PINE BANK, Pa. (AP) -- The federal Mine Safety Health Administration says Consol Energy crews are continuing to drill bore holes to help pinpoint and battle a fire in an underground coal... READ MORE »

BEADFORD -- Zippo's German distributor is withdrawing a number of lighters bearing militaristic designs after they showed up on an extremist website that sells anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi... READ MORE »

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff Thursday, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself in a decidedly... READ MORE »

GENEVA (AP) -- Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced they are confident that the new subatomic particle discovered last summer is a version of... READ MORE »

HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) -- A man neighbors called a loner coolly walked into an upstate barbershop, asked the owner if he remembered him and then abruptly opened fire with a shotgun, killing... READ MORE »

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Brazilian newspaper O Globo is reporting that a doctor in Sao Paulo was arrested after being caught in the act of using fake fingers made of silicone and... READ MORE »

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- The prosecutor in a trial of two high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl after an alcohol-fueled party says the girl was "substantially... READ MORE »

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A federal judge has sentenced the former mayor of New Jersey's largest suburb to little more than three years in prison for corruption. Former Hamilton Township Mayor... READ MORE »

WEST COVINA, Calif. (AP) -- Four men -- including the would-be groom -- have been arrested for a marriage proposal stunt in which hundreds of motorcycles blocked a Southern California... READ MORE »

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- A large shark attacked and killed a spear fisherman on Tuesday as he dove in waters miles off the coast of southern Jamaica, according to authorities and... READ MORE »