organizations saw modest fundraising gains in 2009-10, says a study by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. No Southern California cultural groups made the publication's annual list of the top 400 charities.

There are 3 billion reasons -- billions, as in dollars -- behind the pushback against cuts to the Defense Department's budget, which, along with Homeland Security and related programs, takes up more than half of the nation's discretionary budget. Here ...

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Police say the fire that engulfed Josh Powell's home in Washington state Sunday, apparently killing him and his twoyoung sons, was deliberately set--and as far as they're concerned, that concludes the long-running investigation into the disappearance of Powel

Josh Powell: Josh Powell's actions this weekend -- he used a hatchet on his two young boys before killing them all in a fiery explosion -- have triggered a public outcry and demands to know why more wasn't done to protect the children.

The 911 dispatcher who took a social worker's first phone call before Josh Powell killed his two boys and himself told NBC's Dateline that he was "clumsy" and that he wishes he had recognized the urgency of the situation.

Westboro Baptist Church: Members of Wesboro Baptist Church have canceled plans to gather outside Saturday's double funeral in Tacoma, Wash., for brothers Charles Powell, 7, and Braden, 5, after