Sunni Militants Disrupt Plan to Calm Baghdad
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Shiite militias had been seen as the main worry in bringing security to the Iraqi capital, but American military officials now say raids are required in Sunni areas on the city’s outskirts.
New Technology Transforms Slots
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (AP) -- Engineers at PureDepth Inc. spent years developing tools for helping the military plot 3-D maps of war zones, eventually licensing top-secret technology to the U.S. Air Force and Navy.
Uproar Hits Fla. Confederate Flag Show
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- When artist John Sims sees the Confederate flag, he sees ''visual terrorism,'' and a symbol of a racist past. When Robert Hurst sees the flag, he is filled with pride as the descendant of a soldier who fought for the South during the Civil War.
21st century homesteading: Free land in Alaska
Anderson, a little town in Alaska's interior, has no gas station, no grocery store and no traffic lights, but it does have plenty of woodsy land -- and it's free to anyone willing to put down roots in the often-frozen ground.
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) -- After an absence of more than a century, wild bison were returned to Colorado's Front Range on Saturday in full view of Denver's skyline.
