SAN DIEGO – Hope is fading for a California couple who vanished at sea this week off the coast of Mexico. The U.S. Coastguard halted its search late Saturday for Josh Hartman, 28, and his fiancee, 30-year-old Ana Martin of Oceanside, Calif. after their boat washed up on a beach …

Unsurprisingly, the world’s rarest rhinos tend to be somewhat camera shy — but now two of them have been caught on film in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Javan rhinos can only be found in two places in the world. There is believed to be up to 50 of them …

VIENNA, Austria – An Austrian judge ruled Friday that a man suspected of keeping his daughter captive in a dungeon for more than two decades should remain in custody, an official said. The decision extends Josef Fritzl’s pretrial detention by a month, St. Poelten provincial court spokesman Franz Cutka said. …

WASHINGTON – A U.S. Navy plane apparently accidentally crossed into Venezuela’s airspace Saturday night, triggering protests from that country, according to a U.S. defense official familiar with the report. The S-3 Viking aircraft, based in Curacao, was on a training mission in international airspace near Los Roques Island, Venezuela, and …

CHICAGO – The federal government’s new advice to doctors for helping smokers quit recommends the drug Chantix, which has recently been linked with depression and suicidal behavior. The new guidelines mention the psychiatric risks but also say the popular Pfizer Inc. drug is the most effective at helping people get …

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A small attic fire in a San Jose home has turned into a major marijuana discovery. When firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from an attic of the house Tuesday evening, they found marijuana plants growing throughout the three-bedroom residential home. Authorities say there …

ROME – A deer with a single horn in the center of its head — much like the fabled, mythical unicorn — has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday. “This is fantasy becoming reality,” Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences in …

Counter-cultural comedian George Carlin died of heart failure late Sunday at the age of 71. Carlin was known for everything from his biting political humor to producing and starring in children’s films and television shows. Below is a list of links to some examples of his comedic genius. Warning: Graphic …

A watchman was caught drinking beer and falling asleep on a nuclear submarine which crashed in the Red Sea last week, Sky News reported Tuesday. The crewman has been placed on leave from the HMS Superb while a Ministry of Defense investigation is carried out. His conduct came to light …

WASHINGTON – David M. Walker, head of the Government Accountability Office since 1998, is resigning to become president of a new $1 billion private research foundation, the GAO said Friday. Walker, 56, will step down as GAO comptroller general on March 12 to take over as president and chief executive …