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Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:11:04 -0400

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut - Officials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture where a derailed commuter train was struck by another bound for New York City.

Bloody trail in Ohio probe in 2 brothers' deaths

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:58:07 -0400

TOLEDO, Ohio - An arraignment is scheduled Tuesday for a 17-year-old charged in the deaths of two teenage brothers in northwest Ohio.

Cano homers twice in Yankees' win over Blue Jays

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:55:30 -0400

NEW YORK - Yankees manager Joe Girardi has proved to be quite adept at lineup juggling and position shuffling during an injury plagued first two months. Still, there's one player he thinks he would be unable to do without: Robinson Cano.

17 bodies removed from Modesto funeral home

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:46:38 -0400

MODESTO, California - Seventeen bodies have been removed from a Modesto funeral home after complaints the home was taking too long to cremate the bodies, officials said.

'All aboard' for West Point transportation museum

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:28 -0400

WEST POINT, Mississippi - It's not so often a grown man gets to report to work and play with trains. For Terry Craig, though, it's a weekly joy. As curator of the Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum on West Point's Depot Drive, he is not only conductor of the largest working stationary train of its scale in North Mississippi, he got to build much of it.

Proposed setbacks could sink Ind. wind farm

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:52:30 -0400

MUNCIE, Indiana - A central Indiana official says the tough conditions opponents of a planned wind farm are seeking for the project would leave little room for the proposed power-generating wind turbines.

Owner of fuel pipeline planning Ark. changes

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:42:58 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - An owner of a pipeline that supplies diesel and jet fuel to Arkansas locations plans to stop moving those products and businesses are working to find alternative suppliers.

Gas prices on pace for all-time highs in ND, SD

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:08:09 -0400

FARGO, North Dakota - Gas prices in the Dakotas are poised to reach all-time highs.

NH health insurance agents keeping options open

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:35:40 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - In a recent survey, more than half of New Hampshire's insurance agents said they will sign up to sell plans through the new marketplaces required under the federal health overhaul law - but how many actually follow through will depend on whether it's worth their while financially.

Ex-Pa. officer once hailed as hero faces charges

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:34:16 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes.

Calif. law takes effect on microstamping guns

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:41:13 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A California law that requires all semi-automatic handguns to be equipped with technology that stamps its identifying information on bullet casings is now in effect after years of delays.

Gov. Cuomo talks tough with Indians over casinos

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:35:29 -0400

ALBANY, New York - Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tough talk about Indian casinos breaks with the past practice of governors treading carefully with tribes sharply protective of their sovereign rights.

Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:22:33 -0400

FREMONT, California - In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each.

Grand opening held for Model A museum in Michigan

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:07:36 -0400

HICKORY CORNERS, Michigan - A new Ford dealership opened up in southwestern Michigan.

Plan for Eastern Oregon power plant moves ahead

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:56:05 -0400

BAKER CITY, Oregon - Baker County commissioners have approved a contact with a firm that will complete the necessary paperwork to build a hydroelectric power plant southwest of Baker City.

AP PHOTOS: Palestinians in Egypt exiled, forgotten

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:52:01 -0400

GEZIRAT AL-FADEL, Egypt - In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles, crossing the Sinai Peninsula before settling in an area around 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Cairo.

Appeals Court OKs suit to get back gambling losses

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:51:34 -0400

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - A lawyer says a state Court of Appeals ruling clears the way for gamblers to sue for money they lose by playing illegal gambling machines.

Researcher studying Iowa's Main Streets

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:44:11 -0400

WAVERLY, Iowa - A Japanese researcher is looking to the Cedar Valley and other Iowa Main Street communities for ideas to implement back home.

Hurry up and wait at Nevada Legislature

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:36:00 -0400

CARSON CITY, Nevada - Nevada lawmakers are steamrolling into the final two weeks of the 2013 session - a time when action behind the scenes can move at a dizzying pace while the public process dissolves into a mode of hurry up and wait. There is no logic to "legislative time." Committees scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. may not convene until afternoon. Five-minute recesses can stretch into hours.

Couple keeps building material out of landfill

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:35:29 -0400

OXFORD, Nebraska - Fred Ridpath says he's torn down houses all his life.

Western ND airport gains jet service to 2 cities

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:20:34 -0400

DICKINSON, North Dakota - A western North Dakota city in the heart of oil country is soon to have jet service.

Star Trek shuttle craft to be displayed in Houston

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:17:06 -0400

HOUSTON - The Star Trek shuttlecraft Galileo is landing in Houston to be displayed not far from NASA's Mission Control, which may have been able to help Mr. Spock all those years ago.

Great Falls eyes making $2.5M payment

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:06:21 -0400

GREAT FALLS, Montana - The Great Falls city manager has asked departments to save money in the wake of a $3.25 million settlement agreement that extricated the city from ties with a bankrupt Montana power cooperative.

Kearny County farmer takes a chance with canola

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:06:14 -0400

LAKIN, Kansas - A Kansas farmer whose bright yellow crop has caught the eyes of travelers in Kearny County says his peers should branch out.

Kansas City museum raising cash to fly 'Connie'

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:05:25 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes' record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air travel.