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250 exotic birds die in Las Vegas blaze

Hundreds of exotic birds and a dog have died in a blaze that destroyed a building at a private Las Vegas nature preserve and sanctuary.

Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry

Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that

Review site Yelp under fire in lawsuits

Yelp, a Web site that let's people post opinions about restaurants and more, is being sued by businesses that claim they've been pressured to advertise on the

CA police dept on alert for deadly traps

Police in this picturesque city in rural Riverside County have been on edge in recent weeks. Someone is trying to kill them.

Body on Washington beach is missing boy

The body of an 8-year-old boy who vanished with his mother has washed ashore on an island beach in Puget Sound about 12 miles from where their abandoned

'Davy Crockett' star Fess Parker dies

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.

Young children help mother deliver baby

When Alana Sanders gave birth to her fourth child, the people on hand to towel off the baby and tie its umbilical cord weren't the usual team of doctors or

Suspect arrested in cinema stabbing

Detectives in Los Angeles County have arrested a man on suspicion of stabbing a moviegoer in the neck with a meat thermometer during a screening of the film

Used cell phone had celebrity numbers

A 50 cent used cell phone ended up connecting a Utah man to some of the sport's industries top stars.

Cops: Man fatally shoots wife at church

Police in Washington state say a man who accompanied his wife to a church for a counseling session shot the woman several times at the church, killing her.

Search for Wash. state mom, son resumes

Authorities in Washington state on Wednesday resumed their search for a woman who appears to have abandoned a van on a remote Puget Sound beach over the

Google upgrades Nexus One phone

Google Inc. has upgraded its Nexus One phone so it works on the same high-speed wireless network as Apple Inc.'s iPhone, putting the increasingly antagonistic

Bing nabs more Web searches in February

Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine gained market share in the U.S. in February, according to research groups.

Law to ignore Obama 'birthers'?

Birthers beware: Hawaii may start ignoring your repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born here.

Man spends 4 days stuck in snowbank

A 67-year-old country musician from Montana who spent four days in his car stuck on a remote mountain road was weak and losing hope when an Idaho couple out

Cancer survivor wins 4th Iditarod

Lance Mackey picked up a few rewards on his way to winning an unprecedented fourth consecutive win in the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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