Profits at Visa Inc. exceeded analysts' expectations as an increasing number of consumers opted to pay with...

fire there spread to hers Published: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 5:30 AM Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 5:51 AM Dorothy Knight isn't sure whether she'll ever return to her Pratt City home of 30 years...

BOAZ, AL (WBRC) - Some roads in Etowah County are melting from the extreme heat this summer.Etowah County Commissioner Jeff Overstreet said the unusually high temperatures have caused tar to rise to...

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - A Sylacauga police officer seriously hurt while on the job has been moved to a rehabilitation facility near UAB Hospital.Sgt. Tommy Allen was hurt in a crash on Highway 280 on...

TRAFFORD, AL (WBRC) - A Trafford man was killed Wednesday afternoon in a car crash in Blount County.Alabama State Troopers, in a statement to FOX6 News, said James Whitehead, 66, of Trafford, died...

Approximately 20 pounds of marijuana seized during a traffic stop Tuesday on I-59 in Attalla (photo source Etowah County Sheriff's...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL (AP) - A 9-year-old Alabama girl has died after swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast.Rescue crews pulled Jada Grier from the water Tuesday after she became...

TUSCALOOSA, AL (WBRC) - A man in Tuscaloosa has been charged with the rape of a 15-year-old.Tuscaloosa Police said Roosevelt Ross, Jr., was taken into custody after an interview with investigators....

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - A Pinson teenager is now facing two murder charges in connection with a weekend car crash that killed a couple.The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department says Joseph...

ODENVILLE, AL (WBRC) - A firefighter is on leave as authorities investigate an incident where still born twins were flushed down the toilet.The babies were still born Tuesday at a home in Odenville....

By Rick JourneyBIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Republican State Representative Robert Bentley holds a 20-point lead over Democratic nominee Ron Sparks in the first Rasmussen Reports survey since...

By Alan Collins BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Jefferson County Commissioners are still awaiting a proposal to audit it's financial books.Some commissioners say a financial audit is necessary in order...

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - A former Jefferson County Commissioner is scheduled to be sentenced today on his conviction on conspiracy and bribery charges related to the county's sewer debt...

RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation says a state highway first responder rescued a Twin Cities woman and her two children after the mother drove their car off a highway...

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions - especially if they can just press on...

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Motorola Inc. on Thursday reported a sharply higher profit for the second quarter and stabilized its long revenue decline as it strategy of...

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Hulu, the popular website with TV shows, now comes as a subscription-based application for iPhones and iPads. Although it isn't perfect, it...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden says U.S. forces are inflicting "significant damage" on the al-Qaida terrorist network in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Rejecting suggestions that al-Qaida is...

WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) - A Maryland man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for stealing a spider from a public library. Carroll County Circuit Judge J. Barry Hughes sentenced 27-year-old Randy...

VIENNA (AP) - This little kitty went home - but only after Vienna police and firefighters partially dismantled a police car to find it. The naughty feline first woke residents of a Vienna...

Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors at the site of plane crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed...

(Credit USFWS) MAMOU, La. (AP) — The government is doling out $20 million to farmers in eight states to create habitats for migratory birds whose usual Gulf wintering spots may be fouled by the...

((Eliot J. Schechter, Getty Images) ) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — United Space Alliance is notifying 1,400 employees in Florida, Texas and Alabama that they are expected to be laid off by Oct, 1....

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Farmers Federation has released a bipartisan list of endorsements for the November general election, including Republican Kay Ivey for lieutenant governor and...

The first six months of 2010 saw foreclosures in the Birmingham area drop more than 9 percent compared to the same time period last year. That’s according to RealtyTrac’s Midyear 2010...

Capricorn Enjoy the company of your neighbors or siblings today - word games and board games could prove to be fun! Capricorn writers may find that the muse is with them as creativity is heightened....

By HARRY WEBER and TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press Writers NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about...

By CRISTIAN SALAZAR and RANDY HERSCHAFTAssociated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) - It was a night in early November duringthe infancy of the Cold War when the anti-communist dissidents were hustled...

By JOEL SCHECTMANAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in. So when Apple Inc. launched the...

By JAY ALABASTERAssociated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) - Softbank Corp., which runs the only Japanese mobile carrier to offer the iPhone and iPad, said Thursday the popular products drove its strong...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam has banned the advertisement of online games and restricted access after several cases in which young people committed murder or robbery to get money to pay to play, an...

By JULIE PACEAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is defending his administration's education policies, responding to criticism that so far they have not...

Discover Bank in New Albany, Ohio, which issued the card, filed the claim against Nathan D. Fank of Prattville. Fank is half way through his second term on the council, representing District...

By KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Call it the big information chill, looming across the military and intelligence communities. After the massive Afghan war data spill by...

By MARK NIESSEAssociated Press Writer HONOLULU (AP) - Six gay couples in Hawaii are filing a lawsuit Thursday asking for the same rights as married couples, three weeks after Gov. Linda Lingle...

By SHINO YUASAAssociated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) - Toshiba Corp. returned to the black last quarter thanks to a recovery in global demand for flash memory chips used in smartphones and digital...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker, said its second quarter profit jumped 65 percent year-on-year amid strong worldwide demand...

By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4...

By TOMOKO A. HOSAKAAssociated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) - Sony bounced back to profit last quarter and raised its full-year earnings forecast, fueled by stronger demand for its PlayStation 3 gaming...

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Sharp Corp., one of the world's largest producers of LCD TVs and panels, booked a profit last quarter, rebounding from big losses a year earlier as sales recovered and...

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Police say an Ohio marriage counselor's husband has been charged with aggravated murder in her stabbing death. Cleveland police spokeswoman Nancy Dominik says 38-year-old...

By SARA KUGLER FRAZIERAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading...

By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press Writer BOISE, Idaho (AP) - In the minutes after Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl was reported missing last June, his U.S. Army comrades in southern Afghanistan began searching...

By RACHEL D'OROAssociated Press Writer ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) - A military cargo plane crashed Wednesday at an Air Force base near downtown Anchorage with four people on board,...

By ERIKA KINETZAP Business Writer MUMBAI, India (AP) - Indian outsourcer HCL Technologies Ltd. said quarterly profit grew 6.9 percent in dollar terms, beating expectations on strong global demand...

By The Associated Press KINDLE GETS UPDATED: Amazon will start selling a smaller, lighter version of its Kindle electronic reader that can download books wirelessly over 3G cellular networks and...

By SAMANTHA YOUNGAssociated Press Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A new poll shows Californians are split between the Democratic and Republican candidates in the contests for governor and U.S....

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Scott McInnis says if he wins the Republican primary for Colorado governor, he'll stay in the race despite calls that he bow out because of concerns that he can't...

In tonight’s segment of “Faith In Action”, CBS 42’s Sherri Jackson Sat down with a local family whose story resembles a certain movie you may have seen recently.Watch her video for her part I...