Today is Thursday, March 18, the 77th day of 2010. There are 288 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 18, 1910, the first filmed adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein," produced by Thomas Edison's New York movie studio, was released, with Charles Ogle as the Monster. On this date ...

Goodnight, John-Boy: Driven partly by job losses, more multigenerational families are choosing to live together as "boomerang kids" flock home and people help care for grandchildren or aging parents. About 6.6 million U.S. households in 2009 had at least three generations of family members, an increase of 30 percent since 2000, according to census figures. When "multigenerational" is ...

A Hawaii inmate who claims she was raped by two guards at a private prison has sued the state and prison operator Corrections Corporation of America. The woman says in the lawsuit filed Monday in Honolulu that she was sexually assaulted in June 2008 at ...

The 68-29 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed legislation giving tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 11 Republicans and 2 independents. Voting no were 1 Democrat and 28 ...