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Workers were evacuated from a unit at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in California on Tuesday after an ammonia leak, but the incident posed no threat to the public, officials said.

A 10-year-old trick-or-treater in South Carolina pulled a 9 mm handgun on a 28-year-old woman who said she was going to take his Halloween candy.

The latest business plan for California's proposed bullet-train system puts its cost estimate at nearly $100 billion, more than twice a previous estimate and a stunning amount of money for lawmakers who must decide whether to move forward with the project.

Sarah Burton successfully pulled off fashion's best-kept-secret. The creative director of Alexander McQueen kept it hidden from the world - literally, the entire world - that she was the blessed one chosen to design Kate Middleton's wedding dress. She discusses the excitement, and the anxiety, in the November issue of Vogue, on sale Nov. 3.

Gisele Bundchen gives British Vogue's December cover some mega-watt voltage. The gorgeous supermodel rocks the main shot, on newsstands Nov. 3, decked out in rainbow, sparkly leggings. The leggings are designed by Pam Hogg and have been quite the topic of conversation in the weeks leading up the November release.

A New Hampshire man convicted of breaking into a car argued that unreliable eyewitness evidence should have been blocked from his trial, even without police interference.

The other Royal Couple have been married for four months, and continue to battle rumors that Charlene tried to flee her wedding

The lionfish has invaded the Gulf Coast, making a cozy home in the seas of South Florida. Since the lionfish is not native to the area, in the Gulf Coast waters of South Florida, the lionfish has no natural predators. Hence, its population has skyrocketed. That is why the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has launched the Eat Sustainable, Eat Lionfish campaign to help curb this growth.

Judge William Adams, the elected Aransas County, Texas official, has admitted to beating his daughter with a leather belt.

Jobless rates dropped in most metropolitan areas in September, and among areas with populations of one million or more they fell the most in Las Vegas, federal data released on Wednesday showed.

Surgeons in northern California successfully separated 2-year-old identical twin girls conjoined at the chest and abdomen after a painstaking, daylong operation, doctors said on Tuesday.

With a video of a Texas judge verbally and physically abusing his daughter attracting attention, Judge William Adam's phones have been disconnected.

Sonam Kapoor - remember that name. This Bollywood actress, who already has a few years of fame under her belt in her home country of India, is now getting recognized worldwide.

Charlie, the carriage horse that dropped dead on the job last week, was said to have severe ulcers that contributed to his untimely end.

A video of Aransas County Judge William Adams allegedly beating his disabled daughter is being investigated by the Rockport, Texas Police Department.

Notorious Doomsday soothsayer Harold Camping has now shifted the blame to God for his failed Doomsday prophecy on Oct. 21.

Defense witness Dr. Paul White acknowledged Dr. Conrad Murray has broken rules administering propofol use under cross-examination from prosecutor David Walgren on Monday, Oct. 31.

A video of Judge William Adams hitting his daughter with a leather belt is sending outrage across the online community.

Occupy Wall Street has raised more than $500,000 in New York alone to support anti-greed demonstrations and, seven weeks into the movement, protesters are finding that having money creates headaches.

Just a week after Halloween, Daylight Saving Time officially ends in the U.S. and Canada, at 2 a.m. on Nov. 6, when clocks are moved back one hour.

Australia has unveiled the world's largest gold coin, weighing a massive 1,000 kg to mark the visit of Queen Elizabeth II.

An international team of astronomers and researchers discovered mysterious donut-shaped clouds close to some gigantic black holes in the Milky Way; inducing speculations that they are the cosmic remains of a high-impact planetary collision.

Rick Hendrick, owner of one of the most successful NASCAR teams, Hendrick Motorsports, escaped with only a broken rib and broken clavicle when his small plane lost its brakes and crash landed at Key West International Airport.

Both are stunning, both are Victoria's Secret Angels and both are competing with each other to be the ultimate Halloween queen.

Erik Kramer's 18-year-old son Griffen is dead from what is suspected to be alcohol poisoning. Griffen Kramer, who was a senior at Thousand Oaks High School, died on Sunday. His body was found at a friend's house in Agoura Hills.

Michael (Mike the Butcher) Virtuoso, the loanshark accused of a Mafia shakedown of former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's personal chauffeur, pleaded guilty last month to extortion in connection with a loan that had a 250 percent interest rate, the New York Daily News reported.

Mental health issues in the U.S. are often misunderstood or worse, ignored. The end of the year often brings feelings of loneliness and isolation because of the holiday times, but it's important for people to understand the difference between normal mood swings and clinical behavior that affects people's daily lives.

The justices pressed a lawyer for inmate Richard Lee Pollard about why his case was filed in federal court instead of state court.

White kiwi bird survives surgery that removed a stone from gizzard.