GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) ? Rescuers raced Saturday through the wreckage from a giant tornado that killed at least eight people and left little standing in this southwest Kansas town except the local pub. City administrator Steve Hewitt estimated 95 percent of the town of 1,400 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as…

By Chuck Shepherd Officials in Apex, N.C., finally confiscated the 80 sheep that David Watts had long been keeping in his home as pets (he slept upstairs, they downstairs), with the final straw coming when some of the sheep wandered into the local cemetery and munched on fresh floral arrangements. The town had apparently tolerated…

By Diana West Marvelous, isn’t it, that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice traveled to an Egyptian resort for a summit on stabilizing Iraq that was attended by, among other “neighbors” and interested parties, Iran and Syria. I mean, who better to discuss stabilizing Iraq than the very countries that are actually trying to de-stabilize it?…

By Thomas Vaughn With the White House already under siege, President Bush needs George Tenet?s new bombshell book like he needs a hernia.? In ?At the Center of the Storm:?My Years at the CIA,? Tenet claims?he was made a ?scapegoat? for assuring President Bush that the intelligence available for proving Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of…

By Charlie Johnson As most people know, old sayings and phrases can come from a wide range of sources. Sports, the military, life on the sea, have all spawned their own jargon and phraseology that have, over the years, found their way into general usage. I have also discovered that many phrases have their origins…

NEW YORK (AP) ? The average price of gasoline topped $3 a gallon at the pump Friday, amid growing concerns that refineries are simply not making enough gas to meet peak summer demand. But oil and gasoline futures fell on light volume Friday. Analysts said traders had little news to drive buying or selling, but…

The nation?s unemployment rate edged up to 4.5 percent in April as cautious employers added the fewest new jobs in more than two years, signaling the labor market is starting to feel some of the strain of the sluggish economy. The fresh employment picture provided by the U.S. Labor Department on Friday showed that payrolls…

By Bruce Williams DEAR BRUCE: My father-in-law recently passed away. After paying off all our debts, we will still have $80,000 in cash. While I would like to save this for our retirement, my wife is very conservative and does not want to invest in any stocks, mutual funds, etc. I would like to respect…

SMYRNA (AP) ? Following the recent launch of the 2007 Altima and a hybrid model, production started Monday on the new Altima Coupe, a sportier version of Nissan’s best-selling brand intended to attract new customers. Nissan celebrated the Altima’s third launch in seven months at its Smyrna plant, just 20 miles south of its relocated…

Refrigerator manufactures are hot for your dollar, as they load up their latest models with more style and conveniences. Features once found only on midlevel and high-end fridges, for example, are now showing up on less-expensive models. Evidence of this trickle-down effect includes water filters that remove ?off? tastes and temperature-control bins that keep food…