Dozens Hurt After Severe Weather Rips Festival

Dozens Hurt After Severe Weather Rips Festival: A spring-like system raked Oklahoma with severe storms on Wednesday, damaging mobile homes, collapsing festival tents and injuring more than 30 people.

Middle School to Offer Birth Control to Students

Middle School to Offer Birth Control to Students: Students at King Middle School in Portland, Maine will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the controversial proposal Wednesday.

AP Top Stories for Thursday, Oct.18

AP Top Stories: Here's the latest news for Thursday, Oct.18: Dalai Lama honored by U.S. Congress; OJ Simpson co-defendant says guns were OJ's idea; FL students protest plans on hold; Boy gets new face for 18th birthday.

Irish Teen Getting Reconstructed Face

Irish Teen Getting Reconstructed Face: An Irish teen with a rare condition called otofacial syndrome is undergoing surgery to correct the facial deformity. Last summer, surgeons at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in NY removed a bone from the teen's hip which will become his lower jaw.

Bush: a Nuclear Iran Risks World War III

President Bush says there's a way to avoid World War III: keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons. He made the reference at a White House news conference that covered a wide range of foreign policy topics.

Q-and-A: Drug-resistant Staph Infections

Q-and-A: Drug-resistant Staph Infections: The CDC says that every year, more than 90,000 people contract MRSA, a drug-resistant staph infection. Most people contract MRSA in a healthcare setting.

Catch a Sneak Peek of 'Heroes' 'Fight or Flight'

Catch a Sneak Peek of 'Heroes' 'Fight or Flight': Can't wait until the next 'Heroes'? Catch a sneak peek of 'Fight or Flight,' including scenes with Peter, Matt and Mohinder and Kristen Bell, the former 'Veronica Mars' star who joins the cast of the NBC show.

Erotic art exhibition opens

Erotic art exhibition opens: An exhibition in London has again raised the question of where the line lies between art and pornography.

Clowning around in Mexico

Clowning around in Mexico: Clowns from Peru, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, U.S. and Mexico gathered to showcase their talents, swap ideas and pick up new skills.

Walt Mossberg's Annual PC Buyers Guide

Walt Mossberg's Annual PC Buyers Guide: Personal Technology columnist Walt Mossberg discusses his rubric for judging consumer PCs this fall, and says the most critical element is the operating system -- since Vista is fraught.

Hoorah for the Bra? Cheree Berry gives us a Perky Peek at the History of Our Bras

Hoorah for the Bra? Cheree Berry gives us a Perky Peek at the History of Our Bras: It was in 1914 that Mary Phelps Jacob set women free from the prison of the corset. With a little help from her lady's maid, this ingenious New York socialite stitched together two handkerchiefs and a long pink ribbon to fashion the world's first-ever brassiere. Jacob later sold her patent for $1,500 to a company that went on to make $15 million off her invention.

Texas Fair Fries Up Just About Everything

Texas Fair Fries Up Just About Everything: If fat's where you're at - try the Texas State Fair. They'll fry up just about anything there. Yup, clogging your arteries with pure grease seems to be the thing to do.

Japan's best backside

Japan's best backside: 18-year-old Kaho Watanabe, who plans to lift Japan's image from the bottom up, heads to Germany later this month for the global finals in Munich.

World's Oldest Blogger Turns 108

World's Oldest Blogger Turns 108: Meet Olive Riley. She's just celebrated her 108th birthday - making her what's believed to be the world's oldest blogger.