San Antonio flooding kills 1; dozens rescued
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Massive flooding from torrential rains in the San Antonio area left at least one person dead Saturday and sent emergency workers rushing in boats to rescue more than 100 residents stranded in cars and homes....
Giffords, husband address graduates at Bard
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says the futures of today's college graduates "shines bright."...
7 hurt when trains collide in Mo., buckling road
CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) -- The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass Saturday in southeast Missouri, injuring seven people....
Graduates in tornado-raked Okla. town vow to stay
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to Moore....
NTSB: Bridge collapse in Wash. is wake-up call
SEATTLE (AP) -- The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wake-up call for the nation....
Ohio doctor charged in pregnant woman's death
NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) -- The personal ads that Dr. Ali Salim placed on Craigslist - and police say he posted hundreds of them - made one thing clear: He wanted "no drama."...
Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
SEATTLE (AP) -- Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound....
Survivor, rescuer reunite at Maine B-52 crash site
ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) -- After surviving a deadly B-52 bomber crash and a night on a frozen mountainside, Gerald Adler, injured and frostbitten, could recall only the red handlebar mustache of his rescuer....
AP Exclusive: New cause for ex-radical Olson
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Sara Jane Olson, the Minnesota woman who served seven years in prison for her involvement in high-profile 1970s radicalism, is edging back into public life - this time voluntarily - as she and a friend petition the Obama administration to reduce disparities in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine....
Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny
ATLANTA (AP) -- One patient with a history of substance abuse and suicidal thoughts was left alone in a waiting room inside the Atlanta VA Medical Center, where he obtained drugs from a hospital visitor and later died of an overdose....
Newark Archdiocese leader resigns amid sex scandal
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The second-highest official in the Archdiocese of Newark is stepping down in the wake of a sex scandal involving a former priest accused of violating an agreement with law enforcement barring him from working with children....
W.Va. town transfixed by teen girls' murder plot
STAR CITY, W.Va. (AP) -- For nearly nine months, the people of this small West Virginia town saw the face of missing 16-year-old honors student Skylar Neese everywhere - beaming at them from fliers on utility poles, in gas stations, even at the local tattoo parlor....
