Sampling by environmental groups has found oysters contaminated with oil along the Louisiana coast befouled by the BP PLC oil spill, a finding that casts doubt on statements by state and federal officials that all seafood tested here is safe to eat.

A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Wednesday he hopes 33 miners trapped nearly a half-mile underground will be home by Christmas - a lengthy rescue timeline that doesn't square with experts' shorter estimates but could reflect a political strategy aimed at avoiding unmet expectations.

Lawrence Meinwald's voice starts shaking when he recalls the first time he saw the Statue of Liberty.

Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way.

DOVER, OHIO: Members of Congress say they've received assurances from the IRS that Ohio war veterans won't be taxed on their new state bonuses.

Shore officials are keeping a close eye on forecast models that show Hurricane Earl speeding northeast past New Jersey Friday, and thus avoiding a worst-case scenario: the evacuation of beach resorts at the start of a crowded Labor Day weekend.

A private television station in Mozambique says six people have been killed as police shoot at protesters.

In this Aug. 22, 2007 file photo, pigs race at Pork Chop Downs at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit.

Glen Browning hoists a sockeye on a section of the Fraser River swarming with anglers near Agassiz.

CLOSE Music News NASHVILLE TN AUG. 31, 2010 - On Oct 19, the joy and wonder of the Christmas season will be available in the new " The Essential Christmas Collection ," a vibrant 12-song project featuring many of Christian music's most admired artists, with holiday songs from Third Day, Casting Crowns, Michael W. Smith, Jars of Clay, Rebecca St.

The system that automatically awards disability benefits to some veterans because of concerns about Agent Orange seems contrary to efforts to control federal spending, the Republican co-chairman of President Barack Obama's deficit commission said Tuesday.

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Chris Young and Justin Moore will be on hand at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium Tuesday morning, August 31st, to announce the nominees in select categories for the 44th Annual CMA Awards.

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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff was at the Cook St. Village Serious Coffee house speaking to supporters who jammed the sidewalk John Ivison August 30, 2010 - 9:15 pm Michael Ignatieff was in good humour as he rolled into a sun-kissed Baddeck, Nova Scotia to meet with his caucus.

The worst floods in Pakistan's history already have swept through the nation's most important breadbasket provinces, destroying cotton and corn crops, vegetables and orchards, and leaving many people in need of emergency food.

Barack Obama has publicly displayed his personal frustration for the first time with conservative opponents who have persistently questioned both his Christianity and his eligibility to be president.

In this May 1966 file photo, a U.S. Air Force C-123 flies low along a South Vietnamese highway spraying defoliants on dense jungle growth beside the road to eliminate ambush sites for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

There is good news at the gas pump, as Americans get ready to fill their cars, RVs and boats for the Labor Day weekend.