Poll: Voters prefer hemorrhoids over Congress
It's no surprise these days that Congress isn't very popular, but a new poll says voters have a higher opinion of witches, hemorrhoids and jury duty than their lawmakers in...
Flash flooding forces evacuations in Louisville
LOUISVILLE -- Hundreds of Louisville residents were affected by flash flooding late Saturday and early Sunday after more than 6 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in parts of...
Emotions run deep for military’s mortuary workers
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- It is sunny, breezy and a bit cool out on the tarmac. And, save for the wind, quiet. Overhead, an incongruous fragment of a...
U.S. Samaritan says he felt ‘intense danger’ in SUV attack
A man who intervened to stop the beating of a driver pulled from his car on a New York street by a group of motorcyclists says he felt he was...
Woman caught planting bomb near Iraq primary school
BAGHDAD (AFP) – A guard caught a woman planting a bomb next to a primary school in Iraq on Monday, while two blasts killed four Sahwa anti-Al-Qaeda fighters, officials said....
U.S. Gunfight at Fresno biker club kills 1, wounds 12
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities Sunday were investigating what touched off a wild "running gun battle" inside and outside a Fresno motorcycle club's annual dance, leaving one man dead and...
U.S. Karen weakens, spares Gulf Coast
Hurricane Karen never showed up, and a weakened tropical storm in its place instead created mostly minor disruptions over the weekend along the Gulf Coast. After days of marching...
U.S. raids risky, but yield valuable intelligence
The U.S. raid that nabbed a senior al-Qaeda leader in Libya and a similar operation in Somalia are riskier than the White House's more common use of drones to target...
U.S. forces strike targets in Libya, Somalia
U.S. commandos struck unrelated targets in Libya and Somalia in bold raids that led to the rare capture of an al-Qaeda operative who was wanted in connection with the 1998...
U.S. Hidden spending measures playing chicken with shutdown
WASHINGTON — Temporary spending bills approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate include measures that would require the Obama administration to rescind strict new rules on the poultry...