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Superstorm moves film from theoretical to concrete
In the documentary "Shored Up," scientists warn that with a rising sea level, a major storm could put New Jersey's barrier islands underwater and ...
Locked-out Lundqvist finally finds game to play
Henrik Lundqvist finally found a game to play. It won't be under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, or in front of a hostile crowd in ...
Official: Man killed zoo monkey during theft try
A 22-year-old man clubbed a monkey to death with a tree branch, after he was bitten by the animal while trying to steal it from a Boise zoo, ...
Extreme weather tough on transportation system
Wild weather is taking a toll on roads, airports, railways and transit systems across the country. That's leaving states and cities searching for ways ...
US Ambassador Susan Rice defends Benghazi remarks
U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said Wednesday that her early account of the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in ...
Toshiba shows off robot meant to help at nuke site
Toshiba Corp. has developed a robot it says can withstand high radiation to work in nuclear disasters, but it's not clear what exactly the robot is ...
Prosecutor: Theft was motive in monkey killing
Prosecutors said Wednesday that the man accused of killing a monkey at Boise's zoo hoped to steal the animal before he was bitten and clubbed it to ...
US drought worsens after weeks of improvement
The worst U.S. drought in decades has deepened again after more than a month of encouraging reports of slowly improving conditions, a drought-tracking ...
5.9-magnitude quake strikes Chile
A strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook central Chile on Wednesday, causing office buildings in the capital to sway for almost a minute but ...
Keselowski aside, NASCAR ready to move past 2012
The season hadn't even ended before NASCAR's top executives were previewing 2013, the new "Gen 6" cars and elements of a five-year industry "action ...
US roads, airports unready for extreme weather
The nation's lifelines — its roads, airports, railways and transit systems — are getting hammered by extreme weather beyond what their builders ...
Cameramen deaths by Israeli fire raises questions
The unprecedented killing of two cameramen for Gaza's Hamas TV station in a missile strike raised questions about whom Israel considers to be militant ...
Sandy victims prepare for subdued Thanksgiving
The things that Marge Gatti once cherished are lying on what's left of her deck, spattered in mud, like a yard sale gone awry. The white fur coat she ...
Former pitcher Pastore hurt in Calif. crash
Former major league baseball pitcher-turned-Christian radio personality Frank Pastore has been critically injured in a freeway motorcycle crash.
Fewer seek US jobless aid as storm distorts data
The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid remained elevated for a second straight week because Superstorm Sandy forced many people to seek ...
2 more Polish plane victims buried in wrong graves
Forensic testing has proven that two more victims of the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others were ...
Israel says bomb blast hits bus in Tel Aviv
A bomb ripped through an Israeli bus near the nation's military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people, Israeli officials ...
Yemeni military plane crashes, killing 10
A Yemeni military plane crashed early Wednesday during training over the capital, Sanaa, killing all 10 people on board, security officials said.
New Zealand volcano erupts; dozens of hikers safe
A New Zealand volcano erupted with a brief blast of dark ash Wednesday, canceling flights but causing no significant damage. Schoolchildren and dozens ...
Rubble cleanup a massive task in NY, NJ
Just a few months ago, the parking lot at Jacob Riis Park on New York City's Rockaway seashore was filled with happy beachgoers. Now, it is home to ...
Prosecutor: No arrests made in deadly Indy blast
Investigators said Tuesday that no arrests have been made in connection with an Indianapolis house explosion that killed two people and destroyed at ...
1 dead, 9 injured in Arizona charter bus crash
One person was killed and nine others were injured Tuesday after a pickup truck going the wrong way on a rural Arizona freeway struck a charter bus ...
Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire
It had been Jessica Tata's dream to run a day care. She was soon in over her head, caring for too many kids and taking chances by leaving them alone ...
Israeli airstrikes kill 3 Palestinian journalists
Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinian journalists in their cars on Tuesday, a Gaza health official and the head of the Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV said