Nov 3rd, 2008 · High school football is a rite of passage for many young athletes. But what does a school do if there aren't enough players to field a team? At Meeteetse High School in rural Wyoming, the answer was to cut by nearly half the traditional 11-member squad.
Oct 4th, 2008 · Trinity High School in Euless, Texas, has the nation's top-ranked football team. Many credit the squad's success to the town's large Tongan population — and the large players it produces. The team is at the core of two communities that believe in football and family.
Sep 29th, 2008 · Thousands of New Yorkers annually retrace firefighter Stephen Siller's last steps. On Sept. 11, 2001, Siller found himself on the wrong side of the Battery Tunnel. Though he was off duty, he joined a firefighting squad at Ground Zero and his family never saw him again.
Sep 26th, 2008 · This report should remind you not to leave your suspcious packages lying around. The bomb squad raced to Philadelphia's baseball park. They responded to a report of three mysterious packages. Only after they exploded the packages did they realize the heavily wrapped items were hot dogs. They had been used as props in a commercial for the Phildelphia Phillies. The suspicious items had last been handled by the team mascot, the Phillie Phanatic.
Sep 11th, 2008 · Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has said numerous times that her stance on Alaska's "bridge to nowhere" proves she can stand up to Washington, D.C. But some critics say her remarks don't tell the whole story.
Sep 5th, 2008 · Forensic anthropologists are searching for the "disappeared" in Colombia — thousands of people killed by death squads and buried in unmarked graves. Many of the disappearances were not reported out of fear.
Jul 16th, 2008 · Tim Pochron got a surprise welcome on his first day with the Indiana police force. The officer was 29 minutes into his new job when his squad car was hit. A man who tested positive for drugs crashed into the officer's parked car.
Mar 17th, 2008 · An employee of a law firm in Fort Wayne, Ind., called 911 after discovering a suspicious package in the mail. The bomb squad brought a robot to carry the box outside. X-rays showed no explosives, but police took no chances. They blasted the package with a water cannon -- and found one raw turnip inside.