Singer-songwriters at sea on Cayamo cruises

2011-06-10 08:01:28

Cayamo concerts are different in several ways. They start on time. They last only an hour. And the speakers hanging from the ceiling tend to sway.

2 gamblers take US casino for more than $11M

2011-06-10 09:02:15

Lightning has struck twice at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, which has lost more than $11 million to just two high-stakes gamblers since April.

Veteran US astronaut still passionate about space travel

2011-06-09 07:44:19

Nearly 40 years since his milestone trip to the Moon, Eugene Cernan remains passionate about space.

Greece: hacker accused of targeting US sites

2011-06-08 17:07:16

Authorities in Greece say they have arrested an 18-year-old Greek man accused of hacking into US government websites and the international crime fighting agency Interpol, as well as participating in credit card fraud.

Thousands ordered out of US town as fire nears

2011-06-08 14:12:50

Flames from a mammoth forest fire licked the ridges surrounding the eastern Arizona town of Eagar, forcing the evacuation of about half the 4,000 residents as surrounding towns also prepared to empty.

8,000 Marijuana plants seized in Michigan

2011-06-08 09:06:20

In one of the largest raids in history of the US state of Michigan, authority seized about 8,000 marijuana plants worth at least 8 million dollars from a property in Lenawee County

Blast at Arizona Intel microchip plant injures 7

2011-06-08 07:57:47

Seven workers at an Intel Corp microchip manufacturing plant outside Phoenix were injured by an explosion at the facility on Tuesday, and the building was immediately evacuated

Fighter jet crashes in Wisconsin, US

2011-06-08 10:20:25

The US National Guard said that an F-16 crashed early Tuesday afternoon during a routine training flight in southern Wisconsin, the United States

US wildfire forces large evacuation

2011-06-08 07:57:42

Stiff winds whipped up a gigantic blaze in the mountains of eastern Arizona, forcing the evacuation of a third resort town and casting a smoky haze over states as far away as Iowa.

US gay teens 'more likely' to smoke, drink

2011-06-08 07:57:42

Gay, lesbian and bisexual US high school students are more likely than heterosexual students to engage in such risky behavior as smoking, drinking alcohol and carrying guns

US capital courts Chinese tourists

2011-06-06 09:15:38

The capital region of the United States may have not become the hottest destination for Chinese tourists.

Yale lab tech gets 44 years for killing student

2011-06-04 09:02:33

A lab technician convicted of killing a Yale University student, whose body was found stuffed behind a wall on the day she was to be married, was sentenced to 44 years in prison on Friday.