By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA (FORT BLISS, Texas, AP) – More than a dozen troops carefully maneuver through overgrown shrubs, firing laser-tag rifles at the enemy as they advance on a… Read more »
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Fla. sinkhole swallows man as it enlarges
By TAMARA LUSH (SEFFNER, Fla., AP) – Engineers worked gingerly Saturday morning to find out more about a slowly growing sinkhole that swallowed a Florida man in his bedroom, believing… Read more »
Army chief of staff decries budget uncertainty
(WASHINGTON, AP) — The Army chief of staff said Friday that the protracted fight over the budget is having a severe impact on Army training. Gen. Ray Odierno said the… Read more »
Stocks open lower on Wall Street as cuts loom
By STEVE ROTHWELL (NEW YORK, AP) — Stocks opened lower on Wall Street Friday, with the Dow pulling back from close to a record, as automatic government spending cuts are… Read more »
Miss. mayoral candidate found dead
By HOLBROOK MOHR (JACKSON, Miss., AP) – Whatever his prospects for winning the coming mayoral election in his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss., Marco McMillian was considered by many to be… Read more »
Grandma shot self, young grandsons in car
(PRESTON, Conn., AP) – A woman who picked up her two young grandsons from daycare drove them to a neighboring town and shot and killed the children and herself, state… Read more »
First witness to testify in Gulf oil spill trial
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN (NEW ORLEANS, La., AP) – A University of California-Berkeley engineer who played a prominent role in investigating levee breaches in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is scheduled… Read more »
Crews search Pacific Ocean for missing family
(MONTEREY, Calif., AP) – Crews searched by sea and air and sought the public’s help Monday as they ramped up efforts to find a husband, wife and two young children…. Read more »
Feedlots, meatpackers closing with fewer US cows
By ROXANA HEGEMAN (WICHITA, Kan., AP) – Years of drought are reshaping the U.S. beef industry with feedlots and a major meatpacking plant closing because there are too few cattle… Read more »
6 tanks leaking radioactive waste in Wash.
By SHANNON DININNY (YAKIMA, Wash., AP) – Federal and state officials say six underground tanks holding a brew of radioactive and toxic waste are leaking at the country’s most contaminated… Read more »