HO– USE BACKS BILL TO BOOST LOGGING IN NAT’L FORESTS
By MATTHEW DALY FILE – This March 18, 2011 file photo shows a Douglas fir tree on federal forest land outside Ruch, Ore. The blue paint marking a tree for…
Accidents and disasters
EXPLOSION HITS SUNNI MOSQUE IN IRAQ, KILLING 18
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Map locates Samarra, Iraq mosque bombings; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm; BAGHDAD (AP) — Two bombs hidden inside air conditioners exploded Friday in…
COLORADO EVACUEES RETURN TO FIND MORE HEARTBREAK
By P. SOLOMON BANDA and JERI CLAUSING HYGIENE, Colo. (AP) — Weary Colorado evacuees have begun returning home after days of rain and flooding, but Monday’s clearing skies and receding…
ARIZ. MOM BOOKED IN CALIF. DEATH OF CHILDREN
Anthony Bertagna, with the Santa Ana Police Department talks with media Saturday Sept. 14, 2013, outside the Hampton Inn Suites in Santa Ana, Calif., where the bodies of two children…
AP PHOTOS: RESIDENTS EVACUATE AFTER COLO. FLOODING
By The Associated Press A woman, who asked not to be identified, carries two children while being evacuated by the Juniper Valley Fire Crew on Saturday, Sept. 14, on Olde…
ITALY: OK TO RIGHT SHIPWRECKED COSTA CONCORDIA
Tow boats sail past the Costa Concordia ship as it lies on its side near the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. An international team of engineers…
BUS OVERTURNS IN SOUTHWEST OHIO; 34 INJURED
By LISA CORNWELL Passengers of an overturned Greyhound bus stand near the scene, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, on interstate I-75 in Liberty Township, Ohio. Authorities say that at least 34…
EX-US REGULATOR: FUKUSHIMA CLEANUP COMPLICATED
By MARI YAMAGUCHI FILE – This Jan. 26, 2012 file photo shows the No. 4 reactor, left, and the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co’s Ohi nuclear power…