Washington: Sandy Dahl, who was one of the tragic faces of 9/11 terror attacks after her husband was killed while piloting United Flight 93, is dead. Dahl, 52, was found dead in her home in Colorado on Friday.

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A wildfire in Gila National Forest burned through more timber and brush lands as it forced the evacuation of residents living near a privately owned ghost town in southwestern New Mexico, officials said. Fueled by strong, erratic winds, the Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire burning through rugged and remote terrain grew Saturday to an estimated 100,000

MINTURN, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have discovered human remains near a campsite believed to have been used by a hiker from Chicago who has been missing since October 2010. James Nelson was reported missing when he failed to return from a five day, 25-mile hike in the Holy Cross Wilderness area near Minturn. The Eagle County Sheriff's office says a hiker on Friday located the campsite near Holy Cross City, and the remains were discovered during a search of the area on Saturday.

May 27, 2012, 08.25AM IST Everybody cribs about how costly buying real estate in Indian cities is. It's a national pastime of sorts.

I was in Chicago last week to attend a conference on Ukraine. I was part of a panel that discussed "Perceptions of Ukraine in a Strategic Framework," including Ukrainian-EU relations, at the Assessing Ukraine/NATO relations on the eve of the Chicago NATO Summit conference. The situation is depressing, with relations in a crisis, increasingly politicized and likely to deteriorate further, with talk of isolation and sanctions.

The Associated Press Modified May 27, 2012 MINTURN, Colo. - Authorities have discovered human remains near a campsite believed to have been used by a hiker from Chicago who has been missing since October 2010. James Nelson was reported missing when he failed to return from a five day, 25-mile hike in the Holy Cross Wilderness area near Minturn. The Eagle County Sheriff's office says a hiker on Friday located the

Staff report The News Tribune Memorial Day events Several Memorial Day observances Monday around the South Sound will honor those who gave their lives in service of the nation. The holiday officially began as Decoration Day in 1868, three years after the Civil War ended.

DOUG HUDDLE; FOR THE BELLINGHAM HERALD DOUG HUDDLE The Bellingham Herald Beginning Friday, June 1, river anglers out for a chinook salmon or two won't have to wonder if the Columbia is open, worry about stepping on a Roza rattlesnake or scramble to secure a ferry reservation for a trip to the Hoh. They'll have a backyard spring king option in the upper Skagit River of which to partake. This opportunity targets the cultured contingent of early-returning

JON PETTIT | Olympia Modified May 26, 2012 JON PETTIT Actions speak louder than words. Thurston County commissioners (of which two are running for re-election) have announced they are getting ready to build more onto the Accountability and Restitution Center, or more commonly called the ARC. On May 3, county employees already had a formal Site Plan Review with the City of Tumwater in preparation of securing conditional-use permits for

Modified May 26, 2012 WASHINGTON - Your parents spill a few secrets as they get older. One night at dinner with my mom, I ventured that the rhythm method had worked well for her, given that there were six years between my sister Peggy and my brother Kevin, and six more between Kevin and me.