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Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia has announced that he will not run for re-election in 2008 and will retire after 30 years in the Senate. Warner has been one of the most authoritative voices in Congress on the military — and a key figure in the debate over the war in Iraq. Warner's retirement will make it even more difficult for Republicans to win back the Senate majority that they lost in November.

One week after deadly shootings at Virginia Tech that killed 33 people, students and faculty returned to campus and to the classroom. The day was a mix of emotions, as the school's community sought to move forward with the remainder of the semester while still grieving those who died.

A man opened fire with a rifle in a mall in Omaha, killing eight people before turning the gun on himself. Five people were also wounded in the attack. The shooter, Robert Hawkins, had split with his girlfriend, been fired from McDonald's, and had been kicked out of his parents' house.

The city's Millennium Park is a living reminder of the tough challenges that popped up along the way for Christy Webber's landscaping firm. Now she and one of her employees are both hoping to weather the economic crisis.

Fort Hood took time to honor those killed and injured in last week's shooting attack. President Obama joined other civilian and military leaders at the Texas Army post for a service that included music, prayer and words of encouragement for those who must continue to serve at the post.

The National Bureau of Economic Research says the United States has officially been in a recession since December 2007. A recession is sometimes defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth, but the private group uses a more precise measure.

President Barack Obama Friday called the loss of 651,000 U.S. jobs in February "astounding." Obama was in Columbus, Ohio, to meet with police department recruits whose jobs were protected by the government stimulus package passed last month.

This graphic novel from creators Julie Rocheleau and Vero Cazot is a light, often zany story of a woman dealing with breast cancer that never loses its grounding in the real pain she's going through.

Two studies show how technology is allowing people to generate speech using only their thoughts.

Little is known about the real life of Kate Warne, the first female detective in America — but Greer Macallister's romp of a novel paints her as a live wire, an ace in a dangerous man's world.