By FELICIA FONSECA
Associated Press Writer
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - When Jon Stoner opens the blinds to a front window in his home "it's a piece of heaven," he says. More...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Overwhelmed and saddened by the gargantuan size of the Gulf oil spill? A little mathematical context to the spill size can put the environmental catastrophe in perspective. More...
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) - Police say a gunman who allegedly tried to rob people at a party in the Dallas area killed one person who tried to stop him before being fatally shot by someone else. More...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Indiana’s farm fatalities decreased last year for the first time in three years. More...
GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) Georgetown police are investigating why a man, with his 5-yearold son in his car, drove the vehicle off a boat ramp into a lake, killing them both. More...
Cuidad Camargo, Tamps. - The Mexican army says nine assailants and three of its soldiers have been killed in clashes near the border with Texas. More...
197th State District Judge Migdalia Lopez is growing tired of prospective jurors failing to show up in her court, according to District Clerk Gilbert Lozano. More...
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A Gatlinburg businessman says he’ll be selling genuine mountain whiskey at a new store next month. More...
CHEROKEE, Iowa (AP) - Sheriffs officials in Cherokee County say they’ve broken up a hog theft ring in northwestern Iowa. More...
DALLAS (AP) - Texas game wardens and a private trapper used a chicken leg to capture a nearly 7-foot alligator that had been lounging in a private Dallas pond. More...
RUBICON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a man whose two pit bulls escaped and killed 20 or more sheep in Michigan’s rural Thumb region has been charged with two violations of dog laws. Twenty-five-year-old Matthew F. More...