AP Video - U.S.

California firefighters are struggling to contain a wildfire that is threatening the buildings in famed Pioneertown and has already destroyed thousands of acres and forced hundreds of people from their homes in Yucca Valley. (July 12)

NASA officials say a spatula was lost by Discovery shuttle astronauts during a seven hour spacewalk but it isn't expected to present a danger for the shuttle when it undocks. (July 12)

What do baseball players do when they get old? Well, in the case of a senior citizen in South Dakota, they just keep swinging. (July 12)

Former President George Bush was among the mourners paying their respects to Enron founder Ken Lay. Lay died last week from a heart attack. (July 12)

A man who spent 18 years in prison on a rape charge walked out of a Connecticut court a free man, exonerated by DNA evidence. (July 12)

A struggle between an inmate and sheriff's deputies in ends with the death of the prisoner. (July 12)

Massachusetts residents are left with a mess after tornados, hail, and strong winds rushed through parts of the state. (July 12)

As officials probe the deadly ceiling collapse inside a Boston Big Dig tunnel, turnpike chief Matt Amorello says he won't resign his post. (July 12)

Hundreds of people escaped a commuter train derailment in Chicago on Tuesday. Transportation officials say they can thank the subway driver. (July 12)

The Kentucky Derby winner is in guarded condition as he continues to recover from catastrophic injuries. (July 12)

Police are still looking for the person who stole an SUV and crashed it through a Washington DC neighborhood. (July 12)

Here's a look at a few of the highlights during this day in history.(July 12)

Chicago hospital officials say most of the victims of Tuesday's subway accident are in good or fair condition, however two are in critical conditions. (July 12)

A wildfire burned several structures Tuesday in a desert locale where dozens of Hollywood Westerns were filmed. (July 12)

A just-released videotape captures the violent collision between two planes, one arriving and one departing from a Minneapolis airport. (July 11)

A mother bobcat and two kittens were removed from a college campus in Tucson for relocation. (July 12)

The American League uses a ninth-inning rally to claim yet another Mid-Season classic. (July 12)

New York City increased its transit security Tuesday, after bombings along India's busy commuter rail killed scores of passengers. (July 11)

The ball Bonds hit to pass Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list to go on sale later this month. (July 11)

Southwest Airlines is trying assigning seats on select flights as part of a test program to see if its current open seating system slows the turnaround of flights. (July 11)

Authorities say it appears to be an accident, not terrorism, that caused a train derailment and fire on a Chicago subway line during rush hour. (July 11)

A Duke University lacrosse player charged with raping an exotic dancer during a team party was convicted of a misdemeanor in a separate assault last year in Washington. (July 11)

Just as the Senate Judiciary Committee began hearings on legal rights for U.S. military detainees around the world, the Bush administration announced a new policy that grants protection to those in custody. (July 11th)

Fans are getting ready for the 77th All-Star game tonight in Pittsburgh. (July 11)

Protestors dressed as Guantanamo detainees interrupted a hearing in the Senate on detained enemy combatant rights Tuesday. (July 11)

Authorities uncover new clues as to why a four story building worth millions of dollars may have gone up in flames. (July 11)

Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson talk about their latest comedy. (July 11)

Emergency crew are working to clean up after a tractor trailer spilled flammable fluids across a Miami area roadway. (July 11)

A federal official says one man accused in the New York tunnel plot talked about setting wildfires in California. (July 11)

The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Chairman Matthew Amorello says officials will take every step necessary to secure the public safety of the Boston tunnels. (July 11)

Governor Mitt Romney says he is taking legal action to oust the head of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority after a woman was killed by falling cement in a Boston Big Dig tunnel. (July 11)

Fierce winds ripped off roofs and flipped tractor trailers in Oklahoma Monday. (July 11)

Police arrest two men and and say eight others may be involved in an alleged rape of an 11-year-old girl in Fresno, California. (July 11)

Shuttle astronauts finish a seven hour space walk for some scheduled repair work on the International Space Station. (July 11)

One of the three Duke University lacrosse players charged with raping an exotic dancer in March is accused of being the instigator of an unrelated assault on two bar patrons in Georgetown last year. (July 10)

A federal judge says that barring searches of lawmakers' offices would turn Capitol Hill into 'a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime.' (July 10)

Jury selection begins in trial of convicted sex offender John Couey. (July 10)

Two people missing and more than a dozen hurt after explosions ripple through Ellison Bay, Wisconsin. (July 10)

A four-story building housing doctors' offices collapsed and burned Monday after what witnesses described as a thunderous explosion. (July 10)