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Talks to end Chicago teachers strike make progress
CHICAGO (AP) - The city's public schools will stay closed for at least one more day, but leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union and the school district kept talking Thursday, with both sides saying they were drawing closer to a deal to end the nearly weeklong strike.
Appeals court considers Arpaio's traffic stops
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court is considering a request by the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" to reverse a lower-court decision barring his deputies from detaining people based solely on the suspicion that they're illegal immigrants.
UC officials reach settlement in pepper-spray case
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The University of California Regents has reached a proposed settlement with UC Davis students and alumni hit with pepper spray during a campus protest last November.
Wii U is latest to join holiday gadget lineup
NEW YORK (AP) - Nintendo disclosed the price and release date of its new Wii U game machine and unveiled television features for it. Thursday's announcement comes as a host of companies launch new gadgets for the holiday season.
Southern California home prices hit 4-year-high
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Southern California home prices hit a four-year high in August as buyers snapped up more expensive properties along the coast and sales of foreclosed properties kept drying up, a research firm reported Thursday.
Thousands mourn CHP officer shot during stop
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A California Highway Patrol officer gunned down during a freeway traffic stop was remembered Thursday for his friendly personality and unique sense of humor at a funeral attended by Gov. Jerry Brown and thousands of uniformed officers from across the nation.
Southern California home prices hit 4-year-high
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Southern California home prices hit a four-year high in August as buyers snapped up more expensive properties along the coast and sales of foreclosed properties kept drying up, a research firm reported Thursday.
Tax on Amazon purchases in Calif. begins Saturday
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Online retailer Amazon.com has tried to become all things to all consumers, but in California, it is about to take on a role it has fought against for years: tax collector.
Tax on Amazon purchases in Calif. begins Saturday
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Online retailer Amazon.com has tried to become all things to all consumers, but in California, it is about to take on a role it has fought against for years: tax collector.
Man jumps from bridge into path of train
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Investigators say an apparently suicidal man has jumped from a bridge into the path of an Amtrak train near downtown Los Angeles.
5-acre marijuana farm found in California desert
LAKE LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) - Investigators say a Southern California man arrested three months ago for marijuana cultivation is in jail again after a deputy discovered his new five-acre pot farm in the Mojave Desert.
California, Texas lead nation in child pool drownings
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Texas and California lead the nation in the number of children who drowned this summer in pools and spas.
NASA's retired shuttle Endeavour heads west Monday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The baby of NASA's space shuttle fleet is about to leave home - for good.
Great Dane from Michigan is world's tallest dog
OTSEGO, Mich. (AP) - A Great Dane from Michigan is doggone tall. The Guinness World Records 2013 book published Thursday recognizes Zeus of Otsego, Mich., as the world's Tallest Dog. The 3-year-old measures 44 inches from foot to shoulder. Standing on his hind legs, Zeus stretches to 7-foot-4 and towers over his owner, Denise Doorlag. Zeus is just an inch taller than the previous record-holder, Giant George. Zeus weighs 155 pounds and eats a 30-pound ...
11 indicted in bogus loan modification scam
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Eleven people have been indicted by a Los Angeles federal grand jury for a loan modification scam that preyed on more than 4,000 financially distressed homeowners.
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Nike, Oakley move away from Oscar Pistorius
Two major sponsors, Oakley and Nike, distanced themselves from Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius on Monday after the South African sports star was charged with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend.
Burger King apologizes after Twitter hacking
Somebody hacked Burger King's Twitter account on Monday, posting obscene messages and changing its profile picture to a McDonald's logo.
Kids' suspensions renew debate over zero tolerance
Waiting in line for the bus, a Pennsylvania kindergartener tells her pals she's going to shoot them with a Hello Kitty toy that makes soap bubbles. In Maryland, a 6-year-old boy pretends his fingers are a gun during a playground game of cops and robbers. In Massachusetts, a 5-year-old boy attending an after-school program makes a gun out of Legos and points it at other students while "simulating the sound of gunfire," as one school official put it.
Pistorius: Thought girlfriend was a robber
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Oscar Pistorius told a packed courtroom Tuesday that he shot his girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a robber. The prosecutor called it premeditated murder.
'Argo,' 'Zero Dark Thirty' win at Writers Guild
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The CIA thrillers "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" have won top screenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America.
