As hundreds of firefighters began to get the upper hand on a huge blaze near Colorado Springs, investigators stepped up their probe into the cause of the most destructive wildfire in the state's history.

Investigators are treating the 16,000-acre Blac...

Take the Pledge! Join us as we challenge Central Oregon drivers to PUT DOWN THEIR PHONES and TXT L8R.

The U.S. State Department said Monday it wasn't surprised that Iran's newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stay in power until 2014.

While most people dream of the day they can retire, many college professors plan to put it off or work until their final years.

The Arkansas Attorney General and the federal government are suing ExxonMobil, alleging improper waste storage and water contamination stemming from a March pipeline spill that sent thousands of barrels of heavy tar sands crude flooding into the smal...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Portland, Ore., man whose cat had been missing since last year will soon be reunited with the well-traveled feline, courtesy of the transient who's been caring for her more than nine months.

Amid British tabloid reports over the weekend that celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was grabbed around the neck by her husband, Charles Saatchi, London police said Monday that a man accepted a warning related to the case.

London's Metropolitan Police say...

"Sesame Street" creates its first Muppet whose parent is in jail. And some people aren't happy.

Every state imposes a tax on beer, but the amount each state charges varies widely.