The Oscar nominations added intrigue if not diversity to an Academy Awards race by favoring one late-season release ("American Sniper") over another ("Selma").
The flip-flopping of... READ MORE »
CARBONDALE (AP) -- It's part Dr. Dolittle and part Noah's Ark.
Officials here are scrambling to rewrite pet ownership rules after finding 90 animals, including 72 snakes, living under one... READ MORE »
SUNBURY (AP) -- One day after a fire ripped through Northumberland County Prison here and prompted the evacuation of more than 200 inmates, county officials said the nearly 140-year-old... READ MORE »
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- The Mexican government on Thursday will start issuing birth certificates to its citizens at consulates in the United States, seeking to make it easier for them to... READ MORE »
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Filing a federal tax return is about to get more complicated for millions of families because of President Barack Obama's health law. But they shouldn't expect much help... READ MORE »
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Toy weapons have been banned from a Pennsylvania arts festival where kids sell handmade arts and crafts because organizers believe it's a step needed to combat... READ MORE »
LANCASTER -- Police are looking for a central Pennsylvania man they say beat and strangled a woman after she threw away his heroin.
East Lampeter Township police say 31-year-old Thomas... READ MORE »
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A state lawmaker who resigned his seat following a sex scandal involving a teenage employee won it back during a special election Tuesday.
Apparently plenty of... READ MORE »
VALLEY, Ala. (AP) -- A middle school principal wants to stockpile cans of corn and peas in classrooms for students to hurl at possible intruders as a last resort defense.
In a letter... READ MORE »
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) -- A deputy questioned two men carrying large black garbage bags over their shoulders Sunday morning in Spokane Valley and found they were carrying frozen lamb... READ MORE »
