Graeme McDowell's victory at the Volvo World Match Play tournament boosts him to seventh in the men's world golf rankings.

The California Highway Patrol says it came to the rescue of some wild ducks trying to cross a freeway near San Francisco.

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Members of an Oregon family say they were shocked to find a 6-foot Nile Monitor lizard in their yard just feet from where their children were playing.

Relatives of a paralyzed illegal immigrant charged with armed robbery in Ohio wheeled him away from a nursing home and he remains a fugitive.

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An Oregon police officer and firefighters saved a pet store owner from a 12-foot Burmese python, using a screw driver to open the snake's jaws.

Marco Etcheverry converted a penalty kick in the 31st minute and D.C. United survived the explusion of midfielder Ryan Nelson in a 1-1 tie with the Kansas City