An explosion and fire along a gas pipeline killed a contract worker Saturday on an island used by industry near Detroit. ...more

January 6, 2008

Michelle Miller looked at the boards covering the three front windows of her house on West Berry Avenue and sighed. ...more

January 3, 2008

That ugly new tie you got for Christmas may be the only safe one in your wardrobe. ...more

January 3, 2008

TAMPA - Police are investigating the source of an explosion that shattered the windows of several homes early Tuesday. ...more

January 1, 2008

A car bomb left at least 14 people dead in the capital Friday, and U.S. troops chasing extremists in one of their last remaining bastions in central Iraq said they killed five al-Qaida gunmen. ...more

December 29, 2007

Talk about your cosmic pileups. An asteroid similar to the one that flattened forests in Siberia in 1908 could plow into Mars in the next few weeks, scientists said. ...more

December 23, 2007

A new court filing provides the most complete description yet of what the government views as an incriminating videotape made by a University of South Florida student who is accused of trying to help terrorists. ...more

November 22, 2007

A few decades ago, people probably would have said children like Ryan Massey and Eddie Scheuplein were just odd. Or difficult. ...more

November 4, 2007

Tens of thousands of people were ordered by police - some at gunpoint - to leave their homes on the slopes of one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanoes Friday after a series of underground tremors heightened fears of an imminent eruption. ...more

October 20, 2007

For some people, potty training is a breeze. I once met a mom who told me that her daughter just decided at 20 months that she wanted to go on the potty and that was it. I think I had a more typical experience. I had to hunker down for a full week until my eldest would go on the potty, and it took a couple more weeks to get her out of diapers during the day, followed by a month or two before she could wake up dry. For me, it was a lot of work. ...more

October 11, 2007