WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two competitors at the World Scrabble Championships were asked to empty their pockets when a letter "G'' went missing. An official said Tuesday that the disappearance of a "G''...

SEATTLE (AP) — Scientists in Washington state are working to improve testing of a deadly, contagious marine virus as a precaution, after the virus was detected in wild salmon for the first time on...

EPPS (AP) — Authorities are looking for two inmates who escaped from the West Carroll Detention Center over the weekend. The escapees have been identified as 22-year-old Leonard Palmer and 25-year-old...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's departed defense minister Liam Fox breached rules by allowing a friend access to meetings and overseas visits — including discussions with a U.S. military commander...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Superdome will debut a new lighting system this week. The Times-Picayune reports dome officials will, in essence, flip the switch on a new LED lighting system, illuminating...

NEW YORK (AP) — An internal New York Police Department review has found an official violated department guidelines when he used pepper spray on Occupy Wall Street protesters last month, a person...

(AP) — After years of public debate and several design changes, construction of a new main library for East Baton Rouge Parish is about to get under way. The Advocate reports a groundbreaking ceremony...

CHICAGO (AP) — A sheriff whose office exhumed the skeletal remains of eight of serial killer John Wayne Gacy's never-identified victims said Monday that dozens of families of men who disappeared...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Some black residents of a Pittsburgh community have complained that an image of a hanged man on a billboard advertising a Halloween attraction is offensive. The billboard is for...

OBERLIN (AP) — A former Oakdale snake farm owner has been sentenced to jail for cruelty to animals, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Monday. Allen Parish sheriff's deputies...

BLACKVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Kudzu — the "plant that ate the South" — has finally met a pest that's just as voracious. Trouble is, the so-called "kudzu bug" is also fond of a crop that is...

LONDON (AP) — The speaker of Britain's House of Commons says a pie attack on media mogul Rupert Murdoch at a parliamentary committee hearing could lead to permanent security changes. An activist...