A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui's north shore.

Maui - China - United States - Cruise missile - United States Attorney

Two fires sprang up in northern Los Angeles County Thursday. An out-of-control wildfire burning north of State Route 14 was closing in on homes in the hills around Palmdale.

Los Angeles - Los Angeles County California - California - United States - Counties

Lopez is close to signing a deal to join Fox TV's hit singing contest as a judge, a person familiar with the negotiations said late Thursday.

Jennifer Lopez - Television - Arts - Programs - Reality-Based

The U.S. closed its consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday pending a security review, an unexpected decision that comes months after drug gangs killed three people tied to the consulate.

Ciudad Juarez - Ciudad Juárez - Mexico - Mexico – United States border - States

Erik Compton is a walking billboard for organ donation and sheer determination. He's also at the top of the Greenbrier Classic leaderboard. The 30-year-old double heart transplant recipient shot a 7-under 63 to share the first-round lead with rookie Matt Every in the inaugural tournament.

Greenbrier Classic - Erik Compton - Matt Every - Golf - Heart transplantation

At Chelsea Clinton’s super-secret wedding to Marc Mezvinsky, the pair are expected to serve guests a vegan menu and a gluten-free cake. Could their decision have a trickle-down effect, inspiring increased appetites for the all-alternative wedding banquet?



Chelsea Clinton - Veganism - Gluten-free diet - Special Diets - Shopping

The comedian is dancing off "American Idol" after one season, leaving Fox's hit show with two vacancies on its judging panel.

Ellen DeGeneres - American Idol - Randy Jackson - Television - Simon Cowell

Google says its search engine and several other services are working normally in mainland China after previously reporting the service had been completely blocked.



Google - China - Web search engine - China Google - Government

A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of oil into a Michigan river boasts on its website of being "an industry leader in pipeline safety and integrity."

Oil spill - Michigan - Canada - Energy - Environment

Terrell Owens arrived fashionably late, still got several rounds of applause, and his favorite number was waiting, too. The Cincinnati Bengals' newest receiver missed an overnight flight that would have brought him to town early Thursday, allowing for a proper introduction. Instead, he got a later flight, rolled in less than an hour before an evening practice and decided to suit up.

Cincinnati Bengal - Terrell Owens - T.O. - NFL - Recreation

An Army report on the record number of soldier suicides says the trend is part of a rise in risky behavior, including drunk driving and drug abuse.



Suicide - Drug abuse - United States - Driving under the influence - List of countries by suicide rate

For researchers, a key to studying any cancer is finding its "cell of origin." Now scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles say they've found just that -- a specific type of cell that gives rise to prostate cancer.



Cancer - Prostate cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - University of California Los Angeles

A criminal probe into the leak of secret Afghanistan war logs could go beyond the military, Pentagon officials said.



Pentagon - War in Afghanistan - United States - Military - Wikileaks

This strategic valley on the outskirts of Kandahar is on its third government boss in eight months. The first quit out of fear and frustration. The Taliban assassinated the second.

Kandahar - Taliban - NATO - Afghanistan - Government

Neither political party is sure how this week's Arizona immigration ruling will play out politically, either this fall or beyond.



Arizona - United States - Law - Republican - Immigration

Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill.

Gulf of Mexico - Oilspill - Bird migration - Wetland - Environment

Arizona has appealed a federal judge's order that put most of the state's immigration law on hold.

Arizona - Law - Immigration - United States - Services