, the IRS wants you to beware of fraudulent tax preparers, hidden offshore bank accounts and offers that seem too good to be true.

As Obama administration touts new transparency, report finds 17 government agencies refused to release information nearly a half a million times in one year

AP - Nine crew members and passengers aboard a Jamaica-bound US Airways flight were taken to a hospital with coughs and sore throats after smelling strong odors Tuesday, two months after 15 people aboard the same jet were treated for similar problems.

Three-time defending champion Lance Mackey is in the driver’s seat and headed for the finish line in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Brett Favre kept his plans to himself, even as he helped try to recruit LaDainian Tomlinson to play for the Minnesota Vikings.

Reuters - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden defended the U.S. space agency's budget on Tuesday and said its focus on commercial space transportation would provide "incredible opportunities" for U.S. companies.

The Colorado Secretary of State’s elections office reports that Harrison School District 2 Superintendent Mike Miles donated $800 to the re-election campaign of D-2 Board President Deborah Hendrix in October 2009.
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AP - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.

Nine people on board a US Airways flight from North Carolina to Jamaica were taken to hospital after they felt sick amid a "foul odor" on the plane, officials said.

AP - A former Massachusetts dentist is accused of placing paper clips instead of stainless steel posts inside the teeth of root canal patients while billing Medicaid for the more expensive parts.

Former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson will take flight on
Animal Planet with a new sport -- pigeon racing.

An argument between two rival rap groups could have sparked a shooting in a Pine Hills parking lot, deputies say.

AP - The girlfriend of actor Michael Douglas' wayward son was freed Tuesday after spending seven months in jail for becoming embroiled in Cameron Douglas' downward spiral with drugs.

JEFFERSON CITY | Members of the Missouri House have endorsed legislation that lowers the state’s minimum age for carrying a concealed weapon. Missouri currently requires an applicant to be at least 23 years old, clear a background check and pass a firearms training course to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The legislation would drop the minimum age to 21. Missouri appears to have the oldest age requirement in the country.

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — A single-engine airplane making an emergency landing near Palmetto Dunes on Hilton Head Island struck and killed a man on the beach Monday, according to an official with the Hilton Head Fire and Rescue Division.
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A charter bus with about 40 passengers rolls over in Atascosa County.

The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are recovering from a violent crash last week that left them with injuries that could have been much worse, he told reporters Tuesday.

The Champagne industry's trade association said Tuesday it is launching a new standard bottle to cut carbon emissions.

HARRISBURG -- After about 19 hours of deliberation, jurors have not yet reached a verdict in the government corruption case of former state Rep. Mike Veon and three associates

A man on an electric three-wheeled scooter was struck and killed Monday night in Antelope.
The man Reginaldo E. Rios, 58, of Antelope, was crossing Watt Avenue on his mobility scooter at Timberlane Place just after sunset about 7:35 p.m. when he was struck by a car traveling northbound on Watt Avenue.
The driver did not see Rios. Rios was dressed in dark clothing and his vehicle did not have reflectors or lights, according to the California Highway Patrol.

LAKE TWP.: The Lake Local Board of Education will continue to leave ''belief in God'' out of the district's mission statement, much to the disappointment of a group of Lake Township residents who crowded into the board's meeting Monday night.

Regrowing amputated limbs, broken backs and even damaged brains could one day be a reality after scientists discovered a gene that is key to the almost magical ability.

Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday named a street after a U.S. activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in a 2003 protest against house demolitions in Gaza.

Whatcom County's unemployment rate reached 10 percent for the first time in more than 20 years as private sector industries reported job losses across the board.

TOPEKA | House members on Tuesday put off a debate on Kansas tax policy, saying it’s too early to determine how much more money is needed to fund state government next year. Democrats and moderate Republicans pushed for the delay, saying forcing votes on raising sales taxes to pay for schools and social services was little more than “gotcha politics” by House conservatives.

Three Whatcom County residents were injured late Monday, March 15, when their vehicles collided in a Bellingham intersection.

The Tulsa Police Department says the Tulsa County District Attorney's Office has decided that an officer's actions during a fatal shooting incident last month were justified. Assault Victim Describes Attack That Ended In Tulsa Police Shooting