By JEFF MARTIN and PHILLIP LUCAS (ATLANTA, AP) — The mother of a Georgia man who died after falling from the upper deck of Turner Field in Atlanta says her… Read more »
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Chance encounter in Idaho wilderness led to rescue
By TODD DVORAK (BOISE, Idaho, AP) — The highly publicized multistate search for a Southern California teenage girl probably would have taken longer if she and her abductor hadn’t encountered… Read more »
Sinkhole causes resort villa to partially collapse
By ALMA RODRIGUEZ (CLERMONT, Fla., AP) — As glass broke, the ground shook and lights went out, vacationers evacuated a central Florida resort building before a sinkhole caused a section… Read more »
‘D’ written on those killed in Fort Hood shooting
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and PAUL J. WEBER (FORT HOOD, Texas, AP) — The soldier knew she had to decide quickly who she could save, so she grabbed a black marker… Read more »
President George W. Bush has stent procedure
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MICHAEL GRACZYK Former President George W. Bush successfully underwent a heart procedure in Dallas on Tuesday after doctors discovered a blockage in an artery during his… Read more »
Will fast-food protests spur higher minimum wage?
By SHARON COHEN Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City — one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant — but he says his paychecks aren’t… Read more »
Vendors recall hit-and-run driver at LA boardwalk
By TAMI ABDOLLAH (LOS ANGELES, AP) — One minute, Mustafa Balci was sitting in a lawn chair next to his wife at their booth on the Venice Beach boardwalk, enjoying… Read more »
4-year-old mayor is re-elected in northern Minn.
(DORSET, Minn., AP) — Robert “Bobby” Tufts hasn’t made it to preschool yet, but he’s already been elected twice as mayor of a tiny tourist town in northern Minnesota. Mayor… Read more »
Train derails in La., about 50 homes evacuated
(LAWTELL, La., AP) — A train carrying flammable and corrosive materials derailed in Louisiana on Sunday and about 50 homes have been evacuated as a precaution, authorities said. Master Trooper… Read more »
Iowa man saves couple stranded at rail crossing
(AMES, Iowa, AP) — A 38-year-old Iowa bank worker is being hailed as a hero for pushing an elderly couple’s stalled car from a railroad crossing seconds before a train… Read more »