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  • New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers questions at a news conference Thursday.
    Taking Responsibility But Dodging Blame, Christie Takes His Time
    With his career put at risk by scandal, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie held an epic-length news conference on Thursday. Taking questions for two hours was part of his overall message, which is that he has nothing to hide.
  • To ascend is divine. To land can be traumatic.
    Hot Air Ballooning: Transcendent, Until You Break A Leg
    Hot air balloon tours are popular with tourists and people looking for the thrill of a lifetime. But accidents can cause injuries and death, a study finds. Leg and ankle fractures were among the most common serious injuries. Most of the problems happen when balloons land badly.
  • Undated handout photo of the inside of the deactivated Delta Nine Launch Facility near Wall, S.D.
    Nuclear Missile Officers Reportedly Implicated In Drug Probe
    The Associated Press reports that U.S. Air Force officers with nuclear launch authority are caught up in an illegal-narcotics investigation.
  • EndoChoice CEO Mark Gilreath.
    Tech Ventures in Georgia Prosper As Health Care Law Kicks In
    In a state where politicians have adamantly rejected the Affordable Care Act, the area around Atlanta has a growing number of health tech companies. Many are seeing business benefits from the law. Companies that once would have been a hard sell are seeing more sales and customers.
  • Syrian refugees arriving at the transit camp in Friedland, Germany, stand in line at the registration desk on Sept. 11. Germany has deported asylum seekers on the basis of an EU treaty that requires migrants seeking entry to Europe to be processed by the first EU country they arrive in. Many Syrians in Germany have come from other countries such as Bulgaria or Greece.
    Despite Dim Prospects, Syrian Exodus To Germany Continues
    Germany is one of the few EU countries that has welcomed Syrians fleeing civil war. But it offers refuge only to a few thousand out of the millions who need it. And it actually deported Syrian asylum-seekers last year because of treaty requirements. Still, Syrians are risking their lives to get there.
  • In Charleston, W.Va., the shelves of this Kroger supermarket had been nearly stripped of bottled water on Thursday. Residents rushed to buy water after a chemical spill led officials to warn that they not use what's coming out of their taps.
    Chemical Leak Causes Water Emergency In West Virginia; Plant Shut Down
    A chemical used to wash coal seeped into the Elk River near Charleston on Thursday. Customers in more than 100,000 homes and businesses that get their water from one local company have been advised not to drink, wash or bathe with what's coming from their taps. More than 480,000 people live in the affected area.
  • Sign of the times? A "help wanted" sign in the window of a Philadelphia business last year.
    Economy Adds Only 74,000 Jobs In December; Jobless Rate At 6.7 Percent
    The unemployment rate is the lowest it's been since late 2008, but the labor force has shrunk. That could be a sign that many Americans still think there just aren't that many job openings out there.
  • Amazon Hiring Again in Murfreesboro
    MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Amazon announced today that its looking to fill 500 more full-time positions at its Murfreesboro fulfillment center.Amazon…
  • (From left) Joseph McNeil and Franklin McCain, two of the Greensboro Four who the day before had sat at the "whites only" counter of a Woolworth store, came back on Feb. 2, 1960, with two others — Billy Smith and Clarence Henderson.
    Franklin McCain, One Of 'Greensboro Four,' Dies
    In February 1960, four young black men sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in North Carolina. Their protest would be followed by others across the nation and become a key moment in the civil rights movement. McCain once said that he wasn't scared. He was angry.
  • Panel Dismisses Complaint Against Senator Tracy
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state Registry of Election Finance has dismissed a complaint filed against state Sen. Jim Tracy over a pancake breakfast he…
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