AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A state police affidavit says a Maine man who lived in the woods as a hermit for nearly three decades was carrying bacon, marshmallows and $395 in cash when he was... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Wind energy installations almost doubled in Pennsylvania last year, but the industry still provides only about 1 percent of the state's electricity, far behind Iowa,... READ MORE »

BOSTON (AP) -- The screams and cries of bloody marathon bombing victims still haunt the nurses who treated them one week ago. They did their jobs as they were trained to do, putting their... READ MORE »

Moment after nail-biting moment, the events shoved us through a week that felt like an unremitting series of tragedies: Deadly bombs. Poison letters. A town shattered by a colossal... READ MORE »

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard Saturday -- apparently in no shape to be interrogated -- as... READ MORE »

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Despite intermittent snow showers and blustery winds, Penn State alumni vying for a seat on the school's Board of Trustees handed out buttons and fliers on... READ MORE »

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- First, Sesame the shar-pei (pay) got a facelift. Now, he has a new home. Sesame had surgery in San Antonio on Monday to reduce excessive wrinkles and help him to see... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Police have charged three men with disorderly conduct for allegedly tossing a dead groundhog and grouse into a western Pennsylvania tavern -- but the police chief in the... READ MORE »

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota hospital said Friday that missing remains from a stillborn baby presumed to have been wrapped in linens at the hospital morgue likely was sent to a laundry... READ MORE »

BOSTON (AP) -- The Red Sox and the Bruins both scrapped their games. The famous Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall was closed, and there were more pigeons than tourists on City Hall Plaza. Even... READ MORE »