Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin portrayed herself Tuesday as a champion of everyday people while noting her family’s stock portfolio took a $20,000 hit last week.

This isn’t how a jet pack is supposed to look, is it? Hollywood has envisioned jet packs as upside-down fire extinguishers strapped to people’s backs. But Glenn Martin’s invention is far more unwieldy _ a 250-pound piano-sized contraption that people settle into rather than strap on.

Pack up the championship trophy and book a flight back to Boston, the NBA finals aren’t over yet. The Los Angeles Lakers are headed East to try a historic comeback of their own.Kobe Bryant scored 25 points, including a decisive dunk in the final minute...

Pack up the championship trophy and book a flight back to Boston, the NBA finals aren’t over yet.The Los Angeles Lakers are headed East to try a historic comeback of their own.Kobe Bryant scored 25 points, including a decisive dunk in the final minute _...

A bank robber got as far as a nearby pawn shop before a dye pack, inserted in his wad of stolen cash, exploded in his pants, authorities said.The man then fled the store, leaving behind the money that contained the theft-detection device.Fort Lauderdale...

Staffers at a pawn shop in Fort Lauderdale thought the shopper with a goatee looked suspicious. Their instincts were confirmed Monday when, two minutes later, a red dye pack exploded in the man’s pants. He fled the store, ditching a stolen wad of cash...

A man who was out on bail following a drunken driving arrest is back behind bars after he was caught drinking a 12-pack of beer on the Douglas County Courthouse lawn. Martin Ruiz asked the judge to release him on his own recognizance, promising not to...