EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Toy maker Mattel Inc. said Friday its second-quarter profit fell by nearly half, hurt by lower global demand for Barbie toys and higher costs, but results still beat Wall Street expectations....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A San Diego judge says lawyers for a widow cleared of murdering her husband can call witnesses to testify about flaws in the original tests used by prosecutors to show the Marine was poisoned with arsenic....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Fire crews on Friday had extinguished all but 38 of the more than 2,000 blazes ignited over the past month, allowing most mandatory evacuations to be lifted so residents could return home for the weekend....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City Friday after a passenger stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a Major League Soccer team and others, the FBI said....
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Job insecurity may be widespread in the media but Katie Couric still has no need to worry, her boss says....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Two Marine Corps reservists have been charged in connection with an alleged information theft ring that involved the compromise of classified files....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Authorities have been searching a Qantas jetliner at Los Angeles International Airport because of a bomb threat....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A San Francisco jury is deliberating the case against a 24-year-old man charged with accosting Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel in a hotel elevator....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- California's unemployment rate reached 6.9 percent in June, matching its highest level in nearly five years as job losses spread across the economy, state officials said Friday....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," set a box office record for a midnight debut, raking in $18.5 million from 3,040 theaters, distributor Warner Bros. said Friday....