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GLEN JEAN, W.Va. (AP) — Water safety programs are being offered to New River Gorge visitors during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. National Park Service rangers will discuss safe boating, swimming and wading, and demonstrate how to wear and use flotation vests. Rangers will share tips...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. Burns broke three vertebrae when he ejected into a flooded rice paddy and spent...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — One of the quietest players in NFL history sure had a lot to say Thursday. Former Denver Broncos center Tom Nalen made up for all those "no comments" during his 15-year career during an extraordinary half hour that at times showed precisely why he was wise to stay...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a chaperone on a bus taking boys home from a party lit into them with a death-threatening, foul-mouthed tirade after one boy threw a piece of candy. A recording of the rant was posted on the Scarsdale10583 community website. Greenburgh police Lt. B.J. Ryan...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Mitchell Etess thinks he knows the biggest thing that was wrong with New Jersey's oldest casino. "There weren't a whole lot of people sitting around New Jersey or Pennsylvania that said, 'Let's go party tonight in Resorts,'" said Etess, whose Mohegan Tribal Gaming...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Even 150 years later, Vicksburg is still overshadowed by Gettysburg — so much so, that the Mississippi city is having its Civil War commemoration a few weeks early rather than compete with Pennsylvania for tourist dollars around July 4. Union forces waged a long...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There comes a time in Central Florida — usually around mid-August, when you step outside and it feels like you're wearing a wet blanket inside an oven nestled in a sauna — that you start to dream of cold places and cold weather. Antarctica, snow, penguins: any chilly...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

DETROIT (AP) — AAA Michigan, the Michigan State Police and the Detroit Tigers have teamed up to promote teen-driving safety with an event at Comerica Park in Detroit. Representatives from each organization spoke Thursday morning at the home of the Tigers to outline efforts designed to...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

MILWAUKEE (AP) — If you're hitting the road for the Memorial Day weekend, you'll have lots of company. The travel organization AAA estimates 627,000 people are expected to travel by land during the weekend in Wisconsin and another 33,000 by air. Travel is expected to be down about 1.6 percent...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Residents of this picturesque Lake Michigan community are known to quip, "The view of the bay is half your pay." It's a sardonic commentary on the local wage scale, but also a tribute to the stunning scenery and small-town quality of life that have lured many a...