Posted: 12:13 PM The containers were being stored at the Cook County morgue while authorities investigated the matter.

Posted: 7:36 AM Winfrey said the interview will now run in two parts over two nights because there is so much material.

Posted: 7:30 PM Mohamed Mohamud waited minutes to tell an FBI undercover agent that he wanted to detonate a bomb.

Updated: 12:28 PM The government has hit its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit and is expected to run out of ways to meet all of its obligations around March 1.

Updated: 10:55 AM "Les Miserables" was named best musical or comedy, while Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway claimed acting prizes.

Posted: 12:31 PM The president of the National Rifle Association comments that a ban on weapons is long from passing.

Posted: 10:49 AM Well-known Eugene Patterson, who was a newspaper editor and columnist has died at age 89.

Posted: 1:09 PM Due to the severity of a flu outbreak, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York has announced a health emergency.

Posted: 12:07 PM Lance Armstrong is planning on making a confession on Monday about doping during an interview with Oprah.

Posted: 1:47 PM Facebook says it's testing the "extreme" prices to "see what works to filter spam.

Updated: 2:54 PM The group says it will now work with Congress to discuss what works in preventing violence and what does not.

Updated: 1:21 PM Residents worry that a lion is on the loose when a mysterious animal gets free.

Updated: 2:42 PM Kern County sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt also says a suspect is in custody and is believed to be a student.

Posted: 7:31 PM After several explosions from an underground tunnel, power outages have been occurring in Oregon.

Posted: 6:26 PM Michael Keith Spell and Lester Van Waters, Jr. have their trial date set for the murder of Montana school teacher, Sherry Arnold.

Posted: 5:20 PM Dish Network Corp. is upgrading their Hopper system so that you can watch TV shows wherever you go.

Posted: 4:40 PM One Goh is being accused of killing seven people at a small California Christian college and is too mentally unfit for trial.

Posted: 1:47 PM President Barack Obama chooses republican Chuck Hagel to be the next defense secretary.

Posted: 1:39 PM Mohamed Mohamud is accused of attempting to detonate a bomb at a Portland Christmas tree-lighting.

Posted: 1:10 PM The oldest living person in the United States just passed away in Georgia at age 114.

Posted: 12:28 PM The number of gay marriage support is rising in Illinois, but democrats couldn’t get enough votes for the bill last week.

Posted: 12:14 PM The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center has canceled the tsunami warning for parts of southern Alaska and coastal Canada.

Posted: 2:51 PM The S&P 500 closed at 1,466 Friday, the highest since Dec. 31, 2007, before the financial crisis.

Updated: 10:57 AM The long-overdue rules are aimed at reducing the estimated 3,000 deaths a year from foodborne illness.

Updated: 10:41 AM The bill gives more borrowing authority to the National Flood Insurance Program to pay about 115,000 pending claims.