Fifty-two cows on a ranch in northern Uruguay died after they were struck by the same bolt of lightning.

A veterinarian who examined the line of dead Hereford and Normandy cows in San Jose State said the animals were electrocuted because they were all pressed against the ranch's wired fence that was hit by lightning on Wednesday.

Professional divers have located the wreck of the sunken 19th century steamship SS Portland 460 feet deep in Massachusetts' Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and found artifacts but no human remains.

Five divers led by Bob Foster were the first to see the shipwreck nearly 20 years after it was discovered by underwater explorers Arnold Carr and John Fish. At the time, the wreck was not confirmed as that of the Portland, which sunk amid a storm in 1898 while sailing from Boston to Portland, Maine.

Only one house in the coastal town of Gilchrist in Galveston County, Texas survived Hurricane Ike and remained standing after the storm passed the area last week.

The home of Warren and Pam Adams was elevated 14 feet above ground by strong wooden columns which helped it withstand Ike's 110 mph winds and avoid floods that wiped out all other homes in the beach.

Fire ants that washed into a flooded home in this Central Florida community have bitten a 60-year-old man to death.

Seminole County authorities announced that the victim died in a hospital Wednesday from shock and allergy caused by the ant bites he sustained on Tuesday. The man's name was withheld.

Fire ants that washed into a flooded home in this Central Florida community have bitten a 60-year-old man to death.

Seminole County authorities announced that the victim died in a hospital Wednesday from shock and allergy caused by the ant bites he sustained on Tuesday. The man's name was withheld.