Largest Of Calif. Wildfires Destroys 10 Homes, Other Structures
More than 5,500 firefighters are battling the so-called King Fire in the Sierra Nevada forest area. Some 2,800 people have been evacuated.
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Snowden Reveal Makes Israeli Spies' Protest An American Issue
Forty-three veterans of Unit 8200, Israel's secretive surveillance organization, say they were directed to spy indiscriminately on Palestinians. Were they using intelligence gathered by the NSA?
The Biology Of Altruism: Good Deeds May Be Rooted In The Brain
Angela Stimpson donated a kidney to a complete stranger. Why did she do it? Researchers found that the brains of Stimpson and other altruists are sensitive to fear and distress in a stranger's face.
NASA: MAVEN Spacecraft Safely Circling Mars
The orbital probe will study how the solar wind interacts with the red planet's thin atmosphere.
Shrinking Pool Of Volunteer Firefighters Leaves Communities At Risk
Busy schedules and long hours of training are partly to blame for the ever-shrinking volunteer pool.
Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Victims
Cyberstalking has transformed domestic abuse in the U.S. Tracking tools called spyware make it cheap and easy for someone to monitor a partner secretly, 24 hours a day.
How To Get Children To Behave Without Hitting Them
Most parents say they have used corporal punishment. But there's abundant evidence that it doesn't improve behavior over time. Changing how parents talk to children does work, but it takes practice.
Large Protests In Hundreds Of Cities Vent Ire Over Climate Change
The People's Climate March was timed to draw the notice of world leaders gathering for this week's U.N. Climate Summit in New York.
For This Job, You Need A Creepy Voice And A Fabulous Scream
Halloween may seem like it's a long ways away, but haunted houses around the country are already getting ready, and they are looking for aspiring actors who can make the hair on your neck stand up.
Man Caught At White House Is An Army Veteran
Omar J. Gonzales, the 42-year-old man who the Secret Service says ran onto the White House grounds and entered a door Friday night, is an Army veteran who served in Iraq.