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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 & ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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