MIAMI (AP) – Hurricane Carlos has weakened to a tropical storm far off Mexico’s Pacific coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Carlos’ maximum sustained winds have dropped to near 65 mph with further weakening expected. The storm is centered about 1,640 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) – Thunderstorms once again forced NASA to call off the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Monday, the fifth delay for the space station construction mission. NASA said it would try again Wednesday, after taking a one-day break. In a scene nearly identical to Sunday, launch managers halted the countdown just […]

BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) – Authorities in south Alabama say a gas station employee used a cricket bat to chase away a would-be robber who brandished a toy gun. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s office says the suspect entered Bee Gee’s gas station near Bay Minette Saturday afternoon and tried to use the fake weapon to […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) – The average price of heating oil in Maine has dropped 6 cents to $2.26 a gallon in the latest survey. The results of the latest weekly survey were reported Monday by the state Office of Energy Independence and Security. Executive Director John Kerry says indicators point toward lower prices, but he […]

PROVO, Utah (AP) – Some people are feeling misled after finding out a July 4 ceremony during which they thought an American flag was burned in retirement didn’t really happen. The Stadium of Fire event in Provo was viewed by 47,500 people. At the end of the night, a flag used at the event for […]

DETROIT (AP) – A lawyer for a Detroit city employee who filed a lawsuit claiming she couldn’t work because of a co-worker’s strong perfume has settled her case with the city. Attorney Ann Curry Thompson said Friday the settlement reached Thursday between the city and her client, Susan McBride, includes money but she declined to […]

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) – A long-haul trucker from southeastern Idaho has created a new trucking-themed board game inspired by his hours on the road. “My Truckin’ Luck” was created with input from truckers, state troopers and mechanics nationwide, Randy Cox told the Idaho State Journal for a story published Friday. The game is named after […]

MINNEAPOLIS – It seemed like a joke at first: Cheerios is a drug. Yet when the Food and Drug Administration warned General Mills recently that health claims on Cheerios packaging went too far, claims that essentially turned the nation’s No. 1 breakfast cereal into a medicine, it was a turnaround from what’s long been regarded […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) – A frantic fawn led New Hampshire Fish and Game officials and police on an hour-long chase after it was spotted sprinting around the area of the Route 1 Bypass near the busy traffic circle. A crew was able to trap and rescue the animal after they cornered it in some bushes […]

GREENVILLE, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania toddler did such a remarkable job of hiding during a game of hide-and-seek that the family had to call police and firefighters to help find her. Two-year-old Natalie Jasmer was playing the game with her siblings Tuesday in their Pymatuning Township home. When the family couldn’t find her, parents […]