CHARLESTON, Ore. – It turns out the fate of Charlie the Tuna of Charleston, Ore., was sorry indeed. The 8-foot Monterey cypress sculpture that used to greet visitors to the coastal fishing town was filleted by two young men who stole it as a prank and then, panicked they would …

School’s out, the pool’s open and in much of the country it’s already too hot to think. Unfortunately, most of us have kids or parents or spouses who insist on dragging us out under the unforgiving sun. And if you have to go outside, you might as well bring your …

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Have you ever dreamed of living in a home that automatically could sense which groceries needed to be replenished and then order them from the store, or could warm up the shower before you stepped out of bed? That dream may be closer to reality than you …

WASHINGTON – A U.S. helicopter on a humanitarian mission in the Philippines apparently was shot at, prompting the Navy to temporally halt the mission, a defense official said Monday. An MH-60 helicopter operating from USNS Mercy hospital ship had gone to pick up 11 passengers about 50 miles (80 kilometers) …

A 7-year-old boy could barely be seen over the dashboard as he allegedly took his grandmother’s car on a joyride to an Indiana mall before another motorist blocked the car and took the keys, The Star Press newspaper reported Wednesday. Several drivers called police around 9 a.m. Tuesday to report …

BEIJING – Authorities are using information obtained from mistresses of government officials to crack down on corruption in southern China, state media reported Thursday. By Chinese law, government officials found to have mistresses, also known as “second wives,” are automatically dismissed from their posts. Communist Party leaders have repeatedly warned …

Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis had minor surgeries after the release of the “Sex and the City” movie, the New York Post’s Page Six gossip column reported. “Cynthia had a breast augmentation and soon after, Kristin had the varicose veins on her legs removed,” an insider told Page Six. “They …

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court has made it more difficult for employers to legally snoop on their workers’ e-mails and text messages sent on company accounts. Under Wednesday’s ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, employers that contract an outside business to transmit text messages can’t …

Oops, they did it again. Major retail outlets are sexualizing young girls. This past spring, Kmart sold cropped sweatpants flashing the words “True Love Waits” across the derriere. The pants are no longer available in stores or online, but they have reignited the debate on how we’re dressing our children. …

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea reasserted its opposition to terrorism Tuesday in an apparent attempt to bolster its bid for removal from a U.S. blacklist, as an American diplomat traveled to Pyongyang to help push the country’s nuclear disarmament. In a statement from the North’s Foreign Ministry, the country …