Chertoff: FEMA is hurricane-ready
The federal disaster agency criticized for bungling last year's response to Hurricane Katrina stands ready for this year's hurricane season with ...
View ArticleHottest technology deployed in fight against wildfires
As firefighters brace for the worst wildfire season in six years, they're hoping satellites and digital technology will keep them ahead of the ...
View ArticlePolice in some areas see increase in home invasions
The slayings of seven people during a home-invasion robbery in Indianapolis last week spotlights a trend in several cities around the nation: ...
View ArticleRock slide cuts community off from Yosemite
A massive rock slide has blocked the two-lane highway that connects most of Mariposa County to its biggest tourist attraction, Yosemite National ...
View ArticleGas prices put the brakes on some vacations
Sylvia Outlaw had a nice summer vacation planned, a trip to Michigan by car from her hometown in North Carolina so that she could see her new ...
View ArticleBush confronts the big 6-0
President Bush hits a milestone Thursday that will be familiar to some of his fellow baby boomers: He turns 60. In some many ways, the commander ...
View ArticleWarnings issued as East Coast residents expect record temps
Eastern cities braced Monday for a heat wave that has been sweeping across the nation, bringing some of the hottest weather in years to the upper ...
View ArticleSmugglers innovate as border tightens
An increase of federal agents and National Guardsmen patrolling the nation's borders is forcing smugglers to resort to new tactics to sneak drugs ...
View ArticleSummer passing tournaments provide more than just practice
As high school football coaches try to grow their sport, one way has been through 7-on-7 tournaments. The preseason ritual of 7-on-7, non-contact ...
View ArticlePaladino, Cuomo avoid gibes in debate for N.Y. governor
All seven candidates for governor in New York are now in the midst of their unwieldy debate at Hofstra University.
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