North America's bedbug summit opened in Chicago on Tuesday. The bugs have been making a comeback in the U.S. and getting rid of them has become a multi-million dollar industry. While New York City is ground zero for bedbug infestation, hotel rooms, rental units and bedrooms across the country are becoming home to the little blood suckers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's top advisers spent much of the past 20 months arguing about policy and turf, according to a new book, with some top members of his national security team doubting the president's strategy in Afghanistan will work.

ATLANTA (AP) — The prominent pastor of a 25,000-member megachurch outside Atlanta denies allegations in a lawsuit that he coerced two young men from the congregation into a sexual relationship, his attorney said.

DOVER, Del. — Some members of a GOP establishment that once shunned tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell are getting behind her now that she has won the Republican Senate primary, offering help in the form of cash and experienced staffers.

WASHINGTON – A company that has engineered salmon to grow twice as fast as the conventional variety says its food shouldn't be labeled any differently in the grocery store if it is approved by the government.

PORTLAND, Maine — Lady Gaga has visited Maine before a key Senate vote to urge the state's two U.S. senators to help repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama implored Black voters to restoke the passion they felt for his groundbreaking campaign two years ago and turn out in force this fall to repel Republicans who are ready to ``turn back the clock.''

LINCOLN, Del. – Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is making light of comments she made more than a decade ago when she was in high school about having dabbled in witchcraft.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The longest recession the country has endured since World War II ended in June 2009, according to a group that dates the beginning and end of recessions.

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Fierce waves pounded Bermuda's shores and strained yacht moorings late Sunday as winds tore at trees and signs while a weakened Hurricane Igor passed just west of the wealthy British enclave.