Posted: 5:50 AM When you're at Olive Garden, you're part of a modern family that may not have time for a leisurely dinner. That's the message behind a new ad campaign the Italian chain will start airing Sunday.

Posted: 4:10 AM Third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Virgil Goode are blips in the presidential race, but even that might make them a big deal.

Posted: 11:37 PM American Airlines says its mechanics will fix floor mounts in 48 of its 757s to prevent seats from coming loose.

Updated: 10:38 PM Mars Curiosity is about to take its first sip of the red planet's sand. But only after NASA's rover plays bartender to make sure the dry dust is shaken, not stirred.

Posted: 5:48 PM October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Alabama postal employees are reminding their customers that the 55-cent Breast Cancer Research semi-postal stamp covers First-Class Mail postage and generates funds for this important cause.

Posted: 4:08 AM Fast-food chain Krystal is moving its corporate headquarters to Atlanta.

Updated: 3:39 AM Iraq's Interior Ministry says a U.S. citizen of Palestinian descent was convicted on terrorism charges and sentenced to life in prison.

Posted: 1:13 AM Wednesday's presidential debate had a clear winner, and it was Mitt Romney. That's according to a CNN/ORC International Poll.

Posted: 1:10 AM We wanted to hear your opinion on the debate so we asked you on Facebook.

Updated: 6:29 AM Tonight is the first debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney in Denver.

Updated: 6:30 AM The Weather Channel is following the National Hurricane Center's lead with plans to name storms.

Posted: 8:43 PM Taylor Swift is giving $10,000 and concert tickets to a Boston school for the deaf after a prank during an online contest promising an on-campus performance by the Grammy-winning singer.

Posted: 2:16 PM U.S. Sen. David Vitter criticized the cleanup at a field briefing in New Orleans of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, which he sits on.

Posted: 3:55 AM U.S. agricultural economists are dismissing reports of a global bacon shortage that dominated headlines and Twitter feeds last week.

Posted: 9:07 PM A South Florida family is mourning after a 3-year-old boy drowned in his grandmother's swimming pool while his relatives napped.

Posted: 5:35 PM Police say two people are dead and another is injured after a shooting at a central Florida Veterans of Foreign Wars post.

Posted: 6:13 PM Animal welfare authorities in Moultrie are allowing the public to adopt roosters that were confiscated from a cock fighting ring.

Posted: 3:30 PM Authorities say a Florida firefighter who brought a handgun onto a flight out of Orlando will not be prosecuted.

Posted: 3:15 PM Dolly Parton says she won't be involved in a planned water and snow park project in Nashville.

Posted: 4:05 AM The world's biggest Ferris wheel is to be built on Staten Island, in an ambitious attempt to draw tourists.

Posted: 1:07 AM In a statement released early Friday, Minneapolis police said the bodies of four victims were found shortly after officers arrived at the scene Thursday afternoon and evacuated the business.

Posted: 3:16 AM A Tennessee woman is suing Southwest Airlines and a flight attendant over hot tea.

Updated: 11:16 PM The NFL and the referees' union have reached a tentative contract agreement, ending an impasse that began in June when the league locked out the officials and used replacements instead.

Updated: 5:19 PM No onions! An Oregon man made this request when he ordered his quarter pounder at McDonald's.

Updated: 5:20 PM It's a moment most people remember for the rest of their lives. But, one 12-year-old boy's first kiss with a country superstar will be especially unforgettable.