As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.... 6/19/2013 3:53 PM

FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remains
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Beneath a swimming pool, under a horse farm and now a weed-grown field north of Detroit: For at least the third time in a decade, FBI agents grabbed shovels and combed through dirt and mud in the search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains or clues to the disappearance of the former Teamsters boss.... 6/19/2013 4:39 PM

Traffic returns to Wash. bridge that collapsed
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Cars and trucks are rolling again across the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge, restoring the traffic flow on the main route between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.... 6/19/2013 12:59 PM

Russia could stand in way of Obama's nuke cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) -- By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree.... 6/19/2013 4:37 PM

Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet.... 6/19/2013 12:38 PM

Mueller urges caution on NSA program changes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday urged Congress to move carefully before making any changes that might restrict the National Security Agency programs for mass collection of people's phone records and information from the Internet.... 6/19/2013 2:07 PM

House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans on Wednesday finished their rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, sending to their colleagues a bill that would strip Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors of power and give more authority to the states.... 6/19/2013 2:46 PM

Baked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th state
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A heat wave hitting Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven - or a tropical paradise.... 6/19/2013 1:36 PM

New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes
DENVER (AP) -- A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in much of Colorado were making it easy for new fires to start and spread.... 6/19/2013 4:55 PM

Men's Wearhouse ousts founder, pitchman Zimmer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Men's Wearhouse doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore.... 6/19/2013 4:10 PM