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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) -- Forget "Fore!" "Fire!" was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre blaze in Southern California. The golfer at the...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Federal officials say evacuations may be required in the U.S. if Hurricane Earl tracks too close to the East Coast. Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig...

FORT COLLINS, Colo.

Wyoming is a long way from places where sugar cane is grown, but a test plant in the northeast part of the state will soon be turning sugar cane waste...

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) -- The White House says federally funded stem cell research should continue and is exploring how to respond to a judge's order halting it. President Barack...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of previously occupied homes plunged last month to the lowest level in 15 years, despite the lowest mortgage rates in decades and bargain prices in many...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Bloodsucking bedbugs are biting in New York, and Philadelphia, and all over Ohio. The pest control company Terminix today released a list of the 15 most...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Supporters of a Greek Orthodox church destroyed on Sept. 11 say officials willing to speak out about a planned community center and mosque near ground zero...

GALT, Calif. (AP) -- They've been finding hidden bombs, drugs and corpses for years, using their sense of smell to locate what their human handlers would otherwise have to see...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Despite goading from "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich declined Monday night to promise to testify if he is retried on...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The number of U.S. troops in Iraq has fallen below 50,000 for the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and ahead of the end-of-the-month deadline mandated...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods and his wife are officially divorced. The lawyers for Woods and Elin Nordegren say in a statement that the divorce became official today...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the Food and Drug Administration said Monday her agency is taking the massive egg recall "very, very seriously," but needs more enforcement powers. Appearing...

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the U.S. Army has expressed willingness to discuss the online whistleblower's request for help in reviewing classified documents from the Afghan war...