1 CRASH RESULTS IN 2 DUIS FOR WESTERN PA. DAD, SON

IRWIN, Pa. (AP) - Western Pennsylvania police say a father and son had both been drinking before the younger man crashed into a utility pole and was then given a ride home by his father. Online court records don't list attorneys for 30-year-old Adam Augustine and his father, 61-year-old Francis Augustine, both of Irwin. They face preliminary hearings on drunken driving charges ...

New York to round out skyline with world’s tallest Ferris wheel

Police chief resigns, not allowed to carry a ground leaving force with just a dog

Renters won't have to declaw, devocalize pets under new state law signed by Brown

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation barring landlords from forcing renters to declaw or devocalize their pets to cut down on noise and property damage. Brown announced Wednesday he had signed SB1229 by Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills. Under the bill, landlords cannot reject tenants who refuse to have the surgeries done on their pets ...

General charged with adultery, other sex crimes

Quitting driving: Families key but docs have role

Slipping in polls, Romney assures voters 'I care' & can do more for them than Obama

'Moon River' crooner Andy Williams dies

Court rejects conservationists in woodpecker fight

Ahmadinejad pushes new world order,slams American bullying & domination

Texas executes ex-Army recruiter after 3 reprieves

Gusty winds could push deadly SoCal wildfire

CAMPO . (AP) - A fire that burned 11 homes and killed an elderly man who refused to evacuate was smoldering in rural San Diego County on Tuesday, but gusty afternoon winds could push it back to life, authorities said. Nearly 1,000 firefighters planned an all-out effort to surround the blaze, which continued to threaten nearly a dozen homes and 14 outbuildings ...

Romney, Obama zero in on Ohio, a GOP must-win in presidential race

Woman arrested for marring anti-jihad NY subway ad

NEW YORK (AP) - An Egyptian-born U.S. columnist was arrested Tuesday for spray-painting an advertisement equating Muslim radicals with savages at a New York City subway station. Mona Eltahawy, 45, of New York, was arrested on charges including criminal mischief and making graffiti, police said. Her arrest was captured on video by a New York Post camera crew and posted online. <p ...

FBI to investigate officer shooting double-amputee in nursing home

Obama picks budget official to run IRS

Brady Campaign sues Georgia town over mandatory gun law they imposed

Nation news briefs

TEXAS SENIOR, 18, BAGS 800-POUND RECORD ALLIGATOR : HOUSTON (AP) - A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator - the heaviest ever certified in Texas - on his first alligator hunt.

Obama tries to regain control amid controversies

Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points

IRS head ousted over tea party targeting

Nation news briefs

ARMY GENERAL FACING SEX CHARGES HAD PORN ON LAPTOP; FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - An expert in Afghan culture has testified that pornography found on the computer of a U.S. Army general then deployed to the Muslim country would be highly offensive to local residents.

Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy

SC amputee, 80, dies after being attacked by dogs

Man dribbling soccer ball to Brazil killed by vehicle on Oregon highway

Abortion doctor agrees to life in prison

Tougher drunken driving threshold?

Simpson was dependent on main attorney

US launches drone from aircraft carrier

Drunk ASU student left at hospital with Post-it