DETROIT (AP) -- Michigan's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, a federal judge said Friday, striking down a law that was widely embraced by voters a decade ago in the latest in a... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Google has enhanced the encryption technology for its flagship email service in ways that will make it harder for the National Security Agency to intercept messages... READ MORE »

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico environmental regulators are blocking two companies from digging up an Alamogordo landfill in search of a rumored cache of what some consider the worst... READ MORE »

LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) -- Police say a man in North Carolina sucked a woman's toes at a Wal-Mart after he convinced her he was a podiatry student and persuaded her to take off her shoes.... READ MORE »

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who drew international condemnation for outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The large cat that attacked a baby and trapped an Oregon family in a bedroom touched off an Internet uproar that worries Jackson Galaxy, star of Animal Planet's "My Cat... READ MORE »

FLEETWOOD, Pa. (AP) -- A disturbing discovery has been made at an eastern Pennsylvania cemetery. WFMZ-TV said decapitated chickens, pennies, pieces of coconut and heart candies were found... READ MORE »

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Investigators say a Pennsylvania man charged with strangling a woman and burning her body claims he killed her because he thought she was reneging on a promise to... READ MORE »

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- State police are searching for an unlikely suspect in a Pennsylvania hit-and-run accident: the driver of an Amish buggy. Troopers from the Mercer barracks say... READ MORE »

SEATTLE (AP) -- The Seattle Fire Department says the two people killed when a KOMO-TV news helicopter crashed Tuesday morning outside its station near the Space Needle were inside the... READ MORE »