Sex researcher pioneer’s son charged with exposing self

Reported theft of Romney tax records being probed by Secret Service detail

Odd News

BEAKED PUTIN TO FLY WITH CRANES ON HANG-GLIDER: MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly planning to put on a fake beak and fly a motorized hang-glider to lead a flock of endangered young Siberian white cranes on part of their migration to Asia. The cranes, raised in captivity, do not know how to fly south, and environmentalists have to devise an imitation lead ...

7-year-old girl recovers from bubonic plague

Calif. treasurer's wife arrest for drug possession

ORANGE (AP) - Prosecutors say Nadia Lockyer, the estranged wife of state Treasurer Bill Lockyer and a former Alameda County Supervisor, has been charged with drug possession and child abuse after police found her with methamphetamine at a relative's house in Orange County where she was staying with her 9-year-old son. The charges are the latest in a series of substance and ...

Wis. cops: Man sets dog on tied up teen while dad watches

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin homeowner who accused an 18-year-old man of theft tied the teen's ankles together, hung him upside-down from porch rafters and commanded a pit bull to attack him while the teen's father stood and watched, a sheriff's deputy said. Authorities responded to a home in the Town of Osceola on Friday after a person who ...

Clinton: Obama showing way to more modern USA economy

Ryan supports prayer in schools if states agree

Demos rush to change platform to add God & Jerusalem as capital of Israel

Judge approves police enforcement of contentious part of Ariz immigration law

Ryan praises Bill Clinton on day of his speech

Chicago mayor shifting from national campaign to pro-Obama super PAC

Rain, political & security risks force Obama's speech indoors

First lady’s message: Obama is just like you

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Michelle Obama's message: President Barack Obama is just like you.

SC Republicans Haley, Scott crash Democrats’ convention

Man killed after firing shot at airport

Man killed

Judge OKs release of man charged with terror

Fresh off victory, NRA convention underway in Houston

Soccer referee in coma from player's punch

Nation news briefs

SAN DIEGO STUDENTS SUSPENDED FOR 'TWERKING' VIDEO: SAN DIEGO (AP) - Dozens of students at a San Diego high school have been suspended for making a suggestive "twerking" dance video.

J.C. Penney ad apologizes to retail customers

5 year-old shoots 2-year-old sister in Kentucky

Wind-fueled wildfire erupts east of LA

Missing woman, thought dead, surfaces in Fla.

J.C. Penney ad apologizes to retail customers

Ohio executes man who killed, raped 6-month-old

Justice appeals morning-after case

Food, skin allergies increasing in children

FBI: Backpack from Boston suspect's room

Nation news briefs

FROSTY START FOR UPSTATE NY ICE CREAM TRUCK SEASON: GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - The chilly relationship between rival upstate New York ice cream truck operators got out of hand this season, with Sno Cone Joe trying to chase Mr. Ding-A-Ling out of the market, authorities said Wednesday.