From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:36 PM

A woman’s dismembered body found outside a Macon, GA, apartment complex was identified as the remains of 27-year-old Lauren Giddings, a recent law school graduate who had been reported missing days earlier, police said Wednesday. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:36 PM

Verizon Wireless has killed off its unlimited data plan for new smartphone customers, marking another blow for endless Web surfing and video streaming. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:36 PM

President Barack Obama has emerged upbeat from the latest crisis debt talks, as he drives for an ambitious but politically risky deal to slash the deficit and raise the U.S. borrowing limit. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:36 PM

President Barack Obama has emerged upbeat from the latest crisis debt talks, as he drives for an ambitious but politically risky deal to slash the deficit and raise the U.S. borrowing limit. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 2:32 PM

The last Space Shuttle launch schedule Friday morning could be postponed due to stormy weather forecast at the launch site in Florida. AP’s Haven Daley has more from Johnson Space Center in Houston. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 2:32 PM

The News of the World, a Sunday-only tabloid in Britain, is shutting down amid a phone hacking scandal. The 168-year-old newspaper will publish its last edition on Sunday. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 2:32 PM

The News of the World, a Sunday-only tabloid in Britain, is shutting down amid a phone hacking scandal. The 168-year-old newspaper will publish its last edition on Sunday. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 1:27 PM

News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch declines to comment further on a telephone hacking scandal that prompted his company to shutter its News of the World tabloid, published on Sundays. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 1:27 PM

Harry Potter’s saga is ending, but his magic spell remains. Thousands of fans from around the world massed in London Thursday for the premiere of the final film in the magical adventure series. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 11:14 AM

Street protests try to block evictions as more Spanish mortgage defaulters tumble into a deep pit of long-term debt. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:50 AM

A train slammed into a bus carrying passengers returning from a wedding in northern India early Thursday. Officials said at least 35 people were killed, dozens were injured, and the bus wreckage was dragged 500 meters along the track. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:50 AM

A train slammed into a bus carrying passengers returning from a wedding in northern India early Thursday. Officials said at least 35 people were killed, dozens were injured, and the bus wreckage was dragged 500 meters along the track. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:50 AM

Bike polo players don’t only like it for the sport, but also for the sense of community. Over the past few years bike polo has grown, with more than 280 cities worldwide offering some sort of organized games. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 4:38 AM

NASA’s shuttle program is ending after 30 years and 134 missions linking humans to space. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 4:38 AM

NASA’s shuttle program is ending after 30 years and 134 missions linking humans to space. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 4:38 AM

As the shuttle races around Earth at 17,000 miles per hour, more than 7,000 people at the Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s "Space Coast" will be preparing for unemployment in the coming weeks and months. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 4:38 AM

Republicans showed new signs of flexibility to break a budget impasse Wednesday, but the White House raised the ante, pushing for more deficit reduction and casting the GOP as defenders of corporate tax giveaways. (July 6)

From: USA TODAY on Wed, Jul 06 2011 11:27 PM

11Alive dedicates its entire newroom of journalists to breaking down the CRCT Investigation report.

From: USA TODAY on Wed, Jul 06 2011 11:27 PM

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed talks with 11Alive’s Brenda Wood during the Daily 11@7 about the findings of the Governor's investigation into the Atlanta Public School System.

From: USA TODAY on Wed, Jul 06 2011 11:27 PM

As parents of students in Atlanta’s public schools learn more about widespread allegations of cheating on the CRCT, the woman in charge of the school system at the time has become difficult to track down.