WASHINGTON – An FBI (search) crime lab technique used for decades to match bullets to crimes — and relied on by prosecutors in hundreds of criminal trials — is based on “erroneous scientific foundations,” a New Jersey appeals court has ruled. In a decision Monday overturning a 1997 murder conviction, …

WASHINGTON – U.S. retail gasoline prices (search) will hit a record high this spring, reaching a national monthly average of $2.15 a gallon due mostly to soaring crude oil prices, the government said Tuesday. During the busy 2005 driving season of April through September, gasoline will average $2.10 a gallon, …

ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s the most common major cancer in America, even though it affects only one sex. Lifetime odds of getting it are 1 in 6. Testing for it is controversial, and treating it robs many of a body part that’s important to their sexuality. This isn’t breast cancer, …

Terri Schiavo, Michael Jackson and a massive earthquake (search) — there just wasn’t enough time to cover it all Monday on “DaySide,” but you can bet we’re covering it all Tuesday. Regarding Terri, we’re pursuing questions about the sounds and movements she’s making today: Is she, in fact, struggling to …

ATLANTA, Ga. – Atlantans were on edge Friday after a rape suspect allegedly shot and killed three people in a downtown courthouse and made a desperate escape, sparking a citywide manhunt. “We recognize this is a very scary situation,” said Mayor Shirley Franklin (search), who assured citizens that city, state …

When it comes to sleeping habits, a new study shows Americans are like night and day. About half have generally healthy habits but the other half struggle to get a good night’s sleep. For the first time, researchers at the National Sleep Foundation used information from their annual Sleep in …

INDIANAPOLIS – Legislation that would require voters to show photo identification before casting ballots has touched off fierce debate in three states, with opponents complaining the measures represent a return to the days of poll taxes and Jim Crow (search). Lawmakers in Georgia and Indiana walked off the job to …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – More than 2,000 Shiites marched Friday through Baghdad and some broke into the Jordanian Embassy (search) and raised the Iraqi flag atop it to protest the alleged involvement of a Jordanian in Iraq’s single deadliest suicide bombing — a Feb. 28 attack south of Baghdad that killed …

WASHINGTON – The House ethics committee’s new GOP chairman has fired two senior staff lawyers, leading Democrats to charge that the dismissals are further payback for the panel’s rebukes of Majority Leader Tom DeLay (search) last year. The chairman, Rep. Doc Hastings (search), R-Wash., had no partisan motive for the …

INDIANAPOLIS – Investigators found human remains in a basement under fresh concrete after a brother and sister told them they had killed their mother and grandparents, authorities said Wednesday. Investigators worked into early Wednesday digging up concrete in the grandparents’ small, wood-frame home on the city’s east side, and a …