California Wildfires: by the Numbers

California Wildfires: by the Numbers: More than 800 homes and businesses have been damaged or destroyed by the wind-driven fires. More than a quarter-million people have been told to leave their homes, from San Diego to Malibu.

Flood Waters Rise in New Orleans

Flood Waters Rise in New Orleans: Heavy rain is leading to high water in parts of New Orleans where residents are finally recovering from Hurricane Katrina.

Caught on Tape: Man Steals From Tip Jar

Caught on Tape: Man Steals From Tip Jar: A thief in Florida was caught by Dunkin Donuts surveillance video stealing from the tip jar, while he was being helped by two employees.

AP Top Stories for Tuesday, October 21st

Here's the latest AP Top Stories news for Tuesday, October 21st: California wildfires destroy homes and businesses; Michigan teacher accused of selling drugs to students; NASA withholds results of air safety survey; Medal of Honor posthumously awarded to Navy Seal.

Teacher Accused of Giving Drugs to Students

Teacher Accused of Giving Drugs to Students: A high school teacher from Klamath Falls, Oregon has been arrested and accused of distributing controlled substances to at least three students. Authorities say 38-year-old Barbara Trotta gave students prescription pain pills.

Chianti, Not Steroids for Bike Racing

Chianti, Not Steroids for Bike Racing: WSJ's David Gauthier-Villars travels to Italy for L'Eroica race. He tests its special, corresponding wine and cholesterol diet to see if he can compete the way those legendary riders did before World War II.

Riots erupt in Budapest

Riots erupt in Budapest: Riots have erupted in Budapest at the start of commemoration of the revolution.

Turkish Soldiers Patrolling Iraqi Border

Turkish Soldiers Patrolling Iraqi Border: U.S. diplomats are pressing hard to avoid a Turkish incursion into Iraq to pursue and outlawed Kurdish group that the U.S. has called a terrorist organization.

Turkish doctor prescribes water diet

Turkish doctor prescribes water diet: In Muslim Turkey the practice of fasting during the day during the month of Ramadan is widespread. Now a doctor is attracting attention with what he claims is a cure for many ailments which also involves fasting, but day and night for long periods.

Africa's tortoises under threat

Africa's tortoises under threat: Africa's tortoises are in peril. They belong to the spurred tortoise family, the largest continent-wide tortoise species and surpassed worldwide only by those in the Galapagos Islands and the Seychelles. Numbers in the wild are dwindling. Once they could be found from Senegal to Ethiopia but hunting and climate change have had a dramatic effect on the animals.

Violinist takes the A train

Violinist takes the A train: David Juritz left his London home on June 9 and has since traveled the globe as a street performer, raising money to fund music education for some of the world's poorest children.

Thailand's female monks

Thailand's female monks: Thailand is the world's most populous Buddhist nation, but for centuries it has reserved the saffron robe for men only. Now a handful of Thai women are challenging that regulation as anti-Buddhist and have already established the kingdom's first ever all-female monastery.

A floating Dutchman in DC

A floating Dutchman in DC: Ramana trained in India at the Academy of Magical Sciences and is known for feats challenging conventional notions about the forces of gravity.

Raw Video: Water Tower Implosion

Raw Video: Water Tower Implosion: Check out the demise of this New Jersey water tower that went down as part of a controlled implosion.

Hero Parrot Saves Family

Hero Parrot Saves Family: Peanut the parrot may be a loud squawker. But his family credits the noisy bird for saving their life from a fire in their house.