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WASHINGTON — They say money can't buy happiness. They're wrong. At least up to a point. People's emotional well-being — happiness — increases along with their income up to about $75,000, researchers More>>
HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - It's Labor Day and you know what that means - back to school for most of the country's kids, teens, and higher-education seeking adults. There have been so many great comedies made More>>
RYE BROOK, N.Y. (AP) - A teen and a toddler have come face-to-face with a coyote in two separate incidents within about an hour in a New York City suburb. The toddler's father took her toget medical care, More>>
GARDEN CITY, Idaho (AP) - A two-month-old kitten was beginning to recover from a chemical and physical assault at a Garden City veterinary hospital.Danielle Stem of Meridian says she rescued the kitten More>>
TIME - You would think that it should be the other way around, however, according to a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that - for reasons that aren't entirely clear - not drinking alcohol does actually tend to increase one's risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The study found the mortality rates for abstainers than those of heavy drinkers. More>>
CNN.COM - With a name like "Conan," it's got to be good… or is that Smucker's? Either way, Conan O'Brien has finally announced the name of his new late-night show, which will air on TBS come November. The More>>
MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania officer's good deed backfired after his K-9 bit a 6-year-old girl who missed her bus to school and was offered a ride in the police cruiser.Police in the western Pennsylvania More>>
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) - A pistol-packing 69-year-old woman in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again.Police say Ethel Jones shot an 18-year-old man in the stomach More>>
(CNN) -- Jennifer Konjoian was 10 years old when she put a plastic bag over her head. She remembers doing it impulsively, for no other reason than to get attention. For her mother, it was the last straw More>>
CNN.COM - A pop tune about love and Facebook goes viral. CNN's Josh Levs reports.Click here to watch the video report More>>
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - With bedbugs on the rise, the U.S. finds itself with another problem -- people who resort to dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators. The problem is so bad that More>>
LOS ANGELES (AP) - MySpace, which recently revamped itself to look more like Facebook, is now allowing users to sync their posts to Facebook, too. That means people on Facebook can see their friends' MySpace items without leaving Facebook. MySpace users will also be able to share music, videos, game applications, links and photos across both social networking sites. More>>
LAS VEGAS (AP) - An arrest report obtained by The Associated Press says Paris Hilton denied owning the purse in which police say they found less than a gram of cocaine after a traffic stop. A police lieutenant More>>
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) _ A juror has been removed from a Detroit-area trial after writing on Facebook that the defendant was guilty. The problem? The trial wasn't over. Hadley Jons of Warren could More>>
(CNN) -- Lewis Pugh was standing in the Arctic in a Speedo about to plunge into water just shy of the freezing point when he came to grips with the challenge he was facing. "My most dominant thought as More>>
YAHOO.COM - We know that a picture is worth a thousand words, but is a picture worth a stolen purse? That's certainly the experience of the Myers family, who recently visited Madison, Wisconsin, to attend More>>
MSN - A man known simply as the "Lone Indian" has been living a life of solitude in the Brazilian Amazon, however, the question is, for how long? Officials have concluded that he is the last survivor of More>>
MSNBC.COM - In the wake of the nationwide recall of eggs for contamination with salmonella, many consumers may be wondering what types of eggs are healthiest and safest to buy? More than 90 More>>
MSN - A 50-year-old British woman has been dubbed "Britain's Most Hated Woman" after surveillance cameras caught her luring a cat to come to her and then dropping the trusting kitty into a garbage bin. More>>
MSNBC.COM - I hope you have nothing but good, trustworthy friends. If you don't, they might tell the world you are in some pretty crazy, or even disturbing, places, thanks to Facebook's new "Places" tool. An More>>
(Health.com) -- Pamela Sakuda, 57, was anxious and depressed. After two years of intensive chemotherapy for late-stage colon cancer, and having outlived her prognosis by several months, she'd finally lost More>>
MSNBC.COM - "Star Wars" creator George Lucas has filed a $5 million trademark lawsuit against a company marketing a technology that allows users to control computer applications directly with their minds. The More>>
DAMASCUS, Ore. (AP) - A 12-year-old Oregon boy had permission to drive the family pickup truck to the end of the driveway to unload trash, but he kept going until he was stopped nearly 100 miles awayin More>>
MSN - When residents of a Los Angeles apartment building began cleaning out their basement, they found a 70 year old trunk with a gruesome discovery inside that potentially has ties to the author of Peter Pan. More>>
SOUTHLAKE, Texas (AP) - A Texas teenager who broke curfew is headed for a reluctant adventure in baby-sitting.Robert Rausch placed an advertisement offering his daughter's free baby-sitting services in More>>
Click here to watch the amazing videoMSNBC.COM - MADRID – A bull leapt into the packed grandstands of a Spanish bullring and ran amok, charging and trampling spectators and leaving 40 people injured, More>>
MSNBC.COM - Escaped inmate John McCluskey and his fiancée-cousin Casslyn Welch were captured in the northeast Arizona's Apache County, the U.S. Marshals Office said late Thursday. The two were on the lam since July 30, when Welch allegedly helped McCluskey break out of a privately run prison in Kingman, Ariz., with two other convicts, who were since recaptured. More>>
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Police say a man fell about 20 feet while waiting to get on the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride at Disney's California Adventure theme park in Anaheim.The 20-year-old man was More>>
NEW YORK (AP) - Bedbugs have attacked a popular movie theater in Times Square as New York battles the persistent pests.The AMC Empire 25 in Times Square was sprayed overnight and reopened Wednesday. A More>>
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Albuquerque airport aviation police say a mother told them she slapped her crying 13-month-old daughter on a flight between Dallas and Albuquerque because the child kicked her.The More>>
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Police say a Southwest Airlines flight attendant took a baby from her parents on a flight from Dallas to Albuquerque after the mother slapped the crying child.The flight attendant More>>
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Another teenage lesbian is suing a Mississippi school district, this time over a policy banning females from wearing tuxedos in yearbook portraits.Ceara (SEE-ayr-uh) Sturgis' dispute More>>
BOSTON (AP) - Doctors say they have found a pea sprouting in the lung of a 75-year-old Massachusetts man. Doctors feared the worst when they studied Ron Sveden's X-rays and spotted a small dark spot. More>>
(Health.com) -- Most of us already know that eating less and moving more are the keys to dropping extra pounds. But if you're already doing everything "right" and can't seem to lose weight -- or are even More>>
MSN - Physicist Stephen Hawking has recently said that mankind should abandon Earth, or face extinction. It is a very interesting article from a very interesting man. More>>
(Health.com) -- Sweaty, sleepless nights. Inexplicable grouchiness. Weight gain, headaches, and no sex drive. Many women approaching menopause can relate -- and so can Mike Coleman. Last year, a string More>>
MSNBC.COM - The most interesting aspect of YouAndMeArePure.com virgin dating site — besides its grammatically interesting name — is probably the gift shop. To be sure, YouAndMeArePure.com isn't the first More>>
From CNN's affiliate WISN: "The union claims that some teachers could be discriminated against by not having the drug covered by insurance." The station also reports that the Milwaukee school system is More>>
(CNN) – Sarah Palin's much anticipated reality show will hit the airwaves next November, just days after the midterm elections when the political world begins to look toward the 2012 presidential race. "Sarah More>>
YAHOO.COM - These little-known strategies can boost your household income by thousands of dollars a year. Click here for the full story More>>
CNN.COM - A recent poll revealed that one of four Americans doubt that President Obama is a citizen. But Americans have long accused presidents of being illegitimate office holders for all sorts of reasons, More>>
(Health.com) -- Girls in the United States are entering puberty at earlier ages than they have in the past, a new study reports. More than 10 percent of white 7-year-old girls in the study, which was More>>
MARYSVILLE, Wash. - It was a farewell that brought tears to everyone in attendance. The parents of Grace Tam took to the Bethlehem Lutheran Church stage to sing "Amazing Grace." John Tam struggled to get More>>
MIAMI — Paul Skidmore's office is shuttered, his job gone, his 18-month job search fruitless and his unemployment benefits exhausted. So at 63, he plans to file this week for Social Security benefits, More>>
MSNBC - MSNBC has The Week in Pictures Slideshow up! Some really cool pictures. To view, click here More>>
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A 25-year-old Romanian woman weighing 528 pounds who gave birth to a baby girl more than 5 months ago, has died. Relatives of Victoria Lacatus say she died of a heart attack Sunday More>>
(CNN) -- They've been called noisy, unwieldy and like a plastic bag. Yet, major health campaigns in Washington, Chicago, Illinois, and New York City are promoting female condoms to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS. Although More>>
NEWSWEEK: For the last few months, we have heard powerful, passionate arguments about the need to cut America's massive budget deficit. Republican senators have claimed that we are in danger of permanently More>>
CLEVELAND - A fan wearing a Miami Heat jersey of LeBron James drew the ire of the crowd at a Cleveland Indians game and was escorted out of the ballpark. Fans in the left-field bleachers chanted obscenities More>>
MSNBC.COM - Elizabeth Sunshine was rushing to the airport in Newark, N.J. She had a date to meet her new baby in person for the very first time, and she was running late. The baby's couriers — a friendly More>>
OKLAHOMA CITY - An alleged would-be thief is in custody thanks to the efforts of a 16-year-old cheerleader from Moore.The incident happened Sunday night at Penn Square Mall, police said. More>>
MSN - Scientists are saying that an asteroid has about 1-in-1,000 chance of hitting the Earth in 2182. At about 1,837 feet across, 1999 RQ36 would bring world-wide devastation if it were to hit the Earth. More>>
MSNBC.COM - When it comes to spending habits, Americans lavish money on their pets, spending $45.5 billion in 2009, including $3.36 billion on pet services, according to the American Pet Products Association, More>>
TACOMA, Wash. -- A dispute over text messages reportedly led to a shooting in Tacoma that left an innocent woman dead.The shooting happened on South Bell Street near South 72nd Street at about 11:30 p.m. More>>
CNN.COM - The federal government spent millions of dollars to dead people, fugitives and incarcerated felons. Click here to watch the video report More>>
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- With Tropical Storm Bonnie nearing, efforts to dig a relief well remained suspended Friday as the rig involved in the operation and other boats around BP's ruptured Gulf More>>
OMAHA, Nebraska - Young teens lead police on a high-speed chase near Omaha. Watch the video by clicking here! More>>
CNN) -- Seriously ... at this point, who's not on Facebook? Grandmas are commenting on their teen grandkids' angst-ridden status updates. One of your grade-school teachers wants you to join their mafia. Candidates More>>
BALLARD, Wash. - Three people jumped through windows to escape an early-morning house fire in Ballard. *Click here to watch the dramatic video. More>>
MSNBC. - Parents and caregivers who slip young, healthy children doses of common drugs — including painkillers, sedatives and laxatives — are fueling a dangerous but hidden form of child abuse, new research More>>
FRESNO, Calif.- A Greyhound bus traveling to Sacramento from Los Angeles has crashed on a state highway in California's Central Valley, killing five and injuring many others. California Highway Patrol Officer Michelle Sigmond says the bus driver swerved to avoid another crash and slammed into the center divider and a tree at about 2:14 a.m. Thursday just outside downtown Fresno. More>>
STOCKHOLM - Divers have found about 30 bottles of champagne in a shipwreck between Sweden and Finland. To view the full story, click here. More>>
MSN - This is a really neat slide show with 10 of the craziest cars you'll ever see on the road! My favorite is the Ghostbusters one! I know there is a guy on the South Hill who has a boat car! You can see him cruising the streets on a nice sunny day! More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - Baja Motorsports is recalling 308,000 mini bikes and go-carts after a child was seriously burned.The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the gas caps on these Chinese-made vehicles More>>
YAHOO.COM - Fears are growing over the impact of millions losing their unemployment checks. Click here for the full story. More>>
YAHOO.COM - Wearing socks with sandals isn't the only terrible fashion choice many guys make. Here are some of the issues have....according to women. Click here for the full story! More>>
SPOKANE, Wash. - Everyday we look for compelling stories to bring you from different websites. If you're a loyal KHQ viewer you know what we're talking about. So today......we're excited to show this video More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - Airlines are being warned to show some restraint when it comes to all of those additional fees they're charging for things like checked bags, blankets and pillows, and prime spots in More>>
Washington (CNN) -- The NAACP has passed a resolution that condemns what it feels is rampant racism in the Tea Party movement. Members passed the measure on Tuesday at the organization's 101st annual More>>
RADARONLINE.COM - Newlyweds Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher were snapped Monday enjoying their romantic honeymoon in sun-kissed Tahiti, and RadarOnline.com has the sexy shots of the superstar couple Click More>>
ATLANTA (AP) - A new study found an experimental diet pill helped about half the people who tried it to lose weight and keep it off a year later.The pill Lorcaserin helped overweight and obese people lose More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he underwent heart surgery last week and is recuperating.In a statement, Cheney said he had been experiencing increasing congestive heart failure More>>
(CNN) – Bristol Palin and the father of her child, Levi Johnston, are engaged, the magazine Us Weekly reported Wednesday. Click here for the full story! More>>
CNN.COM - The most talked-about phone in the U.S. -- Apple's iPhone 4 -- has a design flaw that's best fixed with duct tape, according to Consumer Reports. "It may not be pretty, but it works," the nonprofit More>>
CNN.COM - An 18-year-old calls 911 after an alligator ripped his hand off in a canal Sunday night, as WINK reports. Click here to watch video report! More>>
Alan Boyle writes: NASA is partnering with Microsoft Research's WorldWide Telescope to offer half a billion high-resolution images of Red Planet sights, ranging from past rover tracks to future landing More>>
YAHOO.COM - Your desk may be telling people you can't be trusted with a big project. Click here to read the full story! More>>
CNN.COM - We found this story on CNN and just had to share it with you! A woman rescues her dog after he honks the horn from the hot car she accidentally left him in. Click here to watch the video rep More>>
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S Virgin Islands ( AP) A 14-year-old Puerto Rican tourist was killed in front of her horrified family when she was caught in the crossfire of a gunfight attributed to warring gangs More>>
NORTH SPOKANE, Wash. – More than a dozen businesses returned to work on Tuesday to find graffiti artists were hard at work over Labor Day weekend. More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's news conference on Friday is set for 11 a.m. Eastern time. More>>
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September 6 in 2010). More>>
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NEWMAN LAKE, Wash. - 48-year-old Donald Crum of Coeur d'Alene died after wrecking his car on Trent early Saturday morning. More>>
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A leading pet product company has issued a voluntary recall of nearly 75,000 bags of dog treats due to salmonella concerns, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. - Six people were injured in a car crash Saturday evening in Stevens County. More>>
SPOKANE, Wash. - Pig Out In The Park 2010 winds down Monday. More>>
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Authorities have identified the man who they say went from big winnings at a Southern California casino to death at the hands of robbers. More>>
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