
Visit the beaches on this Gulf Coast barrier island, and you're likely to see people doing the "Sanibel Stoop." That's the term for the bent-at-the-waist posture used to collect seashells on Sanibel Island, Fla., which bills itself as one of the best shelling locations in the world.

Expect to pay more for pecan pie this Thanksgiving, thanks to drought in parts of the South and soaring demand from China and other Asian markets.
Authorities say two people have died in a plane crash in the Alaska wilderness, and four others aboard the small aircraft survived.