Problems have been reported in Alabama, Kentucky and Ohio.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Birmingham police said two people died in a collision between a car and an Amtrak train.
Cooler weather aids fight against Calif. wildfire... Ore. wildfire threat eases, evacuees return home... Readying new Syria push, US feels out Russia again... Obama back in US after trip to Mexico, Costa Rica... New efforts to curb cellphone theft are nationwide... Atty: Texas plant that blew up only carried $1M liability policy... NRA, gun control advocates say fight far from over... E! Online's Twitter, texting accounts hacked... Low-level eruption at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano...
Syria says Israel strikes military research center... 8 (7 Americans) coalition service members killed in attacks in Afghanistan... Egypt's Christians celebrate Coptic Easter... Iraq PM's group wins largest bloc in several areas...
'Mockingbird' author Lee sues over copyright in NY... 4-year-old Alabama boy remains hospitalized in critical condition after he was shot in the head while playing... authorities have cleared two coaches at Dale County High School of criminal wrongdoing... Officials: Teen bit by shark at Melbourne Beach... Elgin AFB remembers bomb technicians killed in line of duty... Florida Toddler set to go home after lawnmower accident... Ga Police: Baby slaying suspect had bullets in pocket... 3 killed when car collides with train in north Ga...
Edwards to start from Talladega pole... Smith wins crash-filled Nationwide race... Orb circles field to win Run for the Roses... Guthrie's streak continues in KC...Nats and Cardinals pull off ninth inning rallies... Bulls advance to meet the Heat... Caps go up 2-0...B's lose at home... Pro Golf results...
...considered the world's most-advanced sun-powered plane... powered by about 12,000 photovoltaic cells that cover massive wings and charge its batteries....flies around 40 mph and can't go through clouds... weighs about as much as a car, making it vulnerable to bad weather....goal is to showcase the potential of solar power...
Today in History Today is Sunday, May 5, the 125th day of 2013. There are 240 days left in the year. In 1862, Mexican troops defeated French occupying forces in the Battle of Puebla. (The Cinco de Mayo holiday commemorates Mexico's victory.) In 1925, schoolteacher John T. Scopes was charged in Tennessee with violating a state law that prohibited teaching the theory of evolution. (Scopes was found guilty, but his conviction was later set aside.) In 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Freedom 7, a Mercury capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. In 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby, the first of its Triple Crown victories.
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