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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
