Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. (   05/23/2013 3:15 PM )

• Mass. Senate approves changes to sex offender laws

• Mass. Senate hopeful Markey to release tax returns

• Environmental group to spend in Mass. election

• Mount Washington museum to get major overhaul

New federal prosecutor nominated for Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) -- The Obama administration has picked a private attorney and former federal prosecutor who helped send former Illinois Gov. George Ryan to prison for corruption to head the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, Illinois' senators announced Thursday. (   05/23/2013 3:20 PM )

• Anti-war protester shouts at Obama during speech

• Prosecutor: iPad theft defendants ambushed victim

• Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

• Little known about suspect in Wash. ricin case

Turks and Caicos recovers cash, land amid probe

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Officials in the Turks and Caicos Islands have recovered $19.5 million and more than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of real estate as they continue to seize assets improperly obtained by corrupt politicians. (   05/23/2013 3:18 PM )

• Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover

• Greeks to see no tax relief until budget improves

• Embattled Toronto mayor fires chief of staff

• Sweden's riots raise questions about inequality

House backs variable rate student loans

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the Republican-led House approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets. (   05/23/2013 3:41 PM )

• Taveras: graduation test a "questionable" gauge

• Hofstra petition seeks better off-campus security

• Police: Missing Pa. college student found unharmed

• UMass Memorial, nurses reach tentative 3-year deal

NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. (   05/23/2013 3:24 PM )

• Hurricane forecast: Another busy Atlantic season

• Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

• Most shipwrecks called a minor US pollution threat

• Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado