WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Congress considers whether to extend the life of a program that sweeps up American phone records, privacy advocates and civil liberties group say they fear too much... READ MORE »

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) -- The Detroit Zoo is planning to turn abundant piles of animal manure into energy. The zoo in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak says Monday that construction on the... READ MORE »

PHOENIX (AP) -- The sheriff for metro Phoenix begins a four-day hearing Tuesday that could bring him fines, damage his credibility and make him politically vulnerable for his acknowledged... READ MORE »

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Baltimore's top police officials, mayor and prosecutor sought to calm a "community on edge" Monday while investigating how a man suffered a fatal spine injury while under... READ MORE »

NORRISTOWN (AP) -- Five families have been displaced after a fire damaged at least six homes in eastern Pennsylvania. Officials say the blaze ripped through the Norristown row houses... READ MORE »

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina man's obituary asked two things of friends and family: instead of sending flowers for the funeral, give the money to charity. And don't vote for... READ MORE »

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Every day when Dr. Rosslyn Biggs goes to work as a federal government veterinarian she is reminded of her mother, one of 168 people killed in the Oklahoma City bombing... READ MORE »

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- When firefighters arrived Friday night at a house fire just outside Middleton, Idaho, they say they heard what sounded like calls for help from inside the building.... READ MORE »

SAN DIMAS, Calif. (AP) -- The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is trying to find a cyberbully who sent Instagram death threats to a girl at a suburban school. Students at Lone Hill... READ MORE »

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) -- How do you control a revved up crowd of thousands of alcohol-drinking college-age adults who traditionally amass on the beach at St. Simons Island on the eve... READ MORE »