MANILA, Philippines - A lawmaker proposes to scrap the height requirement for those aspiring to be police, fire, and jail officers. Cebu representative Pablo John Garcia filed House Bill 6203, or the Police, Fire and Jail Height Equality Act of 2012, which will remove this requirement for members of ...

Ever driven 600 miles in one sitting? With no stops for a bite to eat, a chance to use the bathroom, or just a rest? No? Well that's what separates the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers competing in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 from the rest of us. They will drive 600 miles around the Charlotte Motor Speedway, and barring a long red flag for rain or some other disaster - looking at you, Juan Pablo Montoya ...

Manager Bruce Bochy said he'll find a start or two for Aubrey Huff on the Giants ' seven-game road trip through Milwaukee and Miami, and nothing happened to change his mind in Sunday's 6-2 loss to the A's . Huff most...

TORONTO — "I paint the way some people write an autobiography," Pablo Picasso once said. "The paintings, finished or not, are the pages from my diary."

The commander in charge of the raid to kill Osama bin Laden is defending his proposal that would give him more authority to send special operations forces overseas to address problems like terrorism or sudden Arab Spring-style unrest.

A list of events and exhibits happening in the San Francisco art scene. ‘Partners in Surrealism’ “Man Ray-Lee Miller: Partners in Surrealism” features more than 100 photographs, paintings, drawings and manuscripts that explore the creative interaction between the prominent 20th-century surrealists. This exhibition, the first to focus exclusively on the pair’s artistic relationship, also includes ...

Students at San Pablo's Downer Elementary School are now getting an opportunity to learn on real instruments, thanks to a pilot program from the California Symphony.

Federal officials have rejected plans by a tribe with Lake County connections to build a casino near Richmond.

FARMINGTON — Depending on which way your habits at the betting windows were going, the high, gusty winds that swirled around SunRay Park and Casino on Saturday were either helping or hurting you.

The presidential race could come down to this: To win in November, President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney needs the biggest swing state: Florida. For that, either man needs Florida's critical swing area: the I-4 corridor. For that, he needs the corridor's swing counties: Orange and Osceola.