Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Two endangered sea turtles are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell. Now they're getting some help — from an acupuncturist. Two juvenile Kemp's Ridley sea turtles named Dexter and Fletcher Moon are among hundreds left...

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Legislature agreed on its last day to sell bonds to borrow $130 million to repair tornado-damaged schools, improve school technology equipment and build National Guard armories. The Senate voted 26-6 Monday afternoon to give final passage to the $30 million...

Updated: 52 min ago

AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Tuesday, May 21 GENERAL GENERAL GEFILTE FISH CRONICLES — Gefilte Fish Chronicles, the Musical, an endearing new musical, which celebrate the power of family, has been invited to perform at the White House on May 21, 2013 in honor of Jewish Heritage Month. Contacts:...

Updated: 2 hr ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. The National Weather Service estimated that the storm that struck Moore, Okla., on Monday had wind speeds of up to 200 mph, and was at least a...

Updated: 3 hr ago

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — New research indicates that Lake Superior's warming water is probably already affecting its most abundant big fish: the cold water-loving siscowet lake trout. Increasing water temperatures over the last three decades have made conditions more favorable for chinook salmon,...

Updated: 4 hr ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights to nearby communities, including a town that reported traces of fallen ash. Pavlof Volcano released ash plumes as high as 22,000 feet over the weekend, according to the Alaska Volcano...

Updated: 5 hr ago

AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Tuesday, May 21 GENERAL GENERAL GEFILTE FISH CRONICLES — Gefilte Fish Chronicles, the Musical, an endearing new musical, which celebrate the power of family, has been invited to perform at the White House on May 21, 2013 in honor of Jewish Heritage Month. Contacts:...

Updated: 5 hr ago

HONOLULU (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday approved Hawaii's request for a waiver from provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind education law. In 2011, the administration announced it would let states avoid certain requirements, like students showing they're proficient in...

Updated: 6 hr ago

This image released by NASA on May 20, 2013, shows a hole in a Martian rock drilled by the NASA rover Curiosity on May 19. It’s the second drilling by the spacecraft since landing in August 2012. Curiosity used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the rover's arm to capture this view of...