AP - Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds.

AP - A woman mauled by a bear in a rural area of Southern California was recovering Wednesday as game wardens sought to trap and kill the animal.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck let her emotions get the better of her, again. The View co-host, who last year got into a shouting match about the Iraq war with former moderator Rosie ODonnell, almost broke into tears today during a heated debate...

The story behind Anne Hathaway's split with recently arrested Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri has everyone buzzing. That includes multi-billion dollar real estate tycoon Donald Trump, who lashed out at the starlet. "After [his legal troubles] she was gone and...

"Although Nevadans yawn at quickie divorces, drive-through weddings, topless showgirls and legalized prostitution, the divorce proceedings between Gov. Jim Gibbons (R) and his estranged wife, Dawn, have transfixed folks here like a daytime soap opera," the Los Angeles Times reports.

"The governor won't face voters until 2010 -- a political eternity -- but GOP activists fret that his purported philandering could hurt the party in November. What if fed-up Republicans pare back campaign contributions -- or stay home on election day? That could flip control of the state Senate, where Republicans cling to a slender majority -- or even hand Nevada, which twice voted for President Bush, to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama."

A construction boom tied to the Olympics is threatening two types of housing in Chinas capital.

Radovan Karadzic had transformed his appearance so successfully that he was able to walk about freely.