Short circuit cuts power to buildings 

Short circuit cuts power to buildings 
Detroit Edison crews continued late Tuesday to investigate the cause of a transformer short circuit that killed power to three downtown Port Huron buildings.

Fire along Alaska highway grows to 10,000 acres 
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A fire along a highway in central Alaska more than tripled, reaching an estimated 10,000 acres and moving to within a mile of the city of Nenana. All homes along a 13-mile stretch…

Daniel Forbes: Watch Those Birds, Atlas 
Loath as I am to endorse any initiative by the Department of Homeland Security, this loyal New Yorker agrees with DHS’s assertion that using federal anti-terror funds to pay for quotidian police overtime is a waste of money. Of course the duct-taped, color-coded, Katrina-ravaged DHS shot itself in the foot as usual with its declaration that New York City has no iconic buildings or monuments.

Tri-City Prop. F tally closes gap slightly 
OCEANSIDE —- The gap between defeat and victory narrowed slightly for Tri-City Medical Center’s Proposition F on Thursday, when voter approval rose to 65.81 percent from 65.65 percent with the addition of more than 2,300 counted votes.

Danger signs in Afghanistan 
Hundreds of mostly young men armed with knives, wooden posts and spades rampaged through the city, torching cars and buildings and looting the offices of businesses and international organizations.