MANCHESTER-by-the-SEA, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man has found a way to profit from the several feet of snow in his yard: He's shipping it to people in warmer climates for the bargain... READ MORE »

BEIRUT (AP) -- The Islamic State militants struck before dawn, staging house-to-house raids in a cluster of villages nestled along the Khabur River in northeastern Syria. They abducted at... READ MORE »

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- States are trying to reduce prison populations with secretive, new psychological assessments to predict which inmates will commit future crimes and who might be... READ MORE »

YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) -- A beloved K9 suffering from seizures and arthritis received a final salute and a police escort, with lights flashing, to the Maine vet clinic where he was euthanized... READ MORE »

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) -- State police have been searching for a suspect who cut the manes and tails from three horses at a western Pennsylvania horse complex. Cortney Shipley manages the barn... READ MORE »

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 »