LANCASTER (AP) -- A farmer in Sadsbury Township recently was awarded a $597,000 state grant to make wholesale improvements to a barnyard that one consultant described as "pretty much a mud... READ MORE »

ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) -- Central Washington University junior Savannah Isbey was working out in the school's Recreation Center when she first saw it: Bubble ball soccer -- full-contact... READ MORE »

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho authorities are telling movie theaters serving alcohol that they can't provide drinks during showings of the erotic blockbuster "Fifty Shades of Grey." The Idaho... READ MORE »

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch police have sent two pieces of soap purportedly dating back to World War II for forensic tests to establish if they contain remains of Jews murdered in... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After a nearly eight-year journey, a NASA spacecraft on Friday flawlessly slipped into orbit around Ceres in the first visit to a dwarf planet. The robotic Dawn craft... READ MORE »

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say a Pennsylvania man called an insurance company from a crash scene to buy auto coverage and later claimed his wreck happened after he got the policy.... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Harrison Ford crash-landed his World War II-era airplane on Thursday after losing engine power, suffering serious but not life-threatening injuries as he used his years... READ MORE »

ALGONAC, Mich. (AP) -- A man's plan to walk from Detroit to Toronto ended Thursday in the middle of frozen Lake St. Clair, when an icebreaker spotted him, the U.S. Coast Guard said. A... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- There was a time you could count on phones getting larger each year. Samsung's runaway success with the big-screen smartphone even spurred Apple to release a supersized... READ MORE »

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A former substitute teacher convicted of showing a movie including graphic sex and violence to a high school class was sentenced on Wednesday to 90 days in jail.... READ MORE »