Sen. Tom Coburn's 2012 Waste Book

• Bay Area teen's ReCap Project targets medical plastic waste for recycling

  

• Book excerpt: "A Course Called Home" by Tom Coyne

  

• Cassandra Gross' convicted killer, Thomas Stanko, will spend the rest of his life in prison

  

• Pacifica rated as the worst small city to start a business; coastal residents shrug it off

  

• Suspect arrested in Northern Colorado burglary spree

  

• Man hospitalized after shooting at far North Dallas strip shopping center, police say

  

• Philly officials pledge to "shut down" vote on plan to close 17 schools

  

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette staff to be significantly reduced under new ownership