Posted 6:42 PM 11/4/2012 by Monica Gouty
NEW YORK (AP) - Just what New York and New Jersey need after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy - More wind.The National Weather Service said an offshore storm that could pack gusts up to 55 mph is in Wednesday's forecast for the New York metropolitan area and the New Jersey (More)
Posted 6:08 PM 11/3/2012 by Monica Gouty
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City schoolchildren are preparing to go back to the classroom on Monday, a week after Superstorm Sandy barreled into the city and the region.But there are many challenges involved in restarting the nation's largest school district, with 1.1 million (More)
Posted 12:41 PM 11/2/2012 by Kirsten Bennett
DETROIT (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Hyundai and Kia overstated the gas mileage on most of their models from the past three years. The agency found the problems during an audit. It's making the companies retrofit window stickers to show lower mileage (More)
Posted 4:15 PM 11/1/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
BOSTON (AP) - A lawyer for mobster James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) has pleaded with a judge to delay his trial, saying it wouldn't be fair to the former leader of the Winter Hill Gang to go to trial with an unprepared defense. But a prosecutor said Bulger has already received "a (More)
Posted 11:49 AM 10/31/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
PASADENA, California (AP) - Scientists say the Martian soil at the rover Curiosity's landing site contains minerals similar to what's found on Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano. The finding released Tuesday is the latest step in trying to better understand whether the environment could have (More)
Posted 5:28 PM 10/30/2012 by Joe Bevans
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A 73-foot-tall Colorado spruce tree is about to begin a long journey to the U.S. Capitol for Christmas. The U.S. Forest Service said the tree will be cut Friday at Ripple Creek Lodge east of Meeker. Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell and the lodge owner will be driving a truck that will carry the tree in a special cradle.