Santa Claus -- and his red-suited helpers in shopping malls -- are taught to keep their hands visible at all times. They're advised to sneeze into their elbows and change their gloves frequently to decrease the spread of H1N1 virus germs.

A 34-year-old Marysville man was arrested early this morning on suspicion of vehicular homicide after he struck a man walking along Smokey Point Boulevard, according to a Marysville police news release.

With four nights to go before Christmas, RaShelle Harris and her fiance, Brent Kent, cashed their paychecks, dropped off her children and drove up to Thornton for a long evening of gift buying. It would be their last night together.

Sun Eagle operates a grass-roots charity called Spirit Rising that helps Native Americans on and off local reservations as well as reservations on the Western plains. "It's just the last few years that it's become popular to be an Indian."

James Bain used a cell phone for the first time Thursday, calling his elderly mother to tell her he had been freed after 35 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.

Halloween is an especially important time for parents and children to pay extra attention to their surroundings and not let their guard down. Nearly 94% of kids between the ages of 4-12 trick-or-treat.

Wow! Positive press for Madonna---finally!! Madonna made a ground-breaking trip to Malawi this week - quite literally - as she grabbed a spade to mark the beginning of construction on a new school for girls. Madonna ...and education? Well...ok.

Forget monsters, ghosts and goblins: the real scare for some this Halloween is the threat of contracting swine flu from all the kids going door to door. First, the candy & don't let kids scoop it out of your bowls themselves..dirty hands spread germs.

Federal officials arrest almost 700, including 60 pimps, in a three-day crackdown on child prostitution. The youngest victim was 10! 1,600 agents and officers took part in the raids; followed investigations in 36 cities!

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