MEXICO, Maine – Authorities say two 15-year-old Rhode Island boys have spent the night outside in below-zero temperatures after they got lost while snowmobiling in Maine. The Maine Warden Service said Ty Howard-Gotto and Jonah May were found unharmed Tuesday morning after staying in a small shelter. Wardens say they …

VICTOR, N.Y. – Authorities say a New York man suspected of using stolen credit cards to buy expensive jewelry tried to hide some of the evidence by swallowing a diamond ring. The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office says 33-year-old Rahkeim Scarlett of Troy used a stolen card on Feb. 11 to …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Dressed to Kill A top Muslim cleric in Iran says Iranian women who do not wear the hijab or Muslim headscarf should be put to death. The Adnkronos Press Agency says Hojatolislam Gholam Reza Hassani says — “Women who do not respect …

WASHINGTON – Malaysia’s debut spaceflyer, the first female commander of the International Space Station and a veteran Russian cosmonaut are gearing up for their orbital mission this fall. Malaysian orthopedic surgeon Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, 34, is training for a planned Oct. 10 launch towards the ISS with veteran NASA astronaut …

Things That Make Me Go Grrr! | The GRRR! Book Here are some of your responses to Mike’s last column… Sissy S. writes: I read your story regarding Michael Vick and agreed wholeheartedly with it!! He shouldn’t be allowed to ever play football again, and if the NFL allows him …

Elvis has left the building … to the politicians. The Memphis, Tenn., home of the King of Rock and Roll will host a summit of sorts Friday when President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi travel to Graceland for a personal tour of one of America’s wackiest …

NEW ORLEANS – At night, the neighborhood of Foubourg-Marigny — an up-and-coming hipster haven just a stone’s throw from the rowdier and more touristy French Quarter — doesn’t have the blaring, canned recordings of a trumpet playing “When the Saints Go Marching In” or the infamous fishnet-stockinged legs peeking through …

Many of us can expect to pay $3 a gallon for gasoline this summer, thanks to some speculators who are bidding up the price of oil and to the oil companies who love that kind of speculation so they can raise prices accordingly. Remember, the oil companies don’t have to …

WASHINGTON – Editor’s note: The following article is the first in a two-part series on the impact of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, signed into law earlier this month. On Aug. 11, just three days after President Bush signed the first major piece of national energy legislation in more …

Teaching “intelligent design” to high school biology students violates laws prohibiting the endorsement of religion in public schools, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling in Pennsylvania is a major defeat for proponents of the controversial alternative theory about the origins of life. “The evidence at trial demonstrates that ID …