Pope urges Mafiosi to stop exploitation of others
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has hailed a priest murdered by the Sicilian Mafia and urged mobsters to stop exploiting people in criminal rackets including prostitution. The pontiff exhorted...
View ArticleOldest Everest climber returns safely from peak
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A brief improvement in weather conditions has allowed the oldest person to climb Mount Everest to leave the mountain on a helicopter. The aircraft picked up 80-year-old Yuichiro...
View ArticleMeasuring the loss of WWII generation in seven days
The solemn ritual plays out dozens of times every day with a neatly folded flag, a crisp salute and one more goodbye to a fast-fading generation of soldiers, sailors and Marines. These were the men who...
View ArticleTrailblazing Israeli electric car company to fold
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's trailblazing electric car company Better Place says it has reached the end of the road. The company announced Sunday that it was filing for liquidation, marking a stunning end...
View ArticleChina premier warns EU over solar, telecom probes
BEIJING (AP) — Premier Li Keqiang, China's top economic official, has criticized the European Union for pursuing anti-dumping cases against Chinese solar power and telecommunications equipment that he...
View ArticleAutomaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against auto dealers who say the...
View ArticleUpdated 3:15 p.m., Falcon baseball wins MAC tournament (5-26-13)
AVON — Bowling Green’s baseball team is headed back to the NCAA tournament.The Falcons won the Mid-American Conference tournament championship for the first time since 1999 with a 7-0 win Sunday over...
View ArticleTony Kanaan ends heartbreak with Indy 500 victory
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tony Kanaan had one more lap, one anticlimactic last lap under the yellow caution flag, to end 12 years of frustration in the Indianapolis 500. He flipped up his visor to wipe away...
View ArticleThree tickets split $50M Powerball jackpot
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Florida has its second Powerball winner in a week, but this one will split a much smaller jackpot with winners in Louisiana and Delaware. Each winner will get a third of the...
View ArticleTemporary fix set for crumpled I-5 bridge in Washington
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state plans to install within weeks a temporary fix for an interstate highway bridge that crumpled after being hit by a truck, tossing cars and people into a chilly river but...
View ArticleSearchers find body of teen missing in Texas flood
SCHERTZ, Texas (AP) — Search teams on Sunday found the body of teenager who was swept away by floodwaters as he tried to swim across a swollen creek near San Antonio, authorities said. Avron Adams, 18,...
View ArticleObama: Feds with Oklahoma 'every step' of the way
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore, Okla., Sunday, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the government will be behind...
View ArticleSales of camp sites throw Girl Scouts into turmoil
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When it came time to draw up a budget, one of Iowa's regional Girl Scout councils reviewed its programs and made a proposal that would have been unthinkable a generation ago:...
View Article10 fans injured when TV cable falls on race track
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Motor Speedway said 10 fans were injured Sunday at the Coca-Cola 600 and three of them were taken to the hospital after a nylon rope supporting a Fox Sports overhead...
View ArticleOne dead, 10 hurt as car, party bus crash near San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman was killed, her husband critically injured and nine other people had less serious injuries when a party bus ran head-on into a small car that was stopped on a highway south...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Honoring veterans as monuments decay, funds dry up
Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jackie Powell, left, of Canton, Ga., gives some instruction on saluting to Boy Scout Logan Schell, 12, of Cumming, Ga., as they place flags at the graves of...
View ArticleHarvick holds on to win wild race at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kevin Harvick thought his eyes were playing tricks on him. Surely, he told himself as he drove by the front stretch, that can't be a cable hanging down on the track. "I saw this...
View ArticleJapan's Nikkei dives as yen gains strength
BANGKOK (AP) — Japan's stock market dived Monday after the yen reversed some of its recent fall against the U.S. dollar. Stocks elsewhere were mixed as investors tried to sort out conflicting...
View ArticleGreat Lakes region pins economic hopes on water
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A century ago, the seven-story brick building a few blocks from downtown was a factory — a symbol of an era when Milwaukee and other cities ringing the Great Lakes were industrial...
View ArticleDemand, crowded shipyards fuel supply vessel deals
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two New Orleans-based offshore supply companies have made recent deals adding up to nearly a billion in combined fleet expansions and improvements. There's potential for more deals...
View Article