About 364,000 portable wooden cribs are being recalled because the bottoms can fall out if not tightly assembled, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday.

Marchers will mark the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

The Army is sending its most modern combat division to the Persian Gulf region and the Navy is dispatching two aircraft carriers to join two others already within striking distance of Iraq, officials said Tuesday.

Parkersburg police continue to investigate an explosion early Monday morning on Market Street.

Build-A-Bear Workshop has announced a recall of "Founding Bear" stuffed bears because of a choking hazard.

Exploding pans recalled.

The House Judiciary Committee passed a medical malpractice reform bill Monday night.

A commuter plane carrying 21 people crashed into an airport hangar on takeoff Wednesday and burst into flames, killing everyone aboard, authorities said.

When a Tennessee man sped through all three tollbooths on the West Virginia Turnpike, he drove more than 75 miles before any state troopers were available to pursue him.

Gov. Taft signed a bill today allowing the donation of unused prescription drugs to needy Ohioans.

Millions of travelers arriving and departing the U.S. will have to submit detailed personal information this year under rules proposed by the federal government Friday as part of the war on terrorism.

A walkout by surgeons protesting high malpractice insurance costs will continue indefinitely because Gov. Bob Wise and the Legislature have not done enough to address the problem, a participating surgeon said Friday.

The number of miners killed on the job in the United States in 2002 fell to the lowest level on record: 67.

Parkersburg doctors are considering conducting a walkout similar to the one Wheeling surgeons began Wednesday.

It will be no ordinary homecoming for a newborn claimed to be the world's first cloned human.

Brigitte Boisselier did not immediately present DNA evidence showing a genetic match between mother and daughter. That leaves her claim scientifically unsupported.

K-mart is recalling about 50,000 wooden toy vehicles filled with candy because the wheels may pose a choking hazard to children.

New claims for unemployment benefits plunged last week by the largest amount in more than a year.

A 55-year-old contractor won the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot, the largest single lottery jackpot in history.

Retailers are hoping to see green.

After agonizing for months, President Bush has decided to make a risky but effective smallpox vaccine available to all Americans.

Air travelers will be allowed to park closer to terminals and fewer will be subjected to security checks at the gate, federal officials said Monday.

The nation's unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.0 percent in November, matching an eight year-high set in April.

Schools closed in parts of the Carolinas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Delaware, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.

The new year will bring a much brighter job forecast across the country than last year at this time.