AP - Oil and retail gasoline prices dipped to new three-year lows Tuesday with the United States officially in a recession.

AP - A husband and wife have been charged with torture and other counts after a bruised, terrified 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, claiming he had just fled his captors, authorities said Tuesday.

AP - General Motors' November U.S. sales plunged 41 percent, while Ford's dropped 31 percent, crushing hopes that the industrywide drop in vehicle demand might be easing as Detroit's automakers prepare to state their second case for a federal bailout.

AP - Doctors-in-training are still too exhausted, says a new report that calls on hospitals to let them have a nap.

AP - Wall Street gave up most of an early gain and fluctuated Tuesday as investors looked for safe bets a day after the market's huge dive. The Dow Jones industrials up nearly 270 points in afternoon trading, retreated to a gain of only about 50.