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Boy, 5, killed in hit & run accident

State police says they have arrested the driver involved in a hit-and-run accident in Jefferson Parish that claimed the life of a 5-year-old boy.Trooper…

Islamist fighters carry their flag during the funeral of a fellow fighter who died during clashes on Sunday, outside Aleppo in northern Syria. A similar flag, raised over the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, was at the heart of a dispute that highlights the growing tension between homegrown Syrian rebels and radical Islamists who have flowed into the country.

Syrian Rebels Fear Radicals May Hijack Revolt

Tensions are growing between the homegrown rebels and Islamist radicals who have come from abroad. They both oppose the Syrian government but disagree on many fundamental issues. Recently the rebels and the foreign radicals battled each other in northern Syria.

Students at Frazier International Magnet School wait outside before the start of school on Wednesday in Chicago.

Teachers, Students Head Back To School In Chicago

An end to the seven-day strike was a relief to teachers, students and even Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets pitches against the Washington Nationals during a game at Citi Field in New York.

Mets' Pitcher Makes 'Knuckleball!' His Own

It's an exclusive club: pitchers who win with the knuckleball in Major League Baseball. The New York Mets' R.A. Dickey is one of the few active starting pitchers in professional baseball who use this slower, methodical pitch, and he is one of the subjects of a new documentary, Knuckleball!

Obama Has 8-Point Lead In Pew Poll; Big Advantage With Women, Blacks, Young

Obama's lead at this point in the race is "stronger than the last three winning presidential candidates," says Pew's president. Only Bill Clinton, running in both 1992 and 1996, had bigger leads in mid-September.

Albert N. Gore Jr., a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., on Aug. 2. Gore is running against incumbent Republican Roger Wicker. He says there should have been younger people interested in taking on Wicker — "but they didn't want to fight."

Deep South Democrats Seek Path Back To Relevance

It can be lonely being a Democrat in the Deep South. In the reliably Republican region, even recruiting viable Democratic candidates can be a challenge. But strategists are looking to nearby states to learn how the party might start to make inroads in such red territory.

Bubbles of oxygen injected as a foam might someday help patients live long enough to get treatment for oxygen deprivation.

Tiny Bubbles: Injectable Oxygen Foam Tested For Emergency Care

The experimental treatment, which hasn't been tried in humans, encapsulates pure oxygen in microbubbles made of fat molecules. The bubbles look quite a bit like shaving cream, one of the researchers says.

A combine harvests rice near Tucker, Ark., as consumer groups pressure the FDA to set federal standards on arsenic in rice.

FDA Weighs Federal Standard To Limit Exposure To Arsenic In Rice

Levels of inorganic arsenic found in rice worry some, but the FDA says more study is needed before it would recommend consumers change their diets. If you're worried, vary the grains in your diet and swap out sweet potatoes for rice as baby's first food, consumer groups say.

LIVE: Catholic Education: Gifts and Challenges in 2012 and Beyond

Watch live as The Most Rev. Gregory Michael Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans, kicks off the Presidential Centennial Guest Series at Loyola University New…

Chicago Goes Back To School For A Second Time

The union rank and file still must vote on whether to accept the contract hammered out between union leaders and city officials. And both sides will have some hard work ahead to repair the bad blood that erupted during the walkout.

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