Ken Stanford

General Motors is recalling 51,640 SUVs because the fuel gauges may show inaccurate readings.

A bungled execution in Oklahoma in which the condemned prisoner writhed and moaned as he received a lethal injection outraged death-penalty opponents, invited court challenges and attracted worldwide attention. But the inmate's agony alone is highly unlikely to change minds about capital punishment in the nation's most active death-penalty states.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War.

White County prosecutors go before the Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday in a second appeal of a county judge's ruling granting a new trial to a man convicted of murder and given a life sentence. The high court is also scheduled to hear an appeal in a Stephens County murder case that same day.

The Southeastern Institute of Paranormal Research comes to Gainesville next month for an evening of spirited education about all things ethereal.

America's top diplomat said Saturday the U.S. is ready to help increase its ties with Africa, but nations across the continent need to take stronger steps to ensure security and democracy for its people.