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One of the primary tools that U.S. transportation departments count on to keep roads safe is road salt. But that has meant rising levels of chloride in many northern streams.

The president knows he was once regarded as having limitless promise, and realizes as well how disappointed many of his acolytes have been.

President Obama begins his administration's final phase the way he began several others: recovering from disaster, in this case the loss of the Senate. He's striving to show he won't be a lame duck.

A California measure will limit the amount of full contact middle and high school football players can have during practice. The new law takes effect January 1.

Monday morning, rescue crews finished airlifting survivors to safety. Video from a coast guard helicopter showed a black plume of smoke billowing from the vessel.

A zoo in Japan takes its penguins on a 30-minute waddle twice a day during the winter to keep them from getting too chubby. Visitors line the route and snap pictures of the penguins.

Pennsylvania was once the national capital of nails. Never mind the ball drop in New York's Times Square, West Fairview will drop a 7-foot nail.

The government's candidate former European Commissioner Stavros Dimas failed to win over the minimum of at least 180 of 300 parliamentary lawmakers. Elections will likely be held in February.

The Asian characters in the original Star Wars films are few, fleeting and often forgotten. But the manager of the "Holocron" database at Lucasfilm helps uncover their back stories.

Authorities say two suspects fired at a patrol car with a rifle. Both officers survived without injuries. One suspect was arrested.