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Alabama's agriculture commissioner says heavy rains have damaged some Alabama crops and caused poor harvesting conditions.
Scientists surveying American Samoa's coral reefs say Sept. 29's tsunami obliterated some corals and damaged others to the point that they may not recover.
If you’ve ever rented a car, you have no doubt heard the pitch about insurance. Many experts advise consumers to just say no. But for some of us, it may be wise to reconsider.
Anyone who’s ever popped a painkiller to tackle a tough headache or an aching back had to pause at the federal Food and Drug Administration’s latest warnings this week.
For men with fertility problems, some doctors are prescribing a very conventional way to have a baby: more sex.
In a June 6 story about the arrest of a Washington couple accused of spying for Cuba, The Associated Press, relying on information from Johns Hopkins University, erroneously reported that accused spy Walter Kendall Myers had worked as an adjunct professor at the university since the late 1980s. Myers was an associate professor at JHU in the early 1970s. He then became an adjunct professor in the late 1970s and held that position ever since
Hunting spies is difficult, but Cuban spies are notoriously hard to detect, former senior intelligence officials said a day after an American husband and wife were indicted on charges of spying for Cuba.
Cleanup crews are busy around the northern half of Vermont, clearing away limbs and sometimes whole trees that fell during a violent windstorm that caused widespread power outages.
Police said a woman left a $26,000 trail of destruction behind her before she was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. Sgt. Ed Watts said the woman's car struck a fence as she was trying to turn into an alley Thursday night.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi says quake reconstruction will cost several billion euros.
Built as a mountain stronghold during the Middle Ages, this cultural gem in central Italy has withstood sieges and battles — but its architectural treasures suffered severe damage in Monday's quake.
San Francisco officials say they're considering a crackdown on "flash mob" gatherings after some recent events left the city with a hefty bill.
A former nuclear power plant engineer in Ohio has been sentenced to three years on probation and fined $4,500 for helping to cover up the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor.
Strong wind felled a TV tower and some trees at Valhalla Golf Club on Sunday, five days before the start of the Ryder Cup.
The world's second-largest nutmeg industry is rebounding very slowly from a 2004 hurricane because Grenadian farmers unknowingly planted too many male trees, which do not produce as much fruit.
Jurors on Tuesday convicted a former nuclear plant engineer of hiding information from government regulators about the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor.
A sidewalk project means there may be a little bounce to the beer kegs instead of dings in the pavement when delivery trucks unload.
An Ohio jury has awarded more than $20 million to a woman whose baby was stuck in her birth canal for 13 hours.
The mayor of a town near Montgomery, Ala., says a tornado has destroyed numerous homes and may have trapped victims in the wreckage.
Flooding in Indiana earlier this month destroyed at least 184 homes and damaged as many as 700 others, the American Red Cross said Friday.
A federal jury convicted a former nuclear plant worker Tuesday of concealing the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor. A second defendant was acquitted.
A federal jury found a former nuclear plant worker guilty Tuesday of concealing the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor. A second defendant was acquitted.
He was beaten and left for dead one night in a robbery while walking home in 1999. His skull was crushed and his brain severely damaged. The doctor said if he pulled through at all, he'd be a vegetable for the rest of his life.
Teenage Girl Loses Her Fingers as She Stuck Her Hand in a Bucket of Plaster of Paris During Art ClassA school in eastern England was ordered to pay 19,000 pounds ($30,140) Monday after a 16-year-old girl lost nearly all her fingers when she put her hands in a bucket of plaster of Paris during an art lesson.
Sheep crash biker billed for damaging roadA motorcyclist who was left fighting for his life after hitting a stray sheep has been billed by his local council for damaging its road.
Paul Rahe: Obama's gestures, part 3You think Obama is naive? Think again. He is well groomed for the position of a bureaucrat, politician and suave insulter all in one.
'We didn't know our babies had been damaged by alcohol' Ryan and Tracey both suffered brain damage in the womb. Their adoptive mother, writing anonymously here, fears the children of Britain's bingeing generation face a life of emotional trauma
Destruction at So. American archaeological sites following Dakar (auto) Rally According to the National Monuments Council's report, four of the sites that sustained damage are in the region of Atacama and two are in the region of Coquimbo, around 500km north of Santiago.
Driver's Eye Struck By Rock; 18-Year-Old ChargedA young Belle Vernon man is charged in connection with a rock injury that left a female driver with stitches and deep, purple bruising around her right eye in Fayette County.
Blown Away: Twisted Terror 6-part documentary on Parkersburg,Iowa tornado, 2008. Absolutely breathtaking and riveting. A must see. This is an incredible story of a towns courage and strength, love and determination.
China villagers storm lead plantHundreds of Chinese villagers have broken into a factory that poisoned more than 600 children, reports say.
Useful Resources - Sting Pain IndexAmong connoisseurs of insect stings, it's the equivalent of Robert Parker's wine ratings. Schmidt has been stung by about 150 different species on six continents and seems to have opinions about all of them.
Typhoon Morakot Triggers Floods, Property Damage, and Deaths in TaiwanTyphoon Morakot caused floods, property damage, and deaths in Taiwan on August 7-9, 2009.
Stone martens are coming for your carThe stone marten may look like a cute wild mammal, but the German Hunter's Association (DJV) warned on Thursday that the predator's breeding habits are damaging more cars than ever.
Caesarean delivery can alter DNA: studyResearchers at Karolinska Institutet believe they have discovered the DNA mutations that explain why children delivered by planned Caesarean are at a higher risk for immunological diseases such as asthma, cancer and diabetes.
Severe thunderstorms ripped through Butler County, causing significant widespread damage in Hamilton and the surrounding areas for the second time in approximately nine months.
British sea bed 'trawled into a wasteland' THOUGH still an island, Britain is now surrounded by desert. New research has shown that repeated trawling has turned much of the sea bed around the UK into a barren wasteland.
Tiny mites breach Great Wall BEIJING - THE city wall that has defended the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an for 1,400 years is being breached from the inside by tiny mites, state media reported on Monday.
Shooter's Son: I Wish Dad Had Died InsteadThe son of the man accused of killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said Sunday that his father had long burdened his family with his white supremacist views and that he wishes his father would have died in the shooting instead.
Austrian lightning study shows danger to planesA scientific study of ball lightning by British and Austrian experts has revealed how little is being done to tackle the deadly phenomenon.
Consequences Of Rage Change Child's Life Forever A West Allis boy is forever damaged because of what happened shortly after he was born. It's a story that puts a face on a problem that's on the rise in southeastern Wisconsin.
A weighty questionHas anyone at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation figured out how our roads are getting damaged? When overloaded trucks are allowed to add to the weight at double and triple the allowable amount, the asphalt will be damaged.
Tornado Victim Saw Husband Sucked Into Storm An Alleghany County woman injured when a tornado tore apart her home Friday evening said her last memory was seeing her husband sucked into the storm's wind.
I hope that you will understand and forgive me, as a complete stranger, writing to you. You don't know me or anything about me.
Cologne archive collapse damages could top €1 billionDamages from the collapse of Cologne's city archive, which destroyed and buried thousands of precious historical documents going back a thousand years, could exceed €1 billion, the magazine Focus reported Sunday.
Man jailed for spraying urine, feces on food in BritainExcerpt: LONDON: An unemployed chemist was jailed today for spraying a mix of urine and feces on food, wine and children's books in several British stores. Sahnoun Daifallah was sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of four counts of contaminating goods.
Woman feels blessed after surviving possible tornadoAn Ascension Parish woman is very thankful to be alive after what is believed to have been a tornado left her home as a pile of debris.
India Can't Sell Anti-American MissileNovember 25, 2008: Earlier this year, India ordered 800 more of the new PJ-10 BrahMos missiles. Attempts to find export customers, however, have not succeeded.
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