Developer: Kan. caverns could preserve human race
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) -- After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just depend on a few thousand people huddled in recreational vehicles deep in the bowels of an eastern Kansas mine.... 6/20/2013 3:20 AM

Youth leagues try to rein in 'bad news parents'
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (AP) -- No parent here has rushed onto a playing field to jump a referee who made an unpopular call. No adult has gotten angry and slugged or pushed a coach or a young player, as has happened elsewhere. Nor have there been any of those embarrassing sideline brawls you sometimes see posted on online video sites.... 6/20/2013 3:08 AM

House to vote on cuts to crop insurance
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House will vote Thursday on whether to cut federally-subsidized crop insurance that helps farmers when they lose crops or revenue.... 6/20/2013 3:21 AM

New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes
EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) -- A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in the West made it easy for fires to start and spread.... 6/19/2013 11:25 PM

Obama making plans to tackle global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more - and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in Berlin.... 6/19/2013 8:13 PM

James Gandolfini: He let his characters star
NEW YORK (AP) -- James Gandolfini would have hated all this fuss.... 6/20/2013 3:07 AM

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 7:25 PM

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 5:08 PM

Senators closing in on border security compromise
WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars stiffening the bill's border security requirements without delaying legalization for millions living in the country unlawfully.... 6/20/2013 3:23 AM

Medical care lags behind Afghan military growth
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHINWAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- The young Afghan soldier lay in great pain on a cot at an army base, his uniform pants cut up to his thigh so medics could clean the wound in his right knee where he was shot fighting insurgents.... 6/20/2013 3:21 AM