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Recent studies show the cost of child abuse over a survivor's lifetime is $210,000. - The emotional cost of child abuse is heartbreaking and substantial, but the financial cost to taxpayers is downright staggering.

House Republicans say they will introduce legislation to extend payroll tax cuts through the end of the year, even though bipartisan talks are stalled on a plan to make sure the cost doesn't add to federal deficits.

The defense for a man whose conviction in nine arson deaths was overturned over unreliable jailhouse snitches has its own newly found cellblock informant for a possible second trial, creating a snitch vs.

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2012 file photo, Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, speaks to the media at the Centre County Courthouse after a bail conditions hearing, in Bellefonte, Pa.

The sponsor of legislation that seeks to strengthen a Tennessee law prohibiting the tattooing of minors says the measure would also help fight gang activity.

Arkansas legislative leaders are vowing to work quickly and stay focused on the budget when the fiscal session begins Monday.

Missouri Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon appear headed for a debate over workplace discrimination laws and a requirement to show a photo ID at the polls.

Brian Biff Baker was charged Friday in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court with felony counts of drug and weapons possession, along with a misdemeanor count of threatening elected officials.

President Barack Obama's new chief of staff on Sunday stopped short of predicting Congress would agree to extend the payroll tax cut for the rest of 2012.

President Barack Obama is pressuring Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the rest of the year as another deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes go up for millions of working people.

Police arrested Nalik Shariff Scott on Saturday. They announced the arrest of Ibrahim Muhammed on Friday.

The number of reports of child abuse and neglect that have been determined not to merit further investigation has more than doubled statewide since Indiana's Department of Child Services moved to a centralized call center.

Republican lawmakers' quest to expand a Medicaid privatization program statewide was dealt a blow this week after federal health officials said the state could not impose $10 monthly premiums on Medicaid beneficiaries.

Six New England communities will receive technical assistance from the federal Environmental Protection Agency through the "Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities" program.

Mitt Romney faulted President Barack Obama's original push to require church-affiliated employers to pay for birth control as an "assault on religion," but as Massachusetts governor, Romney was largely silent about a state law that required virtually the same contraceptive coverage.

After former state Sen. Nicholas Spano pleaded guilty Friday to filing fraudulent tax returns and failing to report income, he and his attorney addressed reporters outside of the federal courthouse.

In a folder on his work computer labeled "Personal Pics," Steve Powell maintained a peculiar collection of photos: 55 depicting his daughter-in-law Susan but few if any showing his son.

If you went to a beach where one in 28 swimmers later experienced diarrhea, stomachache or nausea, would you jump right in? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new water quality standards that would allow just such a beach to remain open, according to the National Resources Defense Council.

An internal investigation determined a hospital attorney aware of the discovery decided after a month there wasn't enough evidence to tell police and closed the matter in June.

In this Nov. 17, 2011 photo, Gary Winner, from Northbrook, Ill., exits federal court in Providence, R.I., after his arraignment on health care fraud charges.