Elderly heiress Huguette Clark's attorney has responded to an effort by her relatives to oust him by ridiculing them as Johnny-come-latelies. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.

Investigators found no explosives aboard a Los Angeles-bound Thai Airways flight in which a bomb threat was found scrawled on a bathroom mirror, the FBI said Wednesday.

Protesters on Tuesday night pelted a police station with eggs, rocks and bottles despite Police Chief Charlie Beck's plea for calm earlier in the day and his promise to thoroughly investigate an officer's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant wielding a knife.

Rafael Nadal won his 18th consecutive Grand Slam match by beating fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the fourth round of the U.S. Open.

A wildfire burning near Boulder, Colo., destroys at least 92 structures and damages another eight. More than 3,000 evacuated.

Jim Thome hit another towering homer, Delmon Young drove in four runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 10-3 on Tuesday night to take their largest AL Central lead in 10 days.

Detroit fire officials said nearly 20 fires broke out in the city late Tuesday afternoon.

James McDonald pitched seven innings, Ronny Cedeno's triple keyed a five-run seventh and the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates beat the slumping Atlanta Braves for the second straight day, winning 5-0 on Tuesday night.

Jake Arrieta pitched efficiently into the seventh inning, Adam Jones had a two-run single in a three-run first and the Baltimore Orioles denied their nemesis, CC Sabathia, his 20th victory with a 6-2 win Tuesday night over the New York Yankees.

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: One of the stars in a double-star set is spewing out material like a blazing pinwheel, creating an eerie spiral in space that?s spinning around the Internet as well.

Venus Williams advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open, beating No. 6 seed Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (7), 6-4 on Tuesday.

Officials hoisted a 70-foot piece of World Trade Center steel at ground zero Tuesday and vowed to open the Sept. 11 memorial by next year, although they acknowledged that the ongoing construction at the site would limit where and how the public could visit.

The imam at the center of the controversy over a YMCA-like Islamic center proposed for a site near the World Trade Center says the project will not be stopped.

Rosenthal: The 2010 NFL season is finally here. Did your team address enough of its issues entering training camp to be a contender? Or will those issues prevent a playoff run? We have answers and predictions for every division.

Analysis: President Barack Obama's new stimulus plan directs government assistance to some of the strongest parts of the economy without solving the biggest problem: jobs.

The Los Angeles sheriff's deputy who arrested Mel Gibson in 2006 sued his department on Tuesday, claiming he has since been ostracized and passed over for promotions by the agency.

Using computer-generated avatars, psychologists say they have unlocked the dance moves that will capture a woman's heart. Apparently the speed of a man's right knee and the size and variety of movements of the neck and torso are key, they suggest.

The Washington Redskins and Tennessee Titans are in discussions about a trade of disgruntled defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, people with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press.

A week after conceding the GOP primary, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she's not a quitter and is "still in this game."

Residents of the city of Newburgh, N.Y., are feeling angered ? and saddened ? over news that they may have fallen for the worst kind of hoax.