WASHINGTON (AP) — Under a decades-old program with the government, telecom giant AT&T in 2003 led the way on a new collection capability that the National Security Agency said amounted... READ MORE »

SISTERS, Ore. (AP) — A 26-year-old cat in Oregon has been named the oldest living cat by Guinness World Records.The cat named Corduroy is owned by a family in the central Oregon city of... READ MORE »

EFFORT, Pa. (AP) — An emergency medical technician who fell ill while performing CPR at a camp for the developmentally disabled has died days later, her mother says. The EMT, Samantha Agins... READ MORE »

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Payroll records suggest the hunt for two escaped killers in northern New York cost more than $1 million a day, with overtime alone for state troopers and corrections... READ MORE »

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — A man dubbed the "literary litterbug" for tossing more than 600 books along a busy Colorado highway must complete 30 hours of community service and pay $1,725 in... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A SWAT team broke into the wrong duplex apartment and forced a couple and four young children into the snow in below-freezing temperatures, according to a federal lawsuit ... READ MORE »

BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard University student says he lost his internship at Facebook after he launched a browser application from his dorm room that exploited privacy flaws on the company's... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Muppets, longtime residents of PBS, are getting a second home at HBO. The premium cable channel and Sesame Workshop, which produces "Sesame Street," on Thursday... READ MORE »

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $4.75 million settlement between a businessman at the center of a Pennsylvania juvenile justice scandal and youths sent to his... READ MORE »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Public urination has gotten so bad in San Francisco that the city has painted nine walls with a repellant paint that makes pee spray back on the offender. It's the... READ MORE »