AP - Global warming is shrinking glaciers all over the world, but the seven tongues of ice creeping down Mount Shasta's flanks are a rare exception: They are the only long-established glaciers in the lower 48 states that are growing.

AP - Police have confirmed that a body software programmer Hans Reiser led them to is that of the estranged wife he is convicted of killing.

AP - Duffels of police riot gear. Thousands of pens. Toys, water heaters and even dog houses. As floodwaters retreat across the Midwest, remnants of washed-out households are turning up in the muddy ooze miles from the families who lost them.

AP - Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could become slightly stronger in the next couple of days as it heads toward Bermuda.

AP - A wind-stoked wildfire northeast of Sacramento burned dozens of homes Tuesday and has forced thousands of fire-weary residents to flee, state officials said.

AP - A man suspected of assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent near the Vermont-Quebec line has been arrested in Canada, an agency spokesman said Tuesday.

AP - Demonstrations on the town square show how divided people are over the school board's decision to fire a science teacher accused of preaching his Christian beliefs in the classroom and burning crosses on students' arms.