Dam breaks near Grand Canyon; hundreds evacuate
PHOENIX (AP) -- An earthen dam weakened by heavy rains broke near the Grand Canyon early Sunday, flooding a tribal town and forcing officials to pluck hundreds of residents and campers from the gorge by helicopter. No injuries were immediately reported....

Visitors urged to leave Florida Keys ahead of Fay
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Keys officials closed schools, opened shelters and urged visitors to leave as Tropical Storm Fay threatened to strengthen into a hurricane Sunday, but residents and tourists seemed in no hurry to evacuate....

Ex-Marine decries prosecution in civilian court
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) -- A former Marine sergeant facing the first federal civilian prosecution of a military member accused of a war crime says there is much more at stake than his claim of innocence on charges that he killed unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq....

Texas authorities say body is abducted clerk
DALLAS (AP) -- A body found in a remote area was been identified as the clerk whose abduction from a store in a small North Texas town was recorded by security cameras, authorities said Sunday....

Fairs tout green efforts, but some still struggle
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The doughnut stand's exterior was plastic and studded with incandescent lights. It had its own humming generators. And the cold water for sale came in plastic bottles....

Joys, burdens of being best face Phelps now
He stood, literally, on top of the world: Everest. The highest mountain on earth....

Calif. man rescued after 2 nights in old mine
SONORA, Calif. (AP) -- A man was rescued from an abandoned gold mine Sunday after tumbling more than 100 feet and spending two nights at the bottom of the dark shaft, authorities said....

Texas officials want 8 sect kids back in custody
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) -- More than two months after being forced to return children from a polygamist sect to their parents, Texas child welfare authorities want eight of the youngsters put back in foster care....

Hawaiian palace occupied anew; 22 arrested
HONOLULU (AP) -- A group of Native Hawaiians claiming to be the state's legitimate rulers occupied the grounds of a historic palace for two hours before being arrested by state officers in the second recent takeover of its kind....

Road proposal riles activists in Roosevelt country
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Plans to turn a secluded Badlands trail into a major road and river crossing might not have created such a stir if not for where it is: near the ranch where Theodore Roosevelt helped conceive the American conservation movement....