Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.

Talking to the TV is usually a sign of extreme agitation, mental instability or loneliness. TV manufacturers are set to make it a more rational behavior this year, with a range of sets that respond to speech.

A log truck driver swerved to miss a deer on a remote gravel road in the Coast Range early Monday morning, crashing into the forest below.

Exxon Mobil Corp. and the Norwegian oil producer Statoil have reached an agreement with the federal government that will allow the companies to continue developing a potentially lucrative oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico.

The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer, NASA's Curiosity rover, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday on a search for evidence that the red planet might once have been home to itsy-bitsy life.

The head of the World Health Organization has urged countries to stand together against tobacco companies that are trying to "harass" them into softening their anti-smoking stance.

This isolated expanse of land is pocked by steaming fissures, molten mud pools and lava fields - perhaps an unlikely place for a Chinese tycoon to build a resort.

After a pipe burst this morning at Myrtle Point JR/SR High School, the severity of the schools repairs, just became a reality.

Honda's human-shaped robot can now run faster, balance itself on uneven surfaces, hop on one foot, pour a drink and even almost "think" on its own.

Prince William and his wife will get a swanky new London home. William and the Duchess of Cambridge, who are based in remote Wales, have picked an apartment in historic Kensington Palace as their permanent London base, officials said Sunday.