Rock Island resident and Bledsoe County native Johnnie St. John Simmons, 88, died Dec. 1 at NHC Healthcare.A retired truck driver for BRC and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy, he was the son of James Wesley and Emma Bell Martin Simmons; and was preceded in death by his first wife, Hattie…

Mary Cleo Moore, 89, of Shelbyville died Dec. 3 at Bedford County Nursing Home after an extended illness. She was a native and longtime resident of Warren County, a homemaker, and member of Edgemont Baptist Church.She was the daughter of the late Samuel Franklin and Willie Lulla Martin McGee and the wife of the late…

McMinnville resident and Beckley, W.Va., native David Crawford Lynn Jr., 73, died Nov. 30 at St. Thomas Hospital after a three-day illness.A certified public accountant and a member of First United Methodist Church, he was a former member of the McMinnville Jaycees and McMinnville Noon Rotary. He retired from the U.S. Army as a full…

MIAMI Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Alarmed by the high rate of obesity among Hispanics, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a Spanish translation Wednesday of the food pyramid, the government’s handy guide to good nutrition. “MiPir??mide: Pasos Hacia Una Mejor…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Al-Qaida and other terror groups are more sophisticated in their use of computers but still are unable to mount crippling Internet-based attacks against U.S. power grids, airports and other targets, the FBI’s top cyber crime…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? America’s seniors and disabled cannot escape debts from old student loans, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, freeing the government to pursue Social Security benefits as part of an effort to collect billions in delinquent loans.…

SAN FRANCISCO Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Two of Greenland’s largest glaciers are retreating at an alarming pace, most likely because of climate warming, scientists said Wednesday. One of the glaciers, Kangerdlugssuaq, is currently moving about 9 miles a year compared…

BOSTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Mankind’s best friend for thousands of years is ready to teach new tricks to science. The genetic makeup of the dog ? in this case a boxer named Tasha ? has been deciphered and should…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? For Dan McLain of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, there was a compelling reason to buy a satellite radio receiver: shock jock Howard Stern’s looming move off the traditional airwaves. “It’s just a show I enjoy. I’m…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? The poor seem to need more convincing that they’d be helped by the new Medicare prescription drug benefit that begins next month. The Social Security Administration says it has approved just 661,000 applications for a…