Updated: 2 hr ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The schoolchildren piled into the rail car in downtown Washington and looked up and down as the lights flickered and the floor rumbled. "We're here!" one of the young passengers shouted, all of them heading for the door like seasoned commuters. The rail car never actually...

Updated: 6 hr ago

POWELL, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in central Ohio has unveiled a new exhibit about some very old creatures. The newly opened Dinosaur Island features 25 large animatronic dinosaurs that blink, swish their tails and make loud sounds. The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/13ziDgn...

Updated: 8 hr ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California law that requires all semiautomatic handguns to be equipped with technology that stamps a code with the weapon's make, model and serial number on bullet casings is now in effect after years of delays. Though the law was signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in...

Updated: 9 hr ago

FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Down the road in another plant, crews slice solar cells, place them under glass...

Updated: 10 hr ago

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A small but outspoken group of residential customers vows to continue battling Michigan's largest utility company over the freedom to opt out of having "smart" meters installed outside their homes. State regulators' days-old decision to approve an opt-out provision —...

Updated: 11 hr ago

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Bill Monaghan, associate director of the Glenn Black Lab of Archaeology at Indiana University, used his hands for emphasis as he spoke to local middle school students Friday about earth works construction, the mounds and past farming practices at the Angel Mounds State...

Updated: 11 hr ago

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — There are no reports of damage or injuries after a 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Northern California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 6:46 a.m. Saturday 34 miles southwest of Eureka. USGS geophysicist Paul Caruso says the agency has...

Updated: 12 hr ago

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Some high school students in Jackson have been getting some hands-on experience with wildlife research. Two Summit High School math and science classes have been working with a wildlife research institute for the past few months on a mountain lion study. They're going out...

Updated: 19 hr ago

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — With their spiky, armor-plated shells, they look like miniature tanks mounting a surprise invasion on local beaches — except they have been at it for nearly a half-billion years. But the American horseshoe crab, the homely, humble distant relative of ancient...

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows. An air traffic controller in the region said small planes have flown around the plumes from Pavlof...