National News
Rogue sea lion in S.F. menaces swimmers
By JANE KAY
Monday, November 20, 2006
A California sea lion lurking in San Francisco's Aquatic Park Lagoon is terrorizing swimmers, biting at least 14 on the legs and chasing 10 others out of the water this week.
Third body found in reservoir but no sign of missing couple
By JASON BERGREEN
Monday, November 20, 2006
Searchers found another body in Strawberry Reservoir Thursday, the third in a bizarre search for two missing boaters in the cold, 90-foot-deep water.
Bush honors veterans at Arlington National Cemetery
By CHISTOPHER MOODY
Thursday, November 16, 2006
President Bush exalted the men and women in the armed forces for their bravery and fortitude Saturday, calling them "America's finest citizens," and said that troops around the world have helped to make the country safer.
"They confront grave danger to defend the safety of the American people.
The week in review
By THOMAS HARGROVE
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Democrats swept back to power in a landslide for reform
The Democrats took control of both houses of Congress in landslide elections Tuesday by reform-minded voters tired of the war in Iraq and angry with scandal-ridden incumbents.
Private logging plans spark clash in scenic WVA
By CINDI LASH
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Ignoring the turkey buzzards swirling above his head, Sam Jinks pointed to gold and russet forests lining the canyon around him and the boulder-studded Blackwater River churning more than 1,000 feet below.
"People come here for the views," Jinks said, peering over a rock slab jutting high above Blackwater Canyon, a 12-mile gash of unspoiled mountain wilderness that is one of the most frequently visited and photographed spots in West Virginia.
"Why would you come here if there were no views, or no trees?" said Jinks, who operates a tour company and rents bicycles, kayaks and other recreation equipment in Blackwater Falls State Park above the canyon.
Vets now emphasize tooth care for horses
By SHIRLEY DOWNING
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Bo occasionally grunted, but showed no other sign of pain as a doctor ran a file over his front teeth using a 2-foot-long drill.
The Tennessee walking horse rested his head in a triangular-shaped sling, his eyes drooping and his jaws held open by a full-mouth speculum.
Oak Ridge's nanoscience research centers attract top scientists
By FRANK MUNGER
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Doug Scalapino, a theoretical physicist at the University of California at Santa Barbara, allots about four weeks each year to visit other facilities to advance his scientific studies.
Museum honors black Vietnam vets
By MARYLYNNE PITZ
Thursday, November 16, 2006
In the sizzling jungles and rice paddies of Vietnam, John Clark, a retired U.S. Marine sergeant, often served as the point man during patrols. While his squad moved beside a river one day in 1966, Clark experienced firsthand one of the Viet Cong's booby traps.
Huge moose killed after wondering into a city
By DAVID CHANEN
Thursday, November 16, 2006
As they drove down Interstate Highway. 494 in Minnetonka, Minn., during rush hour Thursday, Patty Raymond told her husband she had just spotted a moose.
A dozen vets of WWI still soldier on
By LISA HOFFMAN
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Scrawny but determined to fight in World War I, Howard Ramsey scarfed down banana after banana to bulk up enough to enlist. Today, he is still feisty at 108.
At 16, Frank Buckles lied about his age so he could go to war against the Germans in France.
