AP - It will take more than two destroyed homes to get Skip and Linda Miller off the mountaintop property where they've lived for 30 years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A pregnant woman who wears a seat belt greatly reduces the risk that her baby will die or be seriously hurt in a vehicle crash, according to a study that debunks the notion that seat belts are harmful to the fetus.

AP - One worker was killed and two others are presumed to have drowned when scaffolding slung underneath a bridge over the Arkansas River collapsed, tipping all three men more than 100 feet into fast-moving water.

AP - A 20-year-old with a weapons cache that included four AK-47s was arrested after threatening over the Internet to undertake a Virginia Tech-style massacre, authorities said Thursday.

AP - For the first time in 13 years, Mormons are to gather for a spring conference with a new president at the helm of the church.

MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Serena Williams once fancied herself an actress or fashion designer, often seeming to be more focused on those aspirations instead of her tennis.

AP - Late flights and lost bags, to say nothing of higher fares, are making air travelers grumpy, an annual survey of airline quality says.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Record-high gasoline prices will reduce U.S. demand for motor fuels this summer compared to last year, the first drop in summer gasoline consumption since 1991, the government's top energy forecaster said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Middle-aged men who ate seven or more eggs a week had a higher risk of earlier death, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.

AP - Powerful storms including apparent tornadoes moved through parts of Texas and Oklahoma on Wednesday, destroying several homes, knocking out power and causing several injuries and at least one death.

AP - A Hispanic woman who won the Miss California USA contest only to have her crown yanked days later sued the pageant Thursday for half a million dollars, alleging rigging and racial bias.

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he would fight an initiative to amend the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriage if it qualifies for the November ballot.

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Jimmie Johnson won his first NASCAR race of the season when he gambled on not pitting for fuel in the closing laps at Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday.

AP - A growing majority say they won't buy a home anytime soon, the latest sign of increasing pessimism about the nation's housing crisis, a poll showed Monday.

AP - Divorce and out-of-wedlock childbearing cost U.S. taxpayers more than $112 billion a year, according to a study commissioned by four groups advocating more government action to bolster marriages.

AP - Wildfires in warm, windy weather burned into a southeast Colorado town and on an Army post Tuesday, and a firefighting pilot and two other people died.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government plans to collect genetic samples from every citizen arrested over a federal crime and from many detained immigrants, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pope Benedict turns to world issues on Friday when he addresses the United Nations in New York after three days in Washington overshadowed by the scandal of sexual abuse of minors by U.S. Catholic priests.

AP - A man locked away 26 years for murder was granted a new trial and freed on bond Friday with the help of two attorneys who came forward with a client's confession after he died in prison.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many U.S. military analysts used as commentators on Iraq by television networks have been groomed by the Pentagon, leaving some feeling they were manipulated to report favorably on the Bush administration, The New York Times said in Sunday editions.

AP - Students arriving Monday at a small South Carolina high school face newly installed metal detectors and extra police after a student was arrested in what authorities said was a plan to carry out a Columbine-inspired attack.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, making a highly unusual appearance on U.S. television game show 'Deal or No Deal,' sought show host Howie Mandel's help to deal with the federal budget in upcoming talks with Congress.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Former 'CBS Evening News' anchor Dan Rather was back in court Tuesday asking for a second chance at claims against the network that a judge dismissed April 10.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Crime groups operating as 'mobsters without borders' have gained significant footholds in global markets and provide logistic support to terrorists, the United States said on Wednesday.

AP - A swarm of earthquakes rattled Reno on Thursday afternoon, causing downtown buildings to sway and cracking windows in residential areas.

AP - A court-martial panel on Friday found a Hawaii-based soldier not guilty in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi during a raid on a suspected insurgent hideout last year.

AP - An 18-year-old man gunned down his father, stepmother and two siblings at the home they shared in suburban South Carolina, authorities said Saturday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - More American women are entering pregnancy with diabetes, raising the odds of a problem pregnancy and the potential that their children will become diabetic in the future, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a quarter of American children are not meeting the U.S. government's recommendations for childhood vaccinations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers said on Tuesday.

DALLAS (Reuters) - A man walked out of a Dallas court on Tuesday after DNA testing overturned his conviction over 27 years ago for the murder and rape of his girlfriend, local media reported.