By CHRISTINE ARMARIO (MIAMI, AP) — In a vacant lot between gleaming hotels in downtown Miami, are a series of holes carved into the bedrock that form eight circles. At… Read more »
Category: National News
Shirley Temple, iconic child star, dies at 85
By MARTHA MENDOZA (SAN FRANCISCO, AP) — Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to… Read more »
States look to rein in government surveillance
By NIGEL DUARA (PORTLAND, Ore., AP) — Angry over revelations of National Security Agency surveillance and frustrated with what they consider outdated digital privacy laws, state lawmakers around the nation… Read more »
Former Sen. Bond now lobbying for Medicaid growth
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — As a Republican senator, Kit Bond voted against the federal health care overhaul. Now lobbying for a prominent business group, Bond… Read more »
Horse slaughter blocked by federal law
By BARRY MASSEY (SANTA FE, N.M., AP) — The resumption of commercial horse slaughter in the U.S. was blocked Friday as President Barack Obama signed a budget measure that withholds… Read more »
Response to store shooting confirms police tactics
By CHARLES WILSON and SUMMER BALLENTINE (INDIANAPOLIS, AP) — A deadly shooting at an Indiana grocery store this week could have been much worse if not for the quick actions… Read more »
Christmas delivery finally for space station
By MARCIA DUNN (CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., AP) — Christmas has finally arrived for the six space station astronauts. A privately launched supply ship reached the International Space Station on Sunday… Read more »
Searchers find missing plane in Idaho; 5 dead
(BOISE, Idaho, AP) — The wreckage of a small plane that crashed in Idaho more than a month ago, killing a Silicon Valley executive and the four others aboard, has… Read more »
Reversals in hard-won Iraqi city vex veterans
By ALLEN G. BREED and JULIE WATSON SAN DIEGO, AP — The image of two charred American bodies hanging from a bridge as a jubilant crowd pelted them with shoes seared… Read more »
Polar air blamed for 21 deaths nationwide
By RAY HENRY (ATLANTA, AP) — Fountains froze over, a 200-foot Ferris wheel in Atlanta shut down, and Southerners had to dig out winter coats, hats and gloves they almost… Read more »