Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash.
Grays Harbor County sheriff's Deputy Dave Pimentel (PIM'-en-tel) said Monday 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch.
However, family members found Messenger electrocuted when they …
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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A rebel leader was shot and killed Saturday by his own men in an oil-rich area of South Sudan days after he signed a peace deal to integrate his forces into the southern army, an army official said.
Gatluak Gai was shot dead at his headquarters in Unity state after "an internal division" within his ranks over an amnesty deal he signed earlier this week, South Sudan army spokesman Col. Philip Aguer said. Three others were also killed in the shooting, he said.
Gai was a former prison officer who rebelled against the Juba-based southern government after the disputed April 2010 national elections.
The latest case of rebel-related violence comes less …
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Manny Pacquiao acts as though it's personal, then claims it's not. Just another night in the ring, another notch on his belt, another bout in which he can take millions of dollars back to the Philippines.
It's not that easy for Juan Manuel Marquez. He remains convinced he won both previous two fights with Pacquiao. He will …
CARMARTHEN Clothing chain H&M will open a store at the town's StCatherine's Walk retail …
OAKLAND, Calif. - Tough anti-terrorism rules designed to limit who can transport hazardous materials on highways don't prevent people with checkered backgrounds from becoming truckers, experts and regulators acknowledged Tuesday.
Those rules are aimed at weeding out terrorists, not necessarily other criminals, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said.
The issue surfaced after the explosion and intense fire from driver James Mosqueda's gasoline tanker Sunday caused the collapse of a busy Bay Area highway overpass. Mosqueda, 51, cleared an FBI criminal history check and an intelligence review from the TSA despite a history of criminal …
Researchers are deploying new wheat varieties with an array of resistant genes they hope will baffle and defeat Ug99, a highly dangerous fungus leapfrogging through wheat fields in Africa and Asia.
"Significant progress has been made," plant geneticist Ravi Singh and collaborators said in a paper presented Tuesday to leading international wheat experts at a four-day conference on combating the re-emerged, mutant form of stem rust, an old plant disease.
Scientists still spoke of a potential agricultural disaster.
"A global food crisis is still a distinct possibility if governments and international institutions fail to support this …
