TORONTO (AP) — Canadians voted for a sharp change in their government Monday, returning a legendary name for liberals, Trudeau, to the prime minister's office and resoundingly ending... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. ambassador in a dangerous country asks the State Department for more security. Washington sends the ambassador a request for advice on talking points. Maybe, the... READ MORE »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland State University librarians in Oregon finally got their hands on two overdue books -- a half century after they were checked out. The Oregonian reports (http... READ MORE »

NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Denny Colwell fires up a weed whacker and makes quick work of his prized American ginseng patch, a fall ritual that helps hide the slow-growing, long-lived... READ MORE »

KINGSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Forget about hollowed out pumpkins with triangular eyes and a jagged mouth. The Kansas and Missouri artists who are part of the extreme-carving craze are fashioning... READ MORE »

OWEGO, N.Y. (AP) — Chris White didn't listen to the naysayers, the ones who said it would be foolish to start a business in New York's struggling Southern Tier, where antique shops peddle... READ MORE »

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Former members of the upstate New York church where two teens were viciously beaten paint a picture of a once vibrant and joyous house of worship that had declined... READ MORE »

LOTHIAN, Md. (AP) — A woman who shared a female lover with her husband decided to kill them both after she fell out of the love triangle, and she recruited her teenage daughter and the... READ MORE »

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — "I'm so drunk," a Florida driver repeatedly tells followers on the social media app Periscope, staring at her cellphone's camera, mounted on the dashboard, before she... READ MORE »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lamar Odom has regained consciousness, and he is communicating — speaking and even giving a thumbs up from his hospital bed — just days after being found in extremely... READ MORE »