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Land conflicts stunt Vietnam urban planning dreams
Do Quoc Tai is an unlikely pain in the side of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party. Although the construction foreman earns just $150 per month, he and ...
Battle over Beverly Hills subway goes Hollywood
In Los Angeles, even a typical local dispute over public transportation comes back to the movies. The long fight over sending a subway 70 feet under ...
Bangor, Maine: The place where diverted flights go
Given the size of the place, the name "Bangor International Airport" might seem a little grandiose. But the airport actually gets an outsize share of ...
States looking to new tolls to pay for highways
Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay. With Congress ...
Injury forces Michael McKean out of Broadway show
Broadway producers scrambled Wednesday to fill Michael McKean's part in a revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" as the actor recovers from a broken ...
Highway, bridge tolls higher for out-of-towners
Some tolling authorities have found a way to give local motorists a discount on tolls while charging out-of-towners a higher rate for using the same ...
Russian jet crash in Czech Republic injures 6
A Russian military jet's landing gear malfunctioned as it touched down in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, injuring six people when it rolled off the ...
States turning to new tolls to pay for highways
Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay. With Congress ...
Susie Wheldon heads to Indy 500 to honor husband
Some days are better than others for Susie Wheldon, and there's rarely any warning what will trigger the emotional roller coaster she's been on since ...
Reno Air Races plans to change course this fall
Organizers of the national air racing championships secured $100 million in necessary insurance and announced plans Tuesday to change the September ...
Senate panel approves airline security fee hike
A Democratic-controlled Senate panel Tuesday approved a $2.50 increase in airline security fees that would double the per-passenger fee for those ...
Everest will be crowded again days after 4 killed
Days after four people died amid a traffic jam of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's ...
Indian passenger train rams freight train; 25 dead
A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring ...
6 missing after boat reported sunk in Gulf
An extensive daylong search by the U.S. Coast Guard turned up no sign of six people who had radioed that their fishing boat was sinking in the Gulf ...
Obama snubs Pakistan head over supply routes
In an unmistakable snub, President Barack Obama left Pakistan off a list of nations he thanked Monday for help getting war supplies into Afghanistan.
Bus with students falls off Albania cliff; 12 die
A bus carrying university students on a pre-graduation trip toppled off a mountain cliff in southern Albania, killing 12 people and injuring another ...
Survivor: Honduran police fired on passenger boat
Lucio Adan Nelson dozed on a riverboat ferrying him home from a visit with his mother when helicopters appeared overhead and started shooting. He and ...
4 people found dead after boat crash on Iowa river
The bodies of four people missing after a boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa were found Sunday within 100 yards of the crash site, according ...
No signs of 4 people missing after Iowa boat crash
Crews searched Saturday for four people missing after an overnight boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa, although one official said it was ...
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second ...
Carpenter hits wall in 3rd crash of day at Indy
Ed Carpenter is the third driver to crash during Saturday's qualifications at the Indianapolis 500. The American was driving through the second turn ...
Pilot dies in military trainer jet crash in Calif.
A civilian piloting a military-contracted jet was killed when his aircraft crashed into a Southern California farm field as he completed a training ...
Neighbors: Highway shooting suspect a regular guy
To hear his neighbors tell it, James Willie was just a regular guy who sometimes played with the neighborhood kids. Police describe him as a ...
Military trainer jet crashes in Calif.; 1 dead
A privately owned jet contracted by the military to play the enemy in training exercises crashed Friday in a Southern California farm field, killing ...
Vietnam bus plunges off bridge into river; 34 dead
A crowded overnight bus plunged off a bridge into a river in central Vietnam, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country's ...