Updated: 11:55 PM Not expected to come up for a vote before midnight.

Updated: 9:44 PM The House will miss the midnight Monday deadline lawmakers set for voting to avoid the "fiscal cliff."

Posted: 3:45 PM 10 states increase their minimum wage.

Updated: 3:20 PM Click on this story for a link to a live feed of the New Year's Eve action in Times Square, where a million people are expected to celebrate.

Posted: 2:01 PM A possible deal over fiscal cliff negotiations

Updated: 2:31 PM Several NFL coaches and managers fired on Monday, December 31

Posted: 10:45 AM Democrats and Republicans say signs of progress are emerging in urgent negotiations to avert the looming 'fiscal cliff'

Posted: 8:28 PM Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month.

Posted: 7:42 AM Police said two young boys from Georgia who were reported missing this week have been located in Texas and their father is in custody and facing charges.

Posted: 7:39 AM California Authorities say a pilot from Phoenix, his wife and daughter were killed when a home-built airplane crashed in a San Diego County nature preserve.

Posted: 7:36 AM Authorities say three people are dead and three others injured following a late night fire in a San Jose apartment building.

Posted: 7:28 AM Physical fitness is a way of life on the beautiful beachfront oasis of Santa Monica.

Posted: 7:36 AM When Dawn Nguyen (noo-WHEN') bought a semiautomatic rifle and 12-gauge shotgun 2 1/2 years ago, she indicated on a form that she would be the owner of the weapons.

Posted: 7:22 AM NASA's newest Mars rover is gearing up for a road trip. But first, it has to drill into a rock.

Posted: 7:18 AM The Red Cross says it responded to 113 large-scale disasters in 42 states and territories from the beginning of 2012 through December 1.

Posted: 6:58 AM Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

Posted: 6:14 PM President Barack Obama says "the hour for immediate action is here" on a deal to avert the fiscal cliff.

Posted: 5:58 PM The Senate's top Democrat and Republican say they're entering last-minute talks with the White House aimed at avoiding the fiscal cliff.

Updated: 5:07 PM Congressional leaders have arrived at the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama

Updated: 1:37 PM The NYPD has released a surveillance video of the female suspect who pushed a man to his death in front of an oncoming subway train Thursday night.

Posted: 1:35 PM Religious leaders gathered with a few dozen others at a wind-swept soccer field Friday morning to offer words of support for the community.

Posted: 1:31 PM Lawmakers and White House officials are holding out a slim hope for a deal, but it's not clear whether congressional passage of legislation that both sides can accept is even possible.

Posted: 11:39 AM 2012 was a big year for movies, with some giant hits for Hollywood studios bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars.

Posted: 7:25 AM President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children.

Posted: 9:50 PM All Americans flown out of the country as rebel forces close in on capital city.