When a house fire broke out in North Philadelphia Friday, witnesses say help came from an unlikely source: The mayor himself. Dorothy Young lives across the street from where the fire started around 7 a.m. Shortly after she came outside,

On Day 1 of the A.H. (After Harry) Era, reviewers and readers of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" mourned the end of a historic series that proved young people can still crave the written word like the crispiest French

A purported Taliban spokesman saidSaturday that the Islamic militia had killed two German hostages, aclaim disputed by both Afghanistan and Germany. He also offered totrade 23 captive South Koreans for imprisoned Taliban fighters.

A firefighter from New Jersey is in the hospital Saturday night after he was involved in an accident while responding to a call.

The clean-up is continuing at the site of the steam pipe explosion in midtown. Before the evening is done, workers are expected to lift that tow-truck out of the blast crater.

Maria G. Garcia of Chandler thinks the selection of places to eat in the city is ''awesome.''

Phoenix police are searching for a 57-year-old man who wandered away from a care home facility this morning.

Police have released the name of a 12-year-old boy autistic boy who drowned Friday in his backyard pool.

The official start of the monsoon is likely here, but don't go crazy yet. The season is formally defined when the dew point hits 55 degrees or higher for three days in a row.

Janet Napolitano kicked off the 99th annual meeting of the National Governors Association, a three-day conference that will focus on economic development, education reform and global warming, among other issues.

With nine days left before naturalization fees skyrocket in the country, hundreds of immigrants across the Valley and United States this week rushed to complete their applications.

Local bookstores weren't the only place out of Harry Potter books Saturday morning. Phoenix libraries were also out of the book Saturday, forcing eager Potter fans to wait it out.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Exchanging Fire posted a wire-to-wire win in the $60,000 Serena's Song Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday, beating Ethan's Car by three lengths.

As memory serves, Clive James, in his former role as TV critic for The Observer, once reviewed the Eurovision song contest during which one of the contestants proclaimed, "Man was born for but one thing/And I was born to sing,"

AQUARIUS: Aquarius gets to the pearly gates, sees that heaven isn't run by consensus, and opts for hell, where at least there is an appealing anarchy and rules are made to be broken. Ironically, Aquarian near death experiences tend to

by Jason Pitzl-Waters The massive avalanche of Harry Potter purchases start at midnight tonight. While many of us in the Pagan community have tried to distance ourselves from the idea that Harry Potter = Paganism, that hasn't stopped the press,

A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debate. CBS News

Brad Penny became the first starting pitcher to open a season 12-1 for the Dodgers since the franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1958, and Matt Kemp's three-run homer keyed a comeback from a four-run deficit in an 8-6 victory