
Nov 17 - By Ken Thomas , Associated Press Writer
Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen lead the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by car companies to lure safety-conscious consumers to showrooms.
Jun 30 - By Associated Press
An American Airlines flight from Miami has landed safely at New York's LaGuardia Airport after reporting a bird strike.
Apr 23 - By Associated Press
Two men said they've found an abandoned safe by the side of some railroad tracks and that it could be more than a century old. Bill Dodd, one of the men who found the safe about a month and a half ago, says it weighs about 4,000 pounds. It's now on display at an east Tulsa sign company while the men decide what to do with it.
Apr 12 - By Associated Press
The State Department says Capt. Richard Phillips is safe and receiving medical treatment aboard a Navy ship in the Indian Ocean.
Mar 11 - By Lou Manfredini, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
It turns out that the recession is not bad for all businesses. According to Amber Rogers from the Acme Safe Company LLC in New York, “business is good.” With all the financial turmoil, many people are keeping their money out of the stock market and even their bank. Now personally, I do trust in the financial strength of sound banks and those deposits insured by the FDIC. In fact, in the 75-year history of the FDIC, no one with an insured deposit ever lost their money. But these are trying times, and some just want to be in more control of their finances. While you can stuff all your money in the mattress, chances are you might not sleep well. Maybe you should consider a secure home safe. There are many different styles, sizes and costs associated with home safes.

Jan 25 - By Dennis Passa, AP Sports Writer
It sounds like Dinara Safina might be a chip off the old family block after all.
Jan 16 - By Associated Press
A commercial passenger jet that had reported a possible nosegear problem touched down safely Friday at Baltimore's airport.
Jan 1 - By Associated Press
Laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year's Day.
Nov 24 - By The Associated Press
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety designated 72 vehicles as winners of their top safety pick award. The award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting motorists in front, side and rear crashes and have anti-rollover technology called Electronic Stability Control, or ESC.

Nov 24 - By Ken Thomas , Associated Press Writer
The insurance industry named dozens of new cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. and its Volvo subsidiary, to its annual list of the safest vehicles Tuesday, helped by the increased use of anti-rollover technology.

Sep 29 - By Timberly Ross, Associated Press Writer
The grandparents of nine children who were given up by their father under Nebraska's unique safe-haven law said Thursday that they wished he would have come to them for help.

Aug 22 - By Jean Ortiz, Associated Press Writer
Nebraska's new "safe-haven" law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone under 19.
Aug 15 - By Associated Press
Three boys are doing fine after spending 40 terrifying minutes locked in a gun safe at a sporting goods store in Salt Lake City.
Aug 4 - By Associated Press
Nissan Motor Co. will soon sell cars that push back when drivers try to put the pedal to the metal. It has also developed a test model packed with additional sensor technology to make vehicles crash-free.

Jul 2 - By Jay Lindsay, Associated Press Writer
New green rubber bands that will bind the claws of Massachusetts lobsters beginning this weekend won't save the lobsters from the dinner table. But they signify a state initiative aimed at saving whales.
Jun 30 - By The Associated Press
A study by Allstate Insurance Co. ranking the nation's safest cities based on internal crash data over a two-year period.
Jun 30 - By Dirk Lammers, AP Energy Writer
An insurance study has once again found that Sioux Falls has the safest drivers in the nation, marking the third straight year that South Dakota's largest city has topped the list.
May 23 - By Associated Press
A locksmith has managed to open a 159-year-old safe from Oregon that baffled other professional safecrackers and an expert from MIT.

May 8 - By Associated Press
As the waters rose around her house, Ohn Tay grabbed her 8-year-old son and scrambled to safety. Hours later, she gave birth to a baby girl.
Apr 28 - By Jeremy Hainsworth, Associated Press Writer
Operators of the only legal safe-injection site in North America, where people can inject illegal drugs with clean needles under a nurse's supervision, were in court Monday seeking a permanent exemption from Canada's drug laws.
Mar 17 - By Ellen Simon, AP Business Writer
The credit crisis has done more damage on Park Avenue than on Main Street, but the near-collapse of investment bank Bear Stearns raises the question of whether Wall Street's troubles could spread to commercial banks and ordinary depositors.
Feb 21 - By Stephen Wade, AP Sports Writer
The United States Olympic Committee's plan to bring its own food to China has disappointed the leader of food services for the Beijing Olympics.
Dec 7 - By David Crary, AP National Writer
An Amish schoolhouse. A college classroom building, bustling with students and professors. An upscale department store at a mall, decked with holiday trimmings.
Nov 29 - By Associated Press
A single-engine plane that had reported trouble with its landing gear safely touched down Thursday on one wheel.

Nov 14 - By Ken Thomas , Associated Press Writer
The number of new cars considered the safest by the insurance industry nearly tripled in the past year, helped by automakers' push to make certain safety equipment more widely available.