Snow still caps the fir-covered mountains of southwest Oregon despite the warm spring sun that has lured burly loggers from their hibernation and drawn orchardmen back to their pear trees.
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South by Southwest: The New Sundance for Film Deals?
Though it isn’t always official, every party has a guest of honor.
Deadly barn collapse kills 10 in China
An old grain warehouse collapsed in southwest China on Saturday, killing 10 people and wounding nine, local media reported.
Carmakers Hyundai and Kia See Gains in U.S. Market Share
While other automakers are closing plants in the U.S., Kia, which is controlled by South Korea’s Hyundai Automotive Group, is preparing to open a brand-new assembly plant in West Point, Ga., southwest of Atlanta. The $1.2 billion, 2.2 million–sq.-ft
Fred becomes a hurricane; Tropical Storm Linda strengthens
Fred strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday night — the second of the Atlantic season, the National Hurricane Center reported. “Fred is now a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale,” the center said
Small plane crashes near high school football field
A small plane crashed Friday near an Ohio-area high school during a football scrimmage. Spectators at a practice game at Harrison High School watched from the bleachers as the plane went down at 8:08 p.m. ET, said police officer Jennifer Coyle, who witnessed the incident
Jet makes landing with football-sized hole
A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday after a football-sized hole in its fuselage caused the cabin to depressurize, an airline spokeswoman said. There were no injuries aboard the Boeing 737, which was traveling at about 30,000 feet when the problem occurred, Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis told CNN. The sudden drop in cabin pressure caused the jet’s oxygen masks to deploy.
White House report warns of climate change effects
Man-made climate change threatens to stress water resources, challenge crops and livestock, raise sea levels and adversely affect human health, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Tuesday.
Massive landslide buries dozens in China
Chinese rescue workers searched for dozens of people believed to be trapped by a massive landslide in the southwest city of Chongqing on Saturday, a state-run news agency reported.
Philadelphia woman disappeared on her birthday
Lisa Michelle Hatchell disappeared on her 37th birthday: July 19, 2003. She was last seen at 10 p.m. on the street outside the Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rowhome she shared with her boyfriend