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Shuttle Xing: Endeavour treks through LA streets

Shuttle Xing: Endeavour treks through LA streets
By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's a surreal sight residents won't soon forget: A hulking space shuttle strutting down city streets, pausing every so often to get its bearings as it creeps toward retirement. Endeavour's terrestrial journey began before dawn

Motel workers discuss church bomb plot arrest

Motel workers discuss church bomb plot arrest
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUSAssociated Press MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - A bright green duffel bag caught maintenance worker Ralph Smith's eye as he emptied trash in a bin at motel just off a major interstate in northeast Oklahoma. Curious, he unzipped it. Inside were a pile of brown bottles with cloth

Good Samaritan dies in 35-foot Conn. highway fall

Good Samaritan dies in 35-foot Conn. highway fall
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut State Police say an 83-year-old Maryland man fell 35 feet off an elevated highway and died while trying to help a driver whose SUV had rolled over. Troopers say Richard Herron, of Elkton, Md., jumped over the center median of Interstate 84 in Hartford early Monday

Ill. man faces terrorism charge in Okla. bomb plot

Ill. man faces terrorism charge in Okla. bomb plot
By TIM TALLEYAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Illinois man with a long history of mental illness has been charged with plotting to attack dozens of churches after a hotel maintenance worker in Oklahoma spotted the makings of Molotov cocktails in a trash bin and alerted police. Gregory

WHY IT MATTERS: Infrastructure

WHY IT MATTERS: Infrastructure
By JASON KEYSERAssociated Press The issue: From bridges to broadband, America's infrastructure is supposed to be speeding along commerce, delivering us to work and piping energy and water into our homes and businesses. But just repairing all the breakdowns and potholes would cost tens of

Federal investigators probe NJ bus accident

Federal investigators probe NJ bus accident
WAYNE, N.J. (AP) - Federal investigators are probing the crash of a tour bus from Canada that injured 23 people in New Jersey. Officials with the Federal Motor Safety Carrier Safety Administration are trying to determine whether the bus company could legally operate in the U.S. Authorities also are

Bus from Canada overturns on NJ exit ramp; 23 hurt

Bus from Canada overturns on NJ exit ramp; 23 hurt
WAYNE, N.J. (AP) - A tour bus from Canada carrying about 60 people bound for New York City overturned on a highway exit ramp in northern New Jersey early Saturday, slid down an embankment and landed on its side, injuring 23 people on board, authorities said. The driver, who suffered a gash in his

Dozens hurt in 7 crashes on southbound I-75

Dozens hurt in 7 crashes on southbound I-75
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say dozens of travelers have been injured - but no one killed - in a chain reaction of collisions on Interstate 75 along Florida's Gulf Coast. The Florida Highway Patrol reported Friday evening that 52 people were hurt in 12 separate crashes involving 47

Can You Identify These Two: Suspects In ATM/Vending Machine Thefts

Can You Identify These Two: Suspects In ATM/Vending Machine Thefts
**Press Release From Spokane County Sheriff's Office** SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. - Spokane Valley Detectives are asking for the public's help in identifying these two male subjects.  These photographs were obtained from Valley Hospital Security after these suspects broke into and stole

Parksmith Interchange Completion Marks Halfway Point In North Spokane Corridor Project

Parksmith Interchange Completion Marks Halfway Point In North Spokane Corridor Project
**Press Release from Washington State Department of Transportation** SPOKANE – The new Parksmith Road interchange opened to traffic on Tuesday, Oct. 2, marking the completion of the first half of the North Spokane Corridor (NSC) just north of Spokane. In late August, the Francis to Farwell/