Thank God gas prices are coming down. So says Rocky Twyman, quite literally, after leading a string of prayer vigils at pumps nationwide to appeal for some divine intervention.
Five American blogger-activists and a foreign artist have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch of the Olympics, rights groups said on Wednesday.
Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony.
Kenny Anderson was at his usual dining spot in Wilkesboro, N.C., when an out-of-control minivan smashed through the window he was sitting by and sent him and his booth flying. Mostly unhurt, he said, "All of a sudden, everything was on top of me."
The best-case scenario for a transition to vehicles that run on hydrogen - and independence from oil - is promising, experts said Thursday in a report requested by Congress.
The nation's second oldest national wildlife refuge, a chain of barrier islands off New Orleans, is in danger of being lost unless the islands are restored, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says.
A woman accused of planting a dead lab rat in restaurant food and demanding $500,000 to keep quiet was charged Monday with one felony count of extortion.
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