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2010-09-06 22:53

Colo fire destroys buildings; no injuries reported (AP)

AP - A wildfire in the rugged Colorado foothills destroyed some structures and triggered evacuations on Monday, but no injuries were reported.

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2010-09-06 22:53

Counselors monitoring prison officers with PTSD (AP)

AP - John Brownfield Jr. became a corrections officer following deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.

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2010-09-06 22:53

Colleges buy land they don't know how they'll use (AP)

AP - Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used.

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2010-09-06 20:19

Montana plane crash revives 'lap child' debate (AP)

AP - Federal transportation safety officials are using the crash of an overloaded plane in Montana to revive a debate about whether infants and toddlers should be allowed to travel on the laps of adults.

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2010-09-06 20:19

Plane crash on NV street kills 1, injures 3 (AP)

AP - Authorities say a small airplane has crashed on a street in a residential neighborhood south of Las Vegas, killing one person and critically injuring three others.

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2010-09-06 20:19

Greeting card giant Hallmark heads for 2nd century (AP)

Rich LaPierre, a Hallmark Cards Inc. designer for the Peanuts line, works on artwork during a 100-year anniversary reception at the company's headquarter Tuesday, July 20, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo. Hallmark Cards Inc., a $4 billion empire built on a demand for printed sentimentality, enters its second century facing a weak economy and what could be an even greater challenge: a generation that has grown up posting its sentiments online. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)AP - Hallmark Cards Inc., a $4 billion empire built on a demand for printed sentimentality, enters its second century facing a weak economy and what could be an even greater challenge: a generation that has grown up posting its sentiments online.


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2010-09-06 17:45

Hurricane watch issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas (AP)

Tropical storm Hermine is seen in this satellite image courtesy of the National Hurricane Center. REUTERS/National Hurricane Center/HandoutAP - A hurricane watch has been issued for the coasts of Texas and Mexico in the Gulf as Tropical Storm Hermine approaches.


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2010-09-06 17:45

USS Olympia, 2-war naval veteran, battles for survival (AP)

An Aug. 30, 2010 photo shows the USS Olympia, which served as flagship of the Asiatic Squadron in the Spanish-American War, in Philadelphia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Without a major refurbishment to its aging steel skin, the Olympia either will sink at its moorings on the Delaware River, be sold for scrap, or be scuttled for an artificial reef 90 miles south. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - The USS Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero's welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle.


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2010-09-06 15:11

Tropical Storm Hermine gaining strength in Gulf (AP)

A fisherman stands on the rocks in rough surf off the Montauk lighthouse on September 3 in Montauk, New York. Downgraded to a post-tropical storm, Earl whimpered away from the Canadian coast on Sunday but still managed to knock out power to nearly one million people in the northeast of the country.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AP - Tropical Storm Hermine is getting a little stronger in the Gulf of Mexico as it heads toward the coasts of Texas and Mexico.


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2010-09-06 12:37

Tropical Storm Hermine forms in the Gulf of Mexico (AP)

A fisherman stands on the rocks in rough surf off the Montauk lighthouse on September 3 in Montauk, New York. Downgraded to a post-tropical storm, Earl whimpered away from the Canadian coast on Sunday but still managed to knock out power to nearly one million people in the northeast of the country.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AP - Tropical Storm Hermine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas.


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2010-09-06 12:37

Olympia, 2-war naval veteran, battles for survival (AP)

An Aug. 30, 2010 photo shows the USS Olympia, which served as flagship of the Asiatic Squadron in the Spanish-American War, in Philadelphia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Without a major refurbishment to its aging steel skin, the Olympia either will sink at its moorings on the Delaware River, be sold for scrap, or be scuttled for an artificial reef 90 miles south. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - The USS Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero's welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle.


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2010-09-06 07:28

Va. woman devours 181 chicken wings in NY contest (AP)

In this photo provided by National Buffalo Wing Festival, Joey Chestnut, left, competes with Sonya Thomas, center, at 2010 Wing Fest in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Thomas, The Black Widow of eating contests gobbled up nearly 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes, devouring the national championship record. (AP Photo/National Buffalo Wing Festival, Brian Kahle)AP - The Black Widow of eating contests gobbled up nearly 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes, devouring the national championship record in Buffalo on Sunday.


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2010-09-06 02:37

1 'censored' bar won't stop online prostitution (AP)

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark stands in front of the Craigslist office in San Francisco, California in 2006. Online classifieds website Craigslist has blocked US access to its AP - Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well — even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.


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2010-09-06 00:02

Attorney: JetBlue attendant in NYC flap resigned (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2010 file photo, JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater leaves a correctional facility in the Bronx after posting bail in New York. JetBlue Airways says that there will be no second exits for Slater, who captured the nation's imagination with his profanity-laced loudspeaker tirade and jump down a plane's emergency chute, beer in hand. Spokeswoman Jenny Dervin said Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 that Slater is no longer employed by the airline. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)AP - A flight attendant who captured America's attention when he told off a plane full of passengers and then slid down an emergency chute resigned from his job last week and wasn't fired, his lawyer said Sunday.


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2010-09-06 00:02

Greenest state behind the waste-to-energy race (AP)

In this photo taken on Aug. 24, 2010, in Long Beach, Calif., South East Reserve Recovery Facility (SERRF) manager, Charlie Trip, right, checks the operation with trash crane operator Becky Davis. The plant can process some 13,000 tons per day of solid waste, with a gross electrical generating capacity of 36 megawatts. Twenty five years ago California was at the forefront of the trash-to-energy conversion technology and, now, we're not only behind Europe and Asia, but we're also behind the rest of the country. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Government officials from around the world used to come to this port city to catch a glimpse of the future: Two-story piles of trash would disappear into a furnace and eventually be transformed into electricity to power thousands of homes.


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