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The synthetic stimulants cause paranoid, psychotic and often violent behavior. Their use has reached epidemic proportions in Maine and is straining police departments and emergency rooms. Last month, the state tightened laws, but addict Shane Heathers doubts whether that will deter users.

Throughout his bus tour in the South, the president has pushed his American Jobs Act and hammered at the competing Republican plan. The GOP strategy, which many of the Republican presidential contenders have adopted, relies heavily on lower tax rates, more domestic energy production and fewer government regulations.

How to explain Herman Cain's ascent among Republican presidential candidates?Perhaps a partial reason is that he so far evokes more positive than negative responses among Republicans and GOP leaning independents in a Pew Research Center/Washington Post survey than two other highly touted candidates in the race, Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

Osama Hamdan said the negotiations prove that Hamas is "rational," in that they were able to come to common ground with Israel.

A breakthrough in oil cleanup technology allows crews to skim spilled oil off the water's surface at a much faster rate. The new device wasn't developed by Exxon, BP or any of the major oil companies — it's the work of Elastec/American Marine, based in Illinois.

PETA says nudity is just one tactic it uses to draw attention to its animal-rights causes, including anti-fur campaigns and new efforts to promote a vegetarian lifestyle. It's not necessarily more effective than other types of shocking ads it's created.

A few hours after the Senate reached a deal on potatoes in schools, comedian Stephen Colbert took to the airwaves to display what sounded like some long-repressed middle school angst over being separated from his beloved 'tots.'

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez is accused of firing shots at the executive mansion. Authorities say one bullet struck a window, but did not penetrate the protective glass.

Officials say an underground neo-Nazi group is responsible for the murders of nine immigrants and a policewoman, a string of bank robberies and a bombing over the past 13 years. Now, Germans are asking questions about the apparent shortcomings of the state security services.

The number of children adopted from abroad has dropped by 60 percent over the past few years. Concerns about corruption are causing many countries to limit or abolish programs that have allowed needy children to be adopted by Americans.