HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania state lawmakers are accustomed to all sorts popping unannounced into their Capitol offices, but it was a particularly unusual visitor that surprised Rep... READ MORE »

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- A Georgia man whose body was left in a state crime lab after a mix-up has finally been buried in Augusta. A coroner says the mistake at the state crime lab in Decatur... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The long take of "Birdman" has stretched all the way to the Academy Awards, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past took Hollywood's... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG (AP) -- While other states struggle to pay the upkeep on their highway systems, Pennsylvania is implementing a multifaceted, multibillion-dollar blueprint designed to accelerate... READ MORE »

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts routed more than 300 feet of cable outside the International Space Station on Saturday, tricky and tiring advance work for the arrival... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Never underestimate the staying power of big tobacco. In 2006, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the nation's largest cigarette makers to publicly admit that... READ MORE »

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida police dog is being kicked off the force after biting a doughnut shop worker and an officer in separate incidents. Officials say 4-year-old Renzo had... READ MORE »

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- More than 700 Penn State students are ready to pull two straight all-nighters, without ever sitting down. The Penn State Dance Marathon, best known as "Thon,"... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A judge has dismissed all charges against a sex offender accused of offering a 12-year-old boy candy at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center. Sherwood Stevenson's lawyer... READ MORE »

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Police took an important step toward solving the mystery surrounding the killing of a Las Vegas mother outside her home, arresting a teenage neighbor who had a history... READ MORE »