Byline: Associated Press SANTA CRUZ — The Coast Guard monitored waters off Santa Cruz, where a pod of whales remained

Byline: Associated Press OAKLAND (AP) — Occupy Wall Street protesters declared victory after thousands of demonstrators shut down evening operations

Byline: Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Teenage round-the-world sailor Jessica Watson will take part in the next Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race,

Byline: Associated Press FARALLON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE (AP) — On the craggy, guano-covered Farallon Islands, tiny brown blurs of fur

Byline: Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Pacific green sea turtle has been released into San Diego Bay after

Byline: Associated Press BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) — Researchers have raised a 2,000-pound cannon from the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard’s

Byline: Audrey McAvoy | Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Americans peg the value of coral reefs around the main Hawaiian

Byline: Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A fishing boat netted a bag packed with cash worth 11 million yen (around