UPDATE: Maine Bans Gay Marriage

UPDATE: Maine has banned gay marriage. See updates. The residents of Maine look likely to follow the lead of California and ban gay marriage with a ballot measure overturning legal gay marriage pulling to a bigger lead. The Maine ... Read >

Tropical Storm Mirinae Deluges Central Vietnam With Deaths, Water

Hanoi, Vietnam (AHN) - Officials in Vietnam say the death toll from tropical storm Mirinae has reached at least 14. According to local reports, several towns in Phu Yen and Quang Ngai provinces had been deluged with ... Read >

Car of Slain New Mexico Nun Found in Undisclosed Location

Navajo, NM (AHN) - New Mexico authorities report they have found the car of a nun who was found dead early this week. At present officials are not releasing details of the find or where the beige ... Read >

Johnson & Johnson To Cut 8,200 Jobs To Save More Than $1 Billion

New York, NY (AHN) - Health care product company Johnson & Johnson will trim its work force by up to 7 percent in an effort to cut costs by nearly $2 billion. The company announced Tuesday that it ... Read >

Brush fires threatening LA suburb of Diamond Bar, no evacuations yet

Five to eight brush fires were reported around 11:45 PDT near State Route 60 in the Los Angeles suburb Diamond Bar. Wind direction seems to be favoring firefighting efforts in the fire-plagued state, and evacuations are voluntary at ... Read >

DSU students vanish after cryptic phone call

Three young women, softball players and students at Dickinson State University, have been missing since placing a cryptic phone call Sunday night. No one has heard from nor seen any of the three girls, identified as Kyrstin Gemar, ... Read >

FDA Warns P&G on Cold Medicines Containing Vitamin C

Washington, DC (AHN) - The Food and Drug Administration told the maker of two popular over-the-counter cold and flu medications that it could not sell products marketed as both drugs and dietary supplements. At issue is Procter & ... Read >

Ford Posts Surprising $997 Million Q3 Profit

Dearborn, MI (AHN) - Ford Motor Co. on Monday reported a surprise quarterly profit of nearly $1 billon, its first positive earnings in four years. The automaker said it earned $997 million, or 29 cents a share, a ... Read >

Magnitude 6.2 Quake Rattles Tonga

Nuku'alofa, Tonga (AHN) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck south of Tonga on Monday but there were no reports of damage or tsunami, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter was located at 205 miles south ... Read >

A Day Before Polls Open, Maine Voters Divided About Repealing Gay Marriage Law

Augusta, ME (AHN) - Voters in the Pine Tree State are deeply divided about whether to repeal a newly adopted law legalizing same-sex marriages, according to the Public Policy Polling. Maine holds a referendum on Tuesday, following ... Read >

DOD To Partner With Taser To Develop Electric Shock Device To Be Used At A Distance

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The Department of Defense has contracted Taser International to develop a device that delivers electric shock to distant human targets. The so-called Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation or HEMI device to be fired from a grenade ... Read >

Noor Almaleki, run down by father for being too “Westernized,” dies

Noor Almaleki, a 20-year-old Arizona woman who was severely injured when her father deliberately rammed her with a car, has died of her injuries. The tragic story made national headlines when it was revealed that the girl's father, ... Read >