DOLITTLE, Texas -- Gas prices rose so high today that even the wealthiest of Texans went back to riding horses for transportation.
NOMOKE, Oregon - Scientists say they have found a giant planet orbiting a distant star. One astronomer figures the planet is five times the mass of Jupiter, at least.
KYRGYZSTAN, Norway -- The descendants of laboratory rats that escaped being killed in the 1980s and crossbred wild rats, are running amok in Kyrgyzstan, a city long mispronounced by even those born here.
SEATTLE, Wash. -- A lonely pawnbroker named Sam Sistamata has petitioned a court to have a surgeon cut off his left hand--even though there is no physical reason to do so.
LONDON, England -- A study in London has presented some very surprising results about the size of the rear of a London taxi driver's brain.
LONDON -- According to recent polls taken in Great Britain, Jesus is not as well known as would be expected, especially during the Christmas holiday.
BOSTON -- With polls showing a narrowing gap between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, Ralph Nader said that he planned to continue campaigning after the election is over.
BOSTON, Mass. -- Teddy Kennedy couldn't wait. He pushed aside five guards and three Democrat Party officials and gave his major speech at the Democratic National Convention hours early.
BOSTON, Mass. -- As the gala of the Democratic National Convention ensued with classy party speakers and features about John Kerry's personality, a little-known sidebar of the delegates and party leaders was taking place in the backrooms of the a...
WELLPORT, Wy. -- Stumping for the '04 campaign, Vice President Dick Cheney quashed all rumors concerning his being dropped from the Republican ticket with one line.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Now that the CIA has admitted it never really did its job, the agency will be selling to the public all of its properties in a giant yardsale on the White House lawn soon.
LONDON - A senior member of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Cabinet said it is "nonsense" that Blair was close to quitting last month because of his lack of popularity due to his connection to President Bush and the war in Iraq.
WASHINGTON - Mortgage rates have come down. But experts say they will rise again.
PAMPLONA, Spain -- This Spanish town's famous bull-running event, featuring stampeding animals galloping through the streets in reckless abandon along with humans, has a new twist to it this year-poison horn tips.
HOUSTON - Former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay surrendered to authorities and the government's charges against him are only part of his wide-ranging scheme to deceive the public, company shareholders, government regulators while he mounted a plan for th...
NEW YORK CITY -- U.S. stocks have gone lower as higher oil prices make oil more expensive and a spate of profit warnings made investors dribble from the sides of their mouths.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A spokesman for the CIA said today that the agency is ready to admit it knew nothing about anything, no less weapons of mass destruction and the possibility of a Sept. 11 attack on the U.S.
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