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'Sophisticated' tunnel found along Arizona border

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in Arizona say they've found a 250-foot-long unfinished smuggling tunnel underneath the U.S.-Mexico border that has electricity, water pumps and ventilation.

Agents have found dozens of smuggling tunnels in Nogales since the 1990s, but Chief Border Patrol Agent Randy Hill says this tunnel is more sophisticated than other recently discovered tunnels, saying that those who were …

1 in 5 kids get little vitamin D, study says

At least one in five U.S. children aged 1 to 11 don't get enough vitamin D and could be at risk for a variety of health problems including weak bones, the most recent national analysis suggests.

By a looser measure, almost 90 percent of black children that age and 80 percent of Hispanic kids could be vitamin D deficient _ "astounding numbers" that should serve as a call to action, said Dr. Jonathan Mansbach, lead author of the new analysis and a researcher at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital in Boston.

The findings add to mounting evidence about vitamin D deficiency in children, teens and adults, a concern because of recent studies …

Economic barometer rises

NEW YORK An index of future economic activity rose in June to thehighest level ever, but the reading only slightly exceeded marketforecasts amid recent data suggesting economic growth may be coolingoff.

The 0.5 percent increase in the Index of Leading EconomicIndicators, released today by the Conference Board, comes as WallStreet waits anxiously for the Aug. 20 meeting of Federal Reservepolicy-makers. Signs of a surging economy could revive inflationfears and lead the Fed to increase interest rates.

June's advance follows a revised 0.2 percent gain in May and a0.3 percent increase in April. Wall Street had been expecting a Juneincrease of 0.3 percent.

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England vs. Sri Lanka Scoreboard

HEADINGLEY, England (AP) — Scoreboard Friday after Sri Lanka's innings in the second one-day international against England at Headingley:

Sri Lanka

Mahela Jayawardene st Kieswetter b Swann 144

Tillakaratne Dilshan run out (Broad) 9

Dinesh Chandimal run out (Anderson) 5

Kumar Sangakkara st Kieswetter b Swann 69

Angelo Mathews not out 46

Nuwan Kulasekera c Pietersen b Bresnan 13

Jeevan Mendis not out 7

Extras: (5 lb, 11w) 16

TOTAL: (for five wickets) 309

Overs: 50.

Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-45, 3-204, 4-271, 5-296

Did not …

US productivity growth slows, wage pressures rise

Worker productivity slowed in the summer while wage pressures increased, but both developments were better than expected and are unlikely to raise inflation alarms at the Federal Reserve.

The Labor Department reported Wednesday that productivity, the key ingredient for rising living standards, rose at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the July-September quarter. That's down from the 3.6 percent growth rate in the second quarter, but slightly higher than the 1.1 percent increase initially reported a month ago and better than the 0.9 percent rise economists expected.

Wage pressures, as measured by unit labor costs, rose at an annual rate of 2.8 percent, after …

Surveyor warns land buyers to read small print

A Bath building surveyor has warned potential landowners to readthe small print before buying property.

Simon Ellis, of Ellis & Co Chartered Building Surveyors in WoodStreet, was recently contacted by a pair of new parents looking tobuild their dream family home on land bought at auction.

Phil and Kimberley Dickenson believed their search for theperfect property was over when they discovered a plot for sale whichwas billed in the auction brochure as 'potential building land' atBathampton.

But after successfully bidding against five other buyers atauction, they began talks with Mr Ellis who informed them theproperty was in a green belt area and that …

Peace without the Peacemaker is futile

At Tuesday morning's adult worship session, Nelson Kraybill called on Mennonites not only to make peace but also to name the Peacemaker.

The president of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Ind., used the image of the "piano man," a mysterious person who recently appeared in Britain with a marvellous ability to play the piano but who can't or won't speak. Kraybill challenged the Mennonite Church not to be like the piano man, but to talk openly about Jesus.

He encouraged the church to imitate the growing Spanish-speaking Mennonite churches that witness through their daily relationships. "God, let us be virtuoso piano players and give us words to say who we …

Lange wins 40th World Cup bobsled race

Andre Lange of Germany won his 40th World Cup bobsled race in Saturday's two-man competition.

The two-time world and Olympic champion and his partner Kevin Kuske finished the course in 1 minute, 52.60 seconds over two runs for their first victory this season.

The American pair of Steven Holcomb and Justin Olsen finished second, 0.25 seconds back. Beat Hefti and Thomas Lamparter of Switzerland, who won the first race of the season, took third.

Lange took the …

New Porsche is positively the `ultimate yuppiemobile'

Many consider even the base, $21,900 Porsche 924S to be a primeyuppiemobile.

If that's the case, then Porsche's new 928S 4 must be theultimate yuppiemobile. It stickers at a breathtaking $58,900.

That seems a lot for a car basically unchanged since itsintroduction in 1977. But Porsche is asking $38,500 for its 911model. Though entertaining, the 911 is an old turkey, introduced inthe 1960s.

The 928S 4 probably is too rich for the blood of most yuppies,unless they have affluent parents throwing money at them.

Yuppies, who bought Porsches decades ago before they were calledyuppies, mainly buy the 924S, $25,500 944 and $28,250 944S Porsches.

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Dow Jones Director Resigns Over Deal

NEW YORK - German publishing executive Dieter von Holtzbrinck has resigned as a director of Dow Jones & Co. to protest the board's endorsement of a deal to sell the company, which publishes The Wall Street Journal, to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

In a letter included with a securities filing made by Dow Jones on Thursday, von Holtzbrinck said he was "very worried" that Dow Jones' "unique journalistic values will long-term strongly suffer after the proposed sale."

Dow Jones' board endorsed …

Obama salutes veterans this Memorial Day weekend

President Barack Obama saluted veterans and urged his countrymen to do the same this Memorial Day weekend, saying the nation has not always paid them proper respect.

In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said people can honor veterans by sending a letter or care package to troops overseas, volunteering at health clinics or taking supplies to a homeless veterans center. He said it could also mean something as simple as saying "thank you" to a veteran walking by on the street.

"We have a responsibility to serve all of them as well as they serve all of us," Obama said. "And yet, all too often in recent years and decades, …

Cangelosi happy Sox dealt him

Last place is last place?

Not if you're John Cangelosi, the White Sox outfielder who wastraded to the Pirates in spring training.

"We (the Pirates) are in last place but we have some talent anda positive outlook," Cangelosi said. "They stick with you here andtalk to you. The manager tells you whether he's pleased with you ornot.

"There's a good feeling in the locker room. Over there (Sox),it was like the Yankees. If you said something wrong. . . ."

Cangelosi's White Sox fate was sealed when Tony LaRussa wasfired and Jim Fregosi was named manager.

"I lost my confidence and he (Fregosi) got down on me,"Cangelosi said. "If I did do good, …

Oregon WWII vets honored by France

Three World War II veterans have been awarded the Legion of Honor by France for their military service.

The French consul general on Friday presented the award to 88-year-old Dale Reynolds of Lake Oswego, 84-year-old William Tankersley of Gold Beach and 87-year-old George Insley of Roseburg.

A fourth Oregon vet, Donald Malarkey of Salem, was out of the country but will also receive the honor.

Consul General Pierre-Francois Mourier declared each a knight of the Legion as he pinned the red ribbons and gold and white medals on their chests at the Portland Art Museum.

Insley flew more than 50 bombing missions. Tankersley was wounded three times as he fought across northern France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Reynolds was wounded twice as he fought in Lorient, Nantes and Saint-Nazaire.

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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com

261 Killed, 10 Survive As Jet Crashes in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan A Taiwanese jet apparently trying to abort alanding crashed, exploded and burned beside an airport runway Tuesdaynight, killing 261 people. Ten people survived.

The crash of the China Airlines A300-600R Airbus was Japan'ssecond-worst aviation disaster.

Minutes before the crash, pilot Wang Lo-chi radioed that hewould abandon his landing attempt and try again, a Transport Ministryofficial said. The pilot gave no reason.

In his last tranmission, he said only: "Going around."

Survivor Sylvanie Betonio, a Philippine citizen, was quotedafter the crash by Fuji TV as saying passengers received no warningthat the plane was in trouble.

Flight 140 carried 256 passengers, including two infants - bothkilled - and 15 crew, bound from Taipei, Taiwan, to Nagoya. Mostwere from Japan or Taiwan.

The survivors, who included a 3-year-old boy, were criticallyinjured and were hospitalized. Officials said a Filipino, twoTaiwanese and seven Japanese survived. The boy's doctor, ToshioSugiyama, said the 3-year-old, Seiji Nakayama, was expected to live.

Witnesses told the Japan Broadcasting Corp. that the planeseemed be trying to climb out of an aborted landing when its rightwing hit the ground and the plane exploded.

Chang Tai-hsih, chief of the China Airlines branch in Japan, andothers discounted reports of engine trouble in Taipei before the1,180-mile flight to Nagoya.

About 3,000 police, firemen and troops lifted wreckage withcranes and searched by hand for bodies.

"When I got to the plane, it looked so bad that I thoughteveryone must have died. But then I heard a woman calling in painfor help and I called for a stretcher and we rescued her," saidTakahide Miyagi, an assistant fire chief.

The plane crashed several hundred yards to the right of therunway. Had it gone 200 yards more straight ahead, it would have hita housing area.

The jet ended up just short of hangars of an Air Self-DefenseForces base at the airport. The airmen's quick response was creditedwith saving lives.

Kenji Hayashi, airport manager for China Airlines, said thepassengers included 153 Japanese and 101 foreigners, many fromTaiwan. The two infants aboard were believed to be Japanese.

Fire official Yoshihito Horiba said many bodies were too badlymangled to identify even by age or gender. The bodies, wrapped inblankets, were placed in four large tents set up near the wreckage.

A spokesman for Airbus Industrie said the company plans to sendan investigative team to the site in Nagoya, 170 miles west of Tokyo.

The A300-600R, a twin-engine wide-body jet, has not beeninvolved in a crash before, but other A300 models have been involvedin six accidents.

Airport officials recovered a flight recorder Wednesday andbegan analyzing it for evidence.