Rock blasting set on drought-plagued Miss. River
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Barge traffic along a key stretch of Mississippi River is about to be restricted as crews prepare to begin blasting large rock formations that have threatened shipping on the drought-plagued waterway.
The Army Corps of Engineers says contractors will undertake urgent demolition of the submerged granite pinnacles near Thebes, Ill.,
...Italian technician, 2 others abducted in Syria
ROME (AP) - Italy's government says an Italian technician and two other employees at a Syrian steel plant have been kidnapped.
A statement from Italy's foreign ministry says the abductions took place near the Syrian town of Latakia, but didn't say when or by whom.
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Monday the two workers kidnapped along with the
...Police: Conn. school likely closed for months
Associated Press
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Authorities say the Connecticut elementary school where a gunman shot to death 26 people will be closed indefinitely while the crime is investigated.
State police Lt. Paul Vance said Monday at a news conference that it could be months before police turn
...Students nervously return to school after shooting
AP Education Writer
Lily Rosell anxiously weighed whether to take her 7-year-old daughter to school Monday morning, the first day of classes since the Connecticut elementary school massacre that left 20 children around her child's age dead.
"I was dreading it," Rosell said outside her daughter's Miami
...Obama signals action following school shooting
By JULIE PACE and JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is vowing to use "whatever power this office holds" to safeguard the nation's children, raising the prospect that he will pursue policy changes to stem gun violence in the wake of an elementary school massacre.
"Because what choice do we have?" a somber Obama
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