Marine Corps Maj. Bill Conner did a double-take when he read the e-mail. “Congratulations, you have won a lottery spot for the Ford Ironman World Championship.” Having entered the lottery nearly every year since 1996, Conner at first thought the ...

A wildfire that burned up to 1,900 acres on a Marine Corps explosives range was contained Thursday without causing any injuries or damage to buildings on the base, officials said. The blaze was fully surrounded about 16 hours after it began, Marine ...

A wildfire burned nearly 1,000 acres Wednesday on a Marine Corps range used to train Marines in explosives disposal, forcing firefighters to work late into the night as flames spread on the massive base 40 miles north of San Diego. No structures were ...

INDIANAPOLIS — An illegal immigrant serving five life terms for the strangling deaths of his wife, three young daughters and a neighborhood girl apparently took his own life Thursday by hanging himself, authorities said. Simon Rios, 36, was found ...

Spartanburg Community College on Thursday announced the receipt of a $300,000 start-up grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation to implement a national program that helps high school dropouts complete their high school diploma requirements while they also ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Bankers have assured Gov. Charlie Crist that Floridians can still get home loans despite the national credit crunch. After meeting with bank officials Thursday, Crist encouraged people to see their bankers and buy homes. He said ...

All northbound lanes of U.S. 301 in Clay County were shut down early Thursday after a semi carrying lime rock overturned, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Troopers cited the semi’s driver, Javier I. Rivera, 42, of Jacksonville, for careless ...

Iraq isn't Hawaii, but there are ways around that — there had to be. Maj. Bill Conner won the lottery, and he wasn't about to waste the ticket. This wasn't your ordinary Powerball. Rather, it gave this Marine a shot at the Ford Ironman World ...

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Charges have been filed in seven different criminal cases over the past three weeks in the District of Oregon involving crimes on Native American reservations, announced United States Attorney Karin J ...

Clint Eastwood stars as the sensitive thief who can save the entire American political system from complete corruption. Too bad he wasn't around during the Reagan administration. Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during his final heist ...