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Punxsutawney Phil & Staten Island Chuck agree on Groundhog Day: Spring to come early this year By Jonathan Lemire DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU Wednesday, February 2nd 2011, 8:45 AM The groundhogs have spoken - spring will come early this year. Staten Island Chuck made prediction Wednesday morning... Sign in to see full entry.

By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press PENSACOLA, Fla. – A federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care overhaul unconstitutional Monday, siding with 26 states that argued people cannot be required to buy health insurance. Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson agreed with the states... Sign in to see full entry.

Woman accused of kidnapping baby Carlina White 23 years ago turns herself in to the FBI BY John Lauinger, Alison Gendar AND Helen Kennedy DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS The woman accused of stealing a New York City baby and raising the child as her own for 23 years surrendered to the FBI Sunday. Ann... Sign in to see full entry.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Those first few puffs on a cigarette can within minutes cause genetic damage linked to cancer, US scientists said in a study released Saturday. In fact, researchers said the "effect is so fast that it's equivalent to injecting the substance directly into the bloodstream," in... Sign in to see full entry.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – People who spend more than two hours per day of leisure time watching television or sitting in front of a screen face double the risk of heart disease and higher risk of dying, a new study said. Researchers said the effect was seen regardless of how much people exercised,... Sign in to see full entry.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Most Americans think the United States should raise taxes for the rich to balance the budget, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released on Monday. President Barack Obama last month signed into law a two-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts for millions of Americans,... Sign in to see full entry.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – Mark McKee is lucky a Michigan library isn't charging him a late fee for returning a book 76 years late. In 1934, the 13-year-old McKee checked out "A Dog of Flanders" by English author Marie Louise de la Ramee from the Mount Clemens Public Library. Recently, McKee, now 89,... Sign in to see full entry.

WASHINGTON – America's neighborhoods became more integrated last year than during any time in at least a century, says a broad array of census data released Tuesday on the impact of race and economics. Segregation among blacks and whites fell in roughly three-fourths of the nation's 100 largest... Sign in to see full entry.

By Brett Michael Dykes Virginia "Ginni" Thomas -- the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas -- now says that it was lapse in judgment that led her to solicit an apology from Anita Hill, the woman whose testimony nearly derailed her husband's Senate confirmation nearly 20 years ago. In an... Sign in to see full entry.

By JUERGEN BAETZ, Associated Press BERLIN – WikiLeaks has lost a major source of revenue after the online payment service provider PayPal cut off its account used to collect donations, saying the website is engaged in illegal activity. The announcement also came as WikiLeaks is struggling to keep... Sign in to see full entry.