Mississippi now has highest teen birth rate

Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal report.

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San Francisco wants tiger victim to repay costs

Officials want a survivor of a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo to reimburse the city more than $75,000 for his medical treatment and are asking that the money come out of any cash settlement the victim may receive.

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Former Nasdaq chairman arrested for fraud

Bernard Madoff, a Wall Street trader who founded Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was arrested and charged on Thursday with allegedly running a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme

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Barack Obama elected 44th president

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Forecasters: 75 Percent Of Hawaii Suffering Drought

The National Weather Service says the drier than normal conditions are hurting farmers and leaving areas around the islands without water.

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Hospital bills woman who never saw a doctor

A woman says she waited 19 hours at Parkland Memorial Hospital's emergency department for treatment of a broken leg and never did get to see a doctor - but still got a bill for $162.

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Lily Tomlin wants Dallas elephant relocated

Comedian and animal rights advocate Lily Tomlin says Jenny the elephant has worked 22 years for the Dallas Zoo and it's time for the aging pachyderm to retire.

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Palin loses bid to block beluga whale protection

The federal government on Friday determined that a species of beluga whale native to an inlet off Anchorage, Alaska, is endangered and will require additional protection to survive.

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Suit against God tossed over lack of address

A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address.

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McCain calls for federal bailout of homeowners

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It's pond scum, but algae could be green fuel

Experts say that within a decade it should be possible to efficiently process algae for fuel, helping to ease the world's energy needs and responding to global warming.

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Europeans on left and right ridicule U.S. money meltdown - Los Angeles Times

They list greed and Greenspan among the culprits, and there are comparisons to . . . Albania. But amid the gloating, there is fear for financial systems in Britain, Spain, Italy and elsewhere.

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Strange 'ant from Mars' discovered

A newly discovered species of a blind, subterranean predator - dubbed the "Ant from Mars" - is likely a descendant of one of the very first ants to evolve on Earth, a new study finds.

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Wax Hitler returns to museum after beheading

A restored wax statue of Adolf Hitler has returned to Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum after a demonstrator ripped off its head� two months ago, the museum said on Sunday.

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Judge: No new trial in 1993 Ark. boys' slayings

A judge on Wednesday rejected claims that DNA evidence clears three men convicted of killing three 8-year-old boys in 1993 and denied their requests for a new trial.

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Galveston and the 'most horrible sights' of 1900

More than 105 years after the worst disaster in U.S. history, Galveston may be tested again as it anxiously awaits Hurricane Ike.

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Study: Old growth forests do soak up CO2

Scientists report that a growing body of evidence settles an old question over whether old growth forests store more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they release.

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Stinkweed in your fuel tank? Maybe some day

Some farmers have agreed to grow the hardy weed called field pennycress - a.k.a. stinkweed - to help test a potential new source of fuel for the booming biodiesel market.

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Scientists find 24 new species in Suriname

A toad with fluorescent purple markings and 12 kinds of dung beetles were among two dozen new species discovered in the remote plateaus of eastern Suriname, scientists said Monday.

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Vote: Should lawmakers lower the drinking age?

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Scientists study mercury in the Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury.

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Debris soils Bush vow to protect Hawaii islands

Two years after President Bush created a national monument around a chain of Hawaiian islands, cleanup efforts have slowed, garbage is piling up and Bush has cut his budget request by 80 percent.

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Tornado kills 3, destroys homes in France

A fierce but short-lived tornado has left at least three people dead in northern France.

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