(CNN) -- It may not have been a great game until after the lights went out and came back up, but the Super Bowl showdown Sunday night created quite a few memorable moments on the field and off, even before kickoff.

Anonymous tipster accuses Sen. Robert Menedez of hiring protitutes. He denies it saying attack is politically motivated

Republicans are using the slow economy to criticize President Obamas performance on jobs.

The Alabama man who shot bus driver Charles Poland and kidnapped a five-year-old boy has been identified by neighbors and news outlets around Midland City as Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, a Vietnam veteran and a retired truck driver.

CHICAGO (CNN) -- The family of a Chicago teenager killed just a week after she performed in President Barack Obama's inauguration supports using her death to help shape the debate over gun control, her father and godfather said Thursday.

(CNN) -- People put their newspaper delivery on hold when they go on vacation to avoid a pile of papers on the driveway advertising their absence to burglars.

(CNN) -- The newest member of the U.S. Senate is "cool." So say the governor and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.

New York High School teacher says when he came out as transgender the school's attitude toward him changed. He recently filed a lawsuit saying the school and its principal, Leonard Conway, broke the law with his termination

An Ohio judge ruled Wednesday that the trial of two high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl, who was considered too drunk to resist, will be open to the media and the public

A  large storm system stretching from Michigan to the Louisiana coastline, carries the threat of thunderstorms, high winds and possibly tornadoes.