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Disneyland was built on a 1,600-acre orange ranch; to make way for Mickey, 4,000 Valencia trees were bulldozed and uprooted.

An empty field in Brush Park, north of Detroit's downtown is shown with an abandoned home.

Rain, high winds and even some snow is expected Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service said.

America really is the land of the automobile a nation of gas guzzlers, and the spiritual home of the road trip.

A federal judge has given a green light for Detroit to proceed with its bankruptcy, the largest municipal bankruptcy in history.

Enjoy more holiday sounds, as breakout star Brendan James, an openly gay tenor who made his name as a finalist in Season 8 of "America's Got Talent," sings Christmas carols in his mellifluous tenor tones.

Monday night's sunset was so captivating that even singer Adam Lambert couldn't help but Tweet and Instagram photos of it.

A new Field Poll finds that California voters increasingly disapprove of President Barack Obama's job performance while fewer than half support his handling of health care.

The revelation that a New York City commuter train derailed while barreling into a sharp curve at nearly three times the speed limit is fueling questions about whether automated crash-avoidance technology could... The revelation that a New York City commuter train derailed while barreling into a sharp curve at nearly three times the speed limit is ... (more)

"I think it definitely helps to have a daughter, but I think if you're a human being and you have love in your heart, you're going to find connective fibers in this," Walker said in a Nov. 14 interview with The Associated Press to promote the film.

California state lawmakers are receiving more in their pay checks, as a raise went into effect on Monday.

Neel Kashkari, the former Treasury official who administered the federal government's TARP program, looks up during a meeting at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Annual Conference in Washington, June 14, 2011.

One of the best ways to promote international understanding - doesn't that sound so Cold War-era? - is to host a foreign exchange student.

The standards are being implemented in 45 states and the District of Columbia, but critics say they were written in private and never tested in real classrooms, and that educators aren't familiar enough with the standards to use them.

Former state Sen. Tony Strickland, a Republican, filed federal paperwork this weekend in California's 25th District , forcing a primary against longtime Republican Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon in 2014.

An active weather system will move across the northwest portion of the country on Monday, while a warm front will push northward from the Gulf of Mexico.

Gov. Jerry Brown, who championed environmental causes when he was governor before and has made global warming a focus of his administration now, has been targeted by an increasingly vocal group of activists whose animosity would once have appeared improbable.

Paul Walker and Roger Rodas both died Saturday after the car they were in--a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT crashed into a pole and caught fire.

"Well, that's the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dec. 01--California's health insurance exchange wants to collect and use data on a raft of sensitive customer information, from race and ethnicity to sexual orientation and gender identity.