MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Milwaukee area animal shelter that turned a cat's near-record 26 toes into a fundraising windfall is closing.
In 2011, the Milwaukee Animal Rescue Center started asking... READ MORE »
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A sign reading "We won't forget" has been left at the site where former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's statue once stood in State College. It marks the... READ MORE »
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A northwestern Pennsylvania county is dealing with a "mini-outbreak" of syphilis, with six cases of the sexually transmitted disease diagnosed so far this month.
Erie... READ MORE »
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The boom in natural gas drilling has cast two opposing documentary filmmakers in unlikely roles.
Josh Fox, a liberal environmental activist, finds himself at odds with... READ MORE »
WAITSFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- Some Vermont farmers want to plant hemp now that the state has a law setting up rules to grow the plant, a cousin of marijuana that's more suitable for making... READ MORE »
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) -- A 54-year-old fisherman is safe after his 14-foot boat capsized as he was landing a 230-pound tuna in the ocean off Hawaii.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued Anthony... READ MORE »
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Superman is coming back, and he'll have a caped co-star.
"Man of Steel" director Zack Snyder made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con on Saturday to announce he is making... READ MORE »
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- National Moth Week festivities are under way in New Jersey.
Organizers of the global citizen science project say its goal is to shine a light on moths and... READ MORE »
WASHINGTON (AP) -- During the bleakest days of the Great Recession, Congress agreed in bipartisan votes to bail out two of Detroit's biggest businesses, General Motors and Chrysler.
Today... READ MORE »
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Investigators will try to determine if a woman who died while riding a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in North Texas fell from the ride after some... READ MORE »
