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Couple convince school to end homework for family
CALGARY, Alberta - Sherri and Tom Milley were exhausted by the weepy weeknight struggles over math problems and writing assignments with their three school-aged children. They were fed up with rushing home from soccer practice or speed skating only to stand over their kids tossing out answers so they could finish and get to bed.
Navy to deploy dolphins, sea lions to protect sub base
BANGOR, Wash. - Specially trained Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions will help guard a Trident submarine base in Washington beginning next year, the Navy announced this week.
Innu tribe in Canada breaks hunting ban, kills caribou for food
A Canadian Indian tribe in Labrador says they have killed 64 caribou in an area closed to hunting in what some call a brazen assertion of their traditional rights.
Census Bureau taps children, telenovela to get word out
In a move to track down uncounted Spanish-speakers, the U.S. Census Bureau is traveling to schools and telling children to explain the once-a-decade headcount to their parents. And the Census Bureau has enlisted a Spanish-language soap to include the census theme as a story line.
If fearful immigrants refuse to be counted, it could cost towns and cities much-needed government money.
Chinese drywall investigation could be released Monday
A highly anticipated federal investigation of Chinese drywall is expected to be released Monday, and it could be worth thousands of dollars for affected homeowners.
That's because the report may trigger the availability of federal funds that affected homeowners could use to lessen their losses, according to a spokesman for Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.
Flamboyant millionaire becomes Olympics' ticket king
VANCOUVER - A flamboyant, wheeler-dealer millionaire is the undisputed ticket king of the Olympics.
For millionaire Sead Dizdarevic, it's a brand-new, above-board world
In California, executive glass ceiling still not cracked by women
Women are making "no progress" cracking the executive glass ceiling in California, according to a just-released study by the University of California, Davis.
The fifth annual "California Women Business Leaders" study concludes that progress for women at the 400 largest public companies headquartered in the state is little improved since the first survey in 2005.
Two Fla. boys made up story of child abduction, police say
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - A reported child abduction that turned out to be a hoax this week apparently started with two young boys mimicking the plot of a crime-related television program and ended with misdemeanor charges, a police spokesman said.
Mourning N.C. family 'relieved' young mom's body found
CREEDMOOR, N.C, - After a 14-month hunt that sent searchers trudging through pastures and peering into open wells, sheriff's deputies found the skeletal remains of Kelly Morris inside a 900-acre tract where dogs chase coyotes and foxes for sport.
Clowning around doesn't work for would-be Calif. bank robber
A would-be robber -- wearing clown makeup and carrying a purse -- tried to hold up a Riverside credit union this week but left empty handed.
"I guess they didn't take the clown seriously," said police Sgt. Skip Showalter.
The brief one-man circus performed at 5:11 p.m. Wednesday at Altura Credit Union along the 3400 block of Fourteenth Street.
