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Picturesque Ohio village on endangered places list

A national preservation group on Wednesday named a picturesque Ohio village as one of the nation's most endangered historic places and is calling on state authorities to scrap a plan that village leaders and preservations say could permanently scar the area. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named the Village ...

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2001 file photo, rows of 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokees are lined up outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. In early June 2013, the company refused the government's request to recall the Jeeps. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contended that the gas tanks could rupture if hit from the rear, causing fires. NHTSA said 51 people had died in fiery crashes. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire

After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. But the recall, which came in an 11th-hour deal between the automaker and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, covers only 1.56 million of ...

A demonstrator holds a Brazilian flag in front of a burning barricade during a protest in Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 17, 2013. Protesters massed in at least seven Brazilian cities Monday for another round of demonstrations voicing disgruntlement about life in the country, raising questions about security during big events like the current Confederations Cup and a papal visit next month. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil protesters keep up pressure on government

About 50,000 protesters energetically returned to the streets of Brazil's biggest city Tuesday night, a demonstration of anger toward what they call a corrupt and inefficient government that has long ignored the demands of a growing middle class. The protests were well organized via social media and mostly peaceful, like ...

Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez talks with construction workers before a ceremony on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, marking the start of work on a new Ohio River bridge at downtown Louisville. The new downtown span is one of two new Ohio River bridges that will go up in the next three years to connect Kentucky and Indiana.  (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

Groundbreaking held for new Ohio River bridge

The countdown is complete for the start of work on a new Ohio River bridge linking Louisville and Southern Indiana along a key transportation artery. "Let's build those bridges," Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear proclaimed as he marked the official start of construction Tuesday evening. A crane that will hoist steel ...

FILE - In this June 24, 2012, file photo, smoke rises from two cargo trains that collided near Goodwell, Okla. The National Transportation Safety Board meeting in Washington on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, is attempting to find a cause for the June 24, 2012, accident near Goodwell that killed three railroad workers.  (AP Photo/The Guymon Daily Herald, Trudy Hart, File)

NTSB: Bad eyesight likely caused Okla. train crash

An engineer killed in a fiery train collision in the Oklahoma Panhandle last year suffered from serious vision problems for much of his life, underwent several corrective procedures in the years leading up to the crash and even complained that he couldn't distinguish between red and green signals, a doctor ...

False alarm: No explosives found after dog alert

Detroit Metropolitan Airport officials say a dog's suspicions about a piece of cargo proved to be unfounded after triggering a partial evacuation of the main terminal. The false positive finding led to the evacuation of about a third of the McNamara Terminal from 10:30 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. Tuesday. The ...

FILE  -- This April 19, 2013, file photo shows Jimmy Haslam, CEO of Pilot Flying J, speaking during a press conference at the company headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn. A third employee of the truck stop chain owned by Jimmy Haslam, owner of the Cleveland Browns, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, pleaded guilty Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in what authorities call a scheme to cheat trucking firms out of rebates.  (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

3 more plead guilty in probe of Pilot Flying J

Three more employees of the truck stop chain owned by the Cleveland Browns' owner and Tennessee's governor pleaded guilty Tuesday in what authorities call a scheme to cheat trucking firms out of rebates. Regional sales manager Kevin Clark pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court in Knoxville. Local media ...

Army Corps won't do overall study of coal exports

An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday that the agency doesn't plan a broad environmental study on exporting coal from the Western United States. Environmentalists and elected officials in Washington, Oregon and Montana have called on the federal government to look at the cumulative ...

Landing gear collapses as jet lands at OH airport

Authorities say no injuries were reported when a small private jet's landing gear apparently collapsed after it touched down on a runway at a Cincinnati airport. Cincinnati fire department officials say the twin-engine aircraft landed at Lunken Airport about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Airport manager Fred Anderton says a pilot and ...

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, by National Security Agency (NSA) Gen. Keith B. Alexander during the committee's hearing regarding NSA surveillance. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

US spy chief: plot against Wall Street foiled

The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying. The House Intelligence ...

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