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The uptick could have to do with mice and acorns.

Pat Summitt, head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers and the winningest coach in NCAA basketball history, was diagnosed with early onset dementia in 2011. As her 38th season concludes, Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins talks about suspicions that Summit won't return next year.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the second of three days of oral arguments on the fate of President Obama's health care law.

Passengers report erratic behavior by the captain after he left the cockpit, including pounding on the door. He was restrained and an off-duty pilot helped guide the New York to Las Vegas flight to a landing in Amarillo, Texas.

The downfall of ambitious politician Bo Xilai exposed a bitter, high-level political power struggle in China. Now, victims of his crackdown on organized crime are breaking their silence, with stories of torture and disregard for the law that reveal the campaign's dark side.

Who offered the most intense questioning? The grimmest hypothetical example? The best food metaphor? Tuesday's session was filled with sharp rhetorical volleys and clever analogies. Here are the highlights.

After one year and thousands of miles, a Japanese fishing boat has made its way across the Pacific — with no one on board. The rusty ship was apparently sent adrift during the Japanese tsunami. Nancy Wallace, director of the Marine Debris Program with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, discusses the "ghost ship."

Money to repaint Owensboro’s Glover H. Cary bridge is still included in the state’s two-year road plan. The $3.5 billion plan passed the Senate…

Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer, a onetime Republican candidate for president, is now seeking the nomination of both the Reform Party and Americans Elect, a new online political effort.

Liam Stacey, who was drunk when he tweeted, will spend 56 days in jail, a sentence the judge says reflects the public outrage over his tweets.