FBI seeks gray-haired, elderly 'Geezer Bandit' in string of San Diego-area bank robberies. FBI officials say an elderly, thin, gray-haired man nicknamed the "Geezer Bandit" is responsible for holding up five San Diego-area banks since summer.

Judge rules city of San Diego not responsible for 2007 landslide. A judge has ruled the city of San Diego is not responsible for a landslide that damaged dozens of homes in a La Jolla neighborhood two years ago.

TRURO - Gray heads began popping out of the sea shortly before low tide Wednesday. Soulful, steady eyes looked briefly at the handful of people armed with binoculars and cameras on the Cape Cod National Seashore, then disappeared silently beneath the waves. Suddenly, dozens of 300- to 600-pound bulbous gray seals awkwardly lumbered onto an exposed sandbar, joining others already there. Within the hour, more than 100 were lolling and playfully slapping one another with their flippers at the newest, and one of the most publicly accessible, seal resting sites on Cape Cod. Some low tides, more than 300 animals ``haul out'' here. Gray seals, once so hunted they all but disappeared from Northeast waters, are making a comeback off New England to both public delight and damnation. This summer, they were the bait blamed for luring great white sharks so close to Cape Cod's swimming beaches that some had to be closed. Fishermen complain the seals eat too many valuable fish. Meanwhile, overzealous

Suspect in his 70s robs bank in San Diego, may be connected to similar recent crimes. A man in his 70s has robbed a bank branch inside a San Diego supermarket.

Scientists have unveiled the first detailed map of the epigenome, the network of chemical switches that regulates activation of human genes, according to a study to be published Thursday.

No major breakthroughs seen in multilateral Northeast Asian security discussions. U.S. and North Korean officials wrapped up unofficial talks Tuesday with other northeast Asian countries about regional security, but with no reports of major breakthroughs.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Informal contacts between U.S. officials and a senior North Korean diplomat have not produced plans for formal bilateral talks, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Want to know your entire DNA sequence? A California company has done it for as little as $1,700.

Pfizer announced Monday cuts in its research activities and staff after acquiring pharmaceutical rival Wyeth.

Pfizer closing some research plants, consolidating others and cutting staff after buying Wyeth. Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations.

Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations.

Pfizer announces plans for research and development facilities as it integrates Wyeth's sites. Pfizer Inc., which just acquired fellow drugmaker Wyeth, is closing six of the two companies' research sites and keeping open 14 others. Two Cambridge, Mass., sites will operate as one. Following is a list of the sites:

Pfizer Inc., which just acquired fellow drugmaker Wyeth, is closing six of the two companies' research sites and keeping open 14 others. Two Cambridge, Mass., sites will operate as one. Following is a list of the sites:

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Judge seals the deal, says colony of seals can remain at cove in San Diego. The seals can stay and play at a La Jolla swimming cove.

US shows off new speedboat prototype aimed at curbing increase in smuggling by sea. U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday unveiled a prototype vessel for high-speed pursuits of smugglers ferrying people and drugs from Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ocean scientists recently back from a voyage to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" said on Thursday they had found plastic debris strewn across a 1,700-mile (2,700-km) long stretch of open sea.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The discovery of immune system particles that attack the AIDS virus may finally open a way to make a vaccine that could protect people against the deadly and incurable infection, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

Wow. What a rough three weeks itÕs been. I am still at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., where I was moved to its rehabilitation center last week. IÕm just trying to put the bits and pieces back together about what has happened to me over the past few weeks.

Mexican swine flu cases jumped as the Netherlands and Vietnam joined the growing list of countries with fatalities and deaths from the virus in Latin America soared.