Risk of Lawsuits Preventing Abandoned Mine Cleanup September 11, 2012 By BRUCE FINLEY Colorado mining authorities have dug through a mountainside and reopened the dark granite shaft of an abandoned mine that turned... Read More
Oregon Hotel Fire Probe Advancing September 10, 2012 The first phase of an investigation into a five-alarm hotel fire is complete, but authorities haven’t determined the cause of... Read More
Fiery Car Crash Into Los Angeles Pizzeria Kills Three People September 10, 2012 Authorities say a car has crashed into a pizzeria in Los Angeles, killing three people and triggering a blaze. Sgt.... Read More
California Drivers Can Use Phones to Prove Insurance September 10, 2012 California drivers will be able to use their smartphones to show they have auto insurance under a bill approved by... Read More
Arizona Hospital Reviewing Huge Bill for Scorpion Sting September 7, 2012 A suburban Phoenix hospital that billed a woman more than $83,000 for administering two doses of scorpion antivenom says it... Read More
Wind Storm Knocks Out Power in Alaska’s Largest City September 7, 2012 By RACHEL D'ORO An unseasonably early wind storm pummeled Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city and surrounding region, toppling scores of trees and leaving thousands... Read More
Lawsuit Claims Discrimination by In-N-Out Chain September 7, 2012 A lawsuit filed on behalf of two black men in Oakland, Calif., claims In-N-Out Burger didn’t hire them because of... Read More
Determining Oregon Hotel Fire Cause Could Take a Week September 6, 2012 Federal investigators will be helping to determine what caused a five-alarm fire that destroyed a vacant hotel in north Portland,... Read More
Beverly Hills Police Officer Arrested for DUI September 6, 2012 Authorities say an off-duty Beverly Hills, Calif., police officer was not visibly injured when his car plowed into a home,... Read More
Alaska City Declares High-Rise Unfit for Occupancy September 6, 2012 An Alaska high-rise building has been declared dangerous and unfit for human occupancy. The city of Fairbanks has sent a... Read More