NEW YORK (AP) — The December holidaysare supposed to be a time of joyful celebration, but the season

The nation’s intelligence community warned in its annual assessment of worldwide threats that climat

Beyoncé's summer-ready hairstyle is perfect for when she's gotta fan herself off.The "Heated" singer

PERRY, Iowa — Fran Ruhl's family received a startling letter from the Iowa Department of Human Servi

The AP Top 25 college football pollis back every week throughout the season!Get the poll delivered s

Americans are projected to spend an unprecedented $485 billion on home repairs and remodeling this y

When wind power developers began knocking on the door of New York-based Galileo Weather Risk Managem

As temperatures spiked across a large part of the Northern Hemisphere last summer, I got an alarming

Not even four weeks into January, we were hit with the news we all assumed would be among the worst

Seattle is greening its cityscape in a bid to boost its sluggish real estate market — all while cutt

"It takes a village to raise a child." That's an African proverb meaning it takes a community to pro

Attention, students at West Beverly Hills High School! One alum just had a big birthday.Tori Spellin

Local, independent bookstores have never been more important. With fair access to literature under p

U.S. solar energy installations are poised to double in 2011 for the second year in a row, but the i

Welcome to a new NPR series where we spotlight the people and things making headlines — and the stor