NEW YORK - A popular beach on Long Island was evacuated at the height of a holiday weekend after stray, unexploded fireworks washed ashore the day after a July Fourth show, state parks officials said Saturday. More »
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's military says it has found more than a ton of explosives in a house in a rural area outside the capital. More »
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe pledged closer ties with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on Saturday after months of on-and-off tensions, but Ecuador's leftist president said problems remain and he isn't ready to re-establish relations with Colombia. More »
EL PASO, Texas - El Paso police arrested a man on a charge of attempted murder Saturday after he was caught fleeing the scene of a stabbing in his motorized wheelchair. More »
WASHINGTON - Dale Metta, who manages a gun shop just outside the District of Columbia limits in Maryland, has had to turn away dozens of city residents wanting to buy handguns in recent days. More »
GREENDALE, Wis. - A 91-year-old woman who had crawled under her car to look for her keys ended up stuck beneath an axle for two days until her mail carrier noticed letters piling up, police said. More »
BOGOTA, Colombia - Military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a film crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap. More »
CROWN KING, Ariz. - Playing with matches, being careless with a campfire, even burning a letter from an estranged husband. More »
ST. LOUIS - The last of the Mississippi River navigational locks that were closed to barges because of flooding are back in business. More »

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