(BROOKFIELD, Mass., AP) — A man in Massachusetts says all he heard was a hiss before a bobcat pounced on him in his own garage, sinking its teeth into his… Read more »

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska, AP) — A Shell oil-drilling ship that ran aground near a remote Alaska island was under tow again early Monday, officials said. The Kulluk was being towed at… Read more »

(NEW YORK, AP) — A New York City musician used a combination of technology, seduction, a hammer and a bribe to reclaim his missing iPhone from a confused crook. Jazz… Read more »

By DAN JOLING (ANCHORAGE, Alaska, AP) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC will try to move its grounded drill ship out of the worst of the North Pacific’s fury with a… Read more »

(JUNEAU, Alaska, AP) — A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were… Read more »

By ALAN FRAM (WASHINGTON, AP) — Congress’ excruciating, extraordinary New Year’s Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack Obama most of… Read more »

(AKRON, Ohio, AP) — Aiden and Donavyn didn’t wait until New Year’s Day to come screaming into the world, but the circumstances of their births are still pretty special: The… Read more »

By BILL BARROW (ATLANTA, AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Barack Obama’s remake of the health insurance market…. Read more »

By GEORGE M. WALSH and RIK STEVENS (ALBANY, N.Y., AP) — William Spengler raised no alarms in prison for 17 years and for more than a decade afterward. Well-spoken, well-behaved… Read more »

(PHOENIX, AP) — An Arizona sheriff has announced plans to deploy an armed volunteer posse to protect Phoenix-area students in the wake of the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary… Read more »