ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Five passengers who survived a fatal plane crash in Alaska are members of a Pennsylvania family who were on a cruise line expedition for alumni of Duke University... READ MORE »

RATON, N.M. (AP) -- State wildlife officials say an 82-year-old bedridden woman suffered scratches on her face and head when a 400-pound black bear broke into her northern New Mexico home... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Security Agency has been collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top secret court order, according to a report in... READ MORE »

HARVEYS LAKE -- The son of a well-known Back Mountain family and a star football player was shot in the head early this morning in a home-invasion robbery that police say was motivated by... READ MORE »

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) -- No one was seriously hurt when a tanker truck carrying 6,000 gallons of Scotch whisky overturned and caught fire in New Jersey. Fire Chief Dan Gregan tells The... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New fossil evidence of the earliest complete skeleton of an ancient primate suggests it was a hyperactive, wide-eyed creature so small you could hold a couple of them in... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A four-story building being demolished collapsed Wednesday on the edge of downtown, injuring 12 people and trapping two others, the fire commissioner said. Rescue... READ MORE »

MOSCOW (AP) -- Inmates at Russia's prisons have been known to bribe guards to obtain cellphones. But using cats as couriers? Guards patrolling a prison colony in Russia's north saw a... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- A 10-year-old Brooklyn boy picked up a gun that was dropped by a would-be robber dressed as a delivery man and fired a shot, police said Tuesday. No injuries were reported... READ MORE »

READING, Pa. (AP) -- Police are looking for a man who became upset in the drive-thru of a Dunkin' Donuts in eastern Pennsylvania, walked into the store shirtless and then tore the shirt off... READ MORE »