Flurry of quakes rocking lower North Island no cause for alarm

The recent flurry of earthquakes rattling the lower North Island over the past week are no cause for undue alarm, a GNS Science seismologist says. The sequence began with a strong 4.8 magnitude tremor 20km north of the Taranaki town of

Lower oil, gas prices hit some Kansas county budgets hard

Lower energy prices benefiting consumers at gasoline pumps have hit oil- and natural gas-producing counties in western Kansas hard. It

Suspect in police car theft arrested on Treasure Island

Jump to lower deck. While the man tried to escape the island and head back toward the city, he slammed into a car at the westbound entrance of the Bay Bridge, police said. He abandoned the stolen police car and jumped to the lower