MENDENHALL, Pa. (AP) -- The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won't be pretty.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Planned Parenthood sued Texas on Wednesday for excluding the group from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women.

Some homeowners are getting stuck with relatively high interest rates even after they participate in the government's program to help them refinance their mortgages. The biggest banks are not lowering rates as much as they could and homeowners have few options to go elsewhere.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Teen births fell again in the United States in 2010 with the highest rate once more in Mississippi, according to a new government report.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Two public school teachers and a school administrator who call themselves "The Three Amigos" are sharing part of last month's record Mega Millions jackpot, planning for trips to Europe, new homes and their children's college funds, Maryland Lottery officials said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Misha McLamb helped keep fighter jets flying during a military career that took her halfway around the world to the Persian Gulf. But back home, the Navy aircraft specialist is barely getting by after a series of blows that undid her settled life.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable.

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) -- Facebook says it will spend $1 billion to buy the photo-sharing software company Instagram.

NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC News has fired a producer for editing a recording of George Zimmerman's call to police the night he shot Trayvon Martin, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable.