Nation/World
Nation/World
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NATIONAL
Quick, long-term fixes in works for Wash. bridge
The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board says the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wake-up call for the nation.
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WORLD
Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told "the whole truth" and another ...
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NATIONAL
Dozens rescued from flooded San Antonio area
Officials say about 60 people have been rescued from their San Antonio-area homes as floodwaters continue to rise.
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NATIONAL
NTSB investigating cause of SE Mo. train crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri, injuring seven people.
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NATIONAL
Graduates in tornado-raked Okla. town vow to stay
Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to Moore.
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NATIONAL
AP Exclusive: New cause for ex-radical Olson
Sara Jane Olson, the Minnesota woman who served seven years in prison for her involvement in high-profile 1970s radicalism, is edging back into public life - this time voluntarily - as she and a friend petition the Obama administration to reduce disparities in prison sentences for crack and powder...
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WORLD
Suspected rebels kill 16, wound 25 in east India
Suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire Saturday on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 16 people and wounding 25 others, police said.
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NATIONAL
Rebuilding rules as rain soaks Jersey shore
Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues - under covered porches - as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey shore since Superstorm Sandy roared through.
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MIDDLE EAST
Roadside bomb kills 2 Yemeni soldiers
Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in a restive province where high-level intelligence officers have been assassinated in the past.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Obama refocuses terror threat to pre-9/11 level
Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.




