HARRISBURG (AP) — Proponents of legislation to allow hunters to use semi-automatic rifles urged lawmakers Monday to end the nation's only ban on the practice, but the director of the... READ MORE »

VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian brothel is offering a summer special that competitors will find hard to match — free sex. Its owner says it's his way of protesting a tax squeeze. "Effective... READ MORE »

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (AP) — Two teenagers were seriously injured in two separate shark attacks in the same North Carolina town on Sunday, terrifying beach goers and prompting one shocked... READ MORE »

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a swarm of mayflies was so dense it caused motorcycle crashes and prompted the closing of a Pennsylvania bridge for two nights in a row. The LNP... READ MORE »

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man wants to defy an Islamic prohibition on depicting the prophet Muhammad in pictures and plans to host a 'Draw Muhammad' art contest in August.... READ MORE »

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — The mother of one of the two escapees from a maximum-security prison in northern New York says she wants "nothing to do" with her son now that he's the subject of a... READ MORE »

CENTEREACH, N.Y. (AP) — Officials at an upstate New York high school are investigating a teacher who used a class lesson to make fun of girls who struggle with their weight. Newsday reports... READ MORE »

QUARRYVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A man facing trial on child sexual assault charges fatallystabbed a woman and her 16-year-old daughter "to silence them" because they were set to testify against him... READ MORE »

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A worker at an upstate New York maximum-security prison charged with helping two convicted killers escape last weekend brought the men hacksaw blades, chisels, a... READ MORE »

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's central bank says banknotes from its old currency, which collapsed and was discarded years ago because of runaway inflation, can be exchanged for American... READ MORE »