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3 tornadoes reported on NE Colorado plains
- 09/02/2010 02:49PM
DENVER – At least three tornadoes have been reported on Colorado's northeastern plains, with one person reporting damage to a barn. Meteorologist Frank Benton of the National Weather Service in ... (more)
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Advice to U.S. job seekers: drop the Merlot
- 09/02/2010 02:44PM
DETROIT (Reuters) – Job applicants who drink alcohol are perceived as less intelligent and less hireable by American bosses, a bias dubbed the "imbibing idiot bias" in a study publishe... (more)
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Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
- 09/02/2010 02:40PM
AUSTIN, Texas – Everyone from lobbyists to lawyers and journalists is rushing to get permits to carry guns inside the Texas Capitol, where legislators already often tote pistols in boots and pur... (more)
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Alaska glacier: Supplies reach stranded sightseers
- 09/02/2010 02:06PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Rescuers in Alaska skied across a glacier in whiteout conditions Monday evening to bring food, water and blankets to a group of sightseers stranded after their small plane ap... (more)
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NY bus ad showing mosque, burning Twin Towers OK'd
- 09/02/2010 02:05PM
NEW YORK – New York City's transit agency has approved a bus advertisement that depicts a plane flying toward the World Trade Center's towers as they burn along with a rendering of a proposed mo... (more)
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Officials: Small plane crash in Maine kills 2
- 09/02/2010 02:05PM
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – Two people were killed Saturday when the small plane they were in crashed into a city street shortly after taking off from Portland International Jetport, officials said.... (more)
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Friends: Slain cop looking forward to retirement
- 09/02/2010 01:45PM
CHICAGO – After 20 years on the force, Chicago police officer Michael Bailey was like a teenager — tooling around in the new car he'd bought himself as a retirement gift, driving it to fri... (more)
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Clinton reveals new aid projects in Pakistan visit
- 09/02/2010 01:42PM
ISLAMABAD – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Monday to convince skeptical Pakistanis that American interest in their country extends beyond the fight against Islamist milita... (more)
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Eagle strike in jet's engine halts Alaska flight
- 09/02/2010 01:40PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska Airlines says a flight was aborted after an eagle was sucked into the jet's engine as the aircraft was taking off from a small southeast Alaska town. Airline spokesman... (more)
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Investigators probe crashed plane in Pa. house
- 09/02/2010 01:40PM
SALINA, Pa. – Investigators worked Sunday to remove wreckage of a plane that plummeted into a western Pennsylvania home, killing both people on board and narrowly missing the homeowner. Dan Stev... (more)
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AP News in Brief
- 09/02/2010 01:40PM
Victims of massacre in northern Afghanistan had given years of service to Afghans KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One gave up a lucrative practice to give free dental care to children who had never se... (more)
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Vigil for Conn. beer warehouse shooting victims
- 09/02/2010 01:37PM
MANCHESTER, Conn – Mourners lit candles, hugged each other and cried as prayers were offered up in a community park Sunday night at a vigil for the victims of a deadly shooting at a beer distrib... (more)
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3 tornadoes reported on NE Colorado plains
- 09/02/2010 02:49PM