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Doom and gloom: Olympic wins trump critics
For skeptics, the Olympics were deliciously doomed: London's transport network would surely fail, Britain's athletes would flop, rain would prevail ...
Uganda military helicopters have rough landings
One Ugandan military helicopter made an emergency landing and two others came down hard and went missing while being deployed to strengthen ...
Now to Rio, full of Olympic 2016 jitters
The snuffing out of the Olympic flame in London Sunday marked a conclusion for most, but for 2016 host city Rio de Janeiro it kicked off four years ...
US Navy ship collides with oil tanker in Gulf
A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer was left with a gaping hole on one side after it collided with an oil tanker early Sunday just outside the ...
Egypt: 3 policemen killed in car accident in Sinai
Egypt's state news agency MENA says three policemen have been killed and four others injured when their car turned over while chasing a group of ...
52 killed as bus falls into gorge in north India
An overcrowded bus fell into a deep gorge in a mountainous area of northern India on Saturday, killing 52 people and injuring 46 others, police said.
As London wraps up, Sochi prepares for Olympics
The idea of holding the Winter Olympics in Sochi once seemed as much of a long shot as a gold medal for Jamaica's bobsledders — a city that few ...
Swede in Cuba car crash worried about driver
A Swedish politician who survived a car crash in Cuba says he is deeply worried about the fate of a Spanish colleague who was driving the vehicle and ...
Survivor's video shows harrowing Idaho plane crash
The survivors of a plane crash in central Idaho can prove just how close they came to death, with a seven-minute video documenting their harrowing ...
Petrino regretful, apologetic in ESPN interview
Bobby Petrino regrets the affair that led to his April firing, and the former Arkansas coach said he hopes to return to the sidelines.
Travis 911 call: 'I want to say he had no shirt'
Country singer Randy Travis was lying in the middle of the road with no car in sight when another driver spotted him and called 911, according to a ...
Now arriving on time: Your flight and suitcase
U.S. airlines are more punctual and less likely to lose your bag than at any time in more than two decades. Travelers still have to put up with packed ...
Propeller of 1946 US plane crash in Swiss glacier
Mountain rescuers have recovered the propeller of a U.S. Air Force plane that crashed in November 1946 on a glacier in the Bernese Alps. The crash of ...
1 teen killed, 4 hurt in Ohio car crash
A 15-year-old boy was killed and his four friends were injured when the car they were riding in crashed about 18 miles west of Columbus. They were all ...
Teenager killed, 4 others hurt in Ohio car crash
A 15-year-old boy was killed and four other teenagers were injured after the car they were riding in crashed in Brown Township, the Franklin County ...
No one injured in Megabus fire on Georgia highway
A double-decker bus caught fire Wednesday along Interstate 85 in northeast Georgia, forcing passengers to scramble off and closing the northbound ...
Billboard with dummy on noose shocks Vegas drivers
Even by Las Vegas standards, it was a shocking billboard: A mannequin dangling on a hangman's noose below a black sign with the ominous words "Dying ...
Jamaican rap pioneer Ranking Trevor dies in crash
Ranking Trevor, a pioneer of rap reggae during the 1970s, has died in a traffic accident in Jamaica. He was 60. The musician's brother, Robert Grant, ...
US seeks $162M in fines against AMR, American Air
Federal safety regulators are seeking up to $162.4 million in fines against American Airlines and its affiliates for alleged violations of U.S.
FAA suspends operation that led to near-collision
The Federal Aviation Administration will bar airports nationwide from using a traffic-reversing operation that led to a close call last week at an ...
Russian rocket fails to reach target orbit
Russia's space pride suffered another blow Tuesday when a booster rocket failed to place two communications satellites into target orbits, a mishap ...
Volcano erupts with ash cloud in New Zealand park
A volcano quiet for more than a century erupted in a New Zealand national park, spreading thick ash for several kilometers (miles) and causing some ...
Hudson Yards: NYC's urban town within a city
New York lost the 2012 Olympics, but the city's bid for the summer games spurred another, visionary venture: building up the largest undeveloped ...
16 Egypt border guards killed, Islamists suspected
Masked gunmen killed 16 Egyptian soldiers Sunday at a checkpoint along the border with Gaza and Israel, the first such attack on troops — and then the ...
Eagles coach's troubled son found dead at 29
Garrett Reid, the troubled 29-year-old son of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, was found dead Sunday in a dorm room at the club's Lehigh ...