Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Is the iPod the new cell phone?

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  Apple's ubiquitous iPod is best known as an instrument of solitude -- unless the user ignores standards of etiquette by invading the eardrums of others.

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• Major bridge and highway collapses

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  Some major bridge and highway collapses since 1980.

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• Bridge Collapse in Minnesota Sinks 50 Cars

  Published: August 2, 2007, 9:43 am

  Tags: National News, Bridge Collapse, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mississippi River, National News

  A massive bridge on 35W in Minneapolis collapsed on Wednesday sending over 50 cars into the mighty Mississippi river. Initial reports said that seven people were dead. That number has been reduced to four but could grow as more than twenty people are still missing. The eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, was in [...]

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• Search for answers, victims in bridge collapse continues

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  In Gold Medal Park, on the city's riverfront, a steady stream of people came to the top of a tall, man-made, grassy hill Thursday to look for a fixture of the city that's no longer there.

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• Collapse revives W.Va. memories

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  Looking back, Carolin Harris knows she shouldn't have turned on the TV news Wednesday evening.

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• Bridge collapse jolts Steelers tight end

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  There were some tense moments for Steelers rookie tight end Matt Spaeth as the story of a collapsed interstate bridge in Minnesota unfolded.

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• Chinese products again suspected

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  Many American parents are facing a quandary about what toys to buy their children following the recall by Mattel Inc. of almost 1 million Chinese-made toys because they may contain lead.

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• Bonds hits No. 756 to break HR record

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  Barry Bonds hit No. 756 over the right-center field wall Tuesday night, and hammered home the point.

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• 4.5 Mag Quake Rocks Los Angeles

  Published: August 9, 2007, 4:14 am

  Tags: National News, 4 5, 4 5 Magnitude, Chatsworth, Earthquake, Los Angeles, Magnitude, Quake

  A early reported 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck Los Angeles early this morning. The quake struck 4 miles northwest of Chatsworth, California at 12:58 am PST. Chatsworth is in the San Fernado Valley. Shaking felt from Marina del Ray to Lancaster and North Hollywood. Fire trucks and ambulances have been dispatched. Residents reporting items being

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• Minimum-Wage Hike Celebrated With Name-Brand Ketchup

  Published: August 10, 2007, 1:01 am

  Tags: National, News, Poor, Legal, Food, Economic

  WASHINGTON, DC—"Another couple dozen wage increases and we'll be swimming in Heinz, or at least my grandchildren will," said one 41-year-old mother of six.

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• Wisconsin lawmakers show their love for beer through favorable legislation

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  Wisconsin lawmakers seem to love their beer. They've allowed grocery stores to hand out free samples, shunned a proposal to boost the tax on it and ensured that daylight savings time didn't hasten last call.

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• Phishers try to reel in taxpayers in IRS e-mail scheme

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  Most taxpayers got their federal tax refunds months ago, but some people are getting e-mails informing them more money could be coming their way.

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• FDA Approves Seconds

  Published: August 22, 2007, 2:05 am

  Tags: National, News, Food, Government, Health, Diet Amp Amp Weight

  WASHINGTON, DC—Once restricted to only those who had been extra good, seconds will now be made available to the general public in over-the-kitchen-counter form.

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• Parents get domain names for babies

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  A small but growing number of parents are getting domain names for their young kids, long before they can do more than peck aimlessly at a keyboard.

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• Duquesne's Baldonado, nearly paralyzed by shooting, looks strong

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: National News

  Stuard Baldonado doesn't remember much about those first few worrisome days in the hospital, all those tubes snaking in and out of his body and doctors telling him how lucky he was to be alive.

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