San Francisco. Herb Caen's "Bagdad by the Bay".Here, in the warm glow of tonight's twilight, atop a hotel tower with expansive views of city and bay, a celebration for the changers.Yes, change is the political currency of the day. Tonight

In the world of parenting, trying to pull the plug on pacifiers can be difficult.

The Minnesota Timberwolves don't have much money to spend in free agency this summer and few desirable contracts to use as trade bait to improve the team.

It's the time of year for farmer's markets and fresh Minnesota produce, and when we asked people what was healthier, fresh or frozen, every person said the same thing: "Fresh."

Music blared in the Tampa Bay clubhouse and four large, flat-screen televisions mounted around a column in the middle of the room were tuned to the same in-house channel displaying the AL East standings. The surprising Rays are on top,

Former USC basketball star O.J. Mayo has denied allegations that he received cash and gifts from events promoter Rodney Guillory and said he was confident an investigation will determine he did not violate NCAA rules.

It is one of the most powerful, poisonous, and paralytic proteins knownto man, yet why is dermatologic wonder-drug Botox the cure-allphenomenon that's taken the cosmetic world by storm being injectedinto women's breasts these days?

It's a day meant to celebrate accomplishment and the transition into the real world. But now a New York University grad is the talk of campus after he took his moment in the sun, and ran with it literally. His

Authorities said a suspect who sold gas at half-price was not trying tohelp other drivers with soaring prices, but rather he was trying tohelp himself.

Angie will have to wait a little longer to find out her fate. Actress/model Angie Everhart was supposed to be arraigned Thursday on DUI charges but the arraignment was postponed until June 18, according to the City Attorney's Office.

Prosecutors say they have charged former NBA star Dennis Rodman with domestic violence for allegedly hitting his girlfriend at a hotel in April. Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman Nick Velasquez says Rodman was charged Wednesday with spousal battery, brandishing a

The University of California says its incoming president will skip the residence favored by former presidents and live in a 6,800-square foot Oakland home instead.

Should the men who held up a Northeast Philadelphia Wawa actually be given credit for the way they robbed the store?

Vallejo police said an 18-year-old man has been arrested as the main suspect in a series of armed robberies between May 5 and May 8.

One teen was arrested Thursday while six others were at large in connection with three teenage girls found unconscious in a Chatsworth park. The girls may have been drugged and at least one may have been sexually assaulted, Los Angeles

A 19-year-old Berkeley man who was arrested on murder charges for the shooting death of 33-year-old Maceo Anthony Smith one block south of the University of California, Berkeley campus Tuesday will make his first appearance in court Friday afternoon, police

A veteran officer with the Bergenfield Police Department was shot in the chest Wednesday night in an incident investigators are calling a botched purse snatching. It is the kind of tragedy that sadly happens to people in law enforcement, but

Faced with record gas prices, families can drive less and slow down. But what if your job was speeding around town and saving lives?

Eight people, most of them bank employees, have been fatally shot in a bank robbery in a town south of Manila, police said Friday.

The way Sohale Siddiqi remembers it, he and his old roommate were walking his pug Charlie on Broadway when a large, scary bum approached them, stomping on the ground near the dog's head.