MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google is making it easier to socialize on its e-mail service. It's unveiling a new "Google Buzz" feature that sets up a face-off with Facebook.
MADISON, Wis. -- Authorities say a drunken man stole an ambulance from a Wisconsin ski area with the patient and paramedics still inside.
LONDON -- The British government is getting behind a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients' modesty.
LOS ANGELES -- A nature conservation group says it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land above the world-famous Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes.
SPARTENBURG, S.C. -- For the second year in a row, following its Super Bowl TV ads on Sunday and citing the tough economic times, Denny's is offering anyone a free "Original Grand Slam" breakfast from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 9) at participating restaurants.
BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho is among several states watching to see if a California animal cruelty law drives flocks of big egg farms there to fly the coop.
TOKYO -- Japanese authorities say they're trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Two decades after his school ring fell overboard from a cruise ship, a Florida man is expecting to have the high school treasure in his hands once again.
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's doctor has been taken into custody and is being held on $75,000 bail after pleading not guilty to causing the pop star's death.
TOLEDO -- A strip club in Ohio has raised $1,000 for Haitian earthquake relief during what was billed as "Lap dances for Haiti."
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak -- using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter.
NEW YORK -- A woman charged in her 8-year-old son's death in a New York City luxury hotel was once detained by police in Wyoming after claiming the boy was being molested by devil worshippers.
SYDNEY -- It's one of those videos that's been widely viewed on YouTube and elsewhere. A banker in Australia is being interviewed on TV -- and over his shoulder, you can see one of his colleagues looking at photos of a scantily-clad model on his computer screen.
NEW YORK -- The laughs are back. Betty White plays football and a house made of Bud Light cans falls slowly apart. It must be the Super Bowl -- or at least the advertising showcase that entertains amid the gridiron action.
MONSEY, N.Y. -- More than 300 people have been diagnosed with the mumps in suburban New York as the nation's largest outbreak of the disease in years spreads.
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- A Rhode Island man who says he couldn't afford veterinary care for his dog has been charged with illegally operating on the pet.
NEW YORK -- A former New York cable TV newsman convicted of assaulting his wife at their home has been released from jail after serving 19 days of a 30-day sentence.
LOS ANGELES -- A publicist for actor Charlie Sheen says the actor is "fine." But that's more than you can say for his Mercedes. The car was found early today, overturned, hundreds of feet down a cliff near his California home.
LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles judge has set an August trial date for two doctors and the lawyer-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, all of whom face drug conspiracy charges.
JUNEAU, Alaska -- E-mails obtained by The Associated Press suggest Todd Palin was intimately involved in decisions related to state government when his wife was governor of Alaska.
