Vet accused of injecting horses with vodka pre-race

"OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A veterinarian will be in court next week to face accusations he injected horses with vodka to calm their nerves before races at Fonner Park in Grand Island. Jay Stewart faces four misdemeanor counts of attempting to influence a race by tampering with a...

Sonics want $300 million; some legislators roll eyes

"OLYMPIA — Sonics owner Clay Bennett wants at least $300 million in taxpayer money to help pay for a new arena that could cost as much as $530 million, but the request already has drawn skepticism from some key state lawmakers."

Plane Carrying Blair Overshoots Runway

"MIAMI Dec 27, 2006 (AP)— British Airways blamed poor lighting at Miami International Airport for a commercial jet overshooting a runway with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family aboard, but airport and federal officials said Wednesday that the lights were fine."

Zune Comes With Porn Value-Add

"Umm, this isn't exactly what we were suggesting, Microsoft, when we advised improving the Zune user experience.Brown_landscape_video_porn A Chicago-area mother reports that the supposedly new Zune she bought her 12-year-old daughter for Christmas was stuffed with...

2 Mount Hood Climbers May Have Fallen

HOOD RIVER, Ore. Dec 18, 2006 (AP)— Two climbers missing on Mount Hood may have fallen on a steep slope on their way down Oregon's highest mountain, authorities said Monday as the search resumed on a clear day and a team prepared to retrieve the body of a...

Teams Head for Peak in Climbers' Search

HOOD RIVER, Ore. Dec 17, 2006 (AP)— Aircraft searching for three climbers on Mount Hood spotted "items of interest" in the area where one of the climbers made a distress call from a snow cave a week ago, officials said Sunday.

Rescuers begin big Mount Hood push to find missing climbers

MOUNT HOOD, Ore. – Moving out before dawn, teams of expert mountaineers began their largest assault yet on Mount Hood today in the search for three missing climbers and were to be helped later in the day by Blackhawk helicopters. Climbing teams began moving up the...

Democratic Officials: Plans To Officially Announce Later In December

CBS/AP) Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards intends to enter the 2008 race for the White House, two Democratic officials said Saturday. Edwards, who represented North Carolina in the Senate for six years, plans to make the campaign announcement late...

Fla. Gov. Bush Suspends All Executions

OCALA, Fla. Dec 15, 2006 (AP)— Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said Friday that officials botched the insertion of the needles during the execution of a convicted killer earlier this week.