All the lonely people: how we live alone past 65

Clydie Pugh-Myers, one of the state’s first black licensed practical nurses, once drove a red Cadillac around Durham, sang in the choir at her church, and generally stayed busy. These days, living with two knee replacements, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other ailments, she can no longer drive and sits at home alone a lot. She says even people from her church don’t come to see her much. “Since I’ve gotten 84, it’s gotten tough,” Pugh-Myers said in her South Durham home. | 05/06/13 12:52:33 By - Thomas Goldsmith

70 years ago this month, the Battle of Attu raged in Alaska

The Battle of Attu, often dismissed or forgotten, was remarkable in many ways. More men were killed in action on Attu than at Pearl Harbor: at least 2,350 Japanese -- plus those never accounted for -- and 549 Americans; 1,148 Americans were wounded and 2,100 listed as casualties due to cold and shell shock. How many Americans died as a result of injuries in the weeks after the battle is uncertain, but some say it was equal to or greater than the battlefield deaths. | 05/06/13 11:54:27 By - Mike Dunham

Looking for college credit? Welcome to the buffet

Danine Adams has taken a few courses at a four-year university, some at a community college and still more online while working all over the country as an investigator for the Federal Bureau of Prisons – career experience that she’s also been able to transform into academic credit. | 05/01/13 17:27:05 By - By Jon Marcus

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in competition for unmanned aircraft test center

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, is competing to operate one of the nation's six new centers for developing and testing unmanned aircraft. | 05/01/13 17:10:21 By - Annette Cary

Chinese phoenixes soar at D.C.’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

There’s nothing wimpy about Xu Bing’s phoenixes. Even the two fragile, broken clay models on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery here show the power of the mythical birds. | 04/30/13 13:07:38 By - Tish Wells

Zombie game at Kentucky's Transylvania University leads to possible gang threat

A Transylvania University student wearing a red bandanna thought it was a joke when three men told him he was in the wrong territory and threatened to shoot him Sunday night, police said. | 04/30/13 11:48:07 By - Josh Kegley

Police dogs a big help in small towns

A decade ago, police dogs were seen as four-legged indulgences that took too big a bite out of the budget for most small-town departments to consider. | 04/29/13 13:09:09 By - Matha Quillin

Caddy Girls | Queens of the greens

Meghan Tarmey has built Myrtle Beach Caddy Girls into an empire that does business in several states and golf destinations across the U.S., has spawned related marketing and modeling companies, and is destined for a reality-based television show in the near future. | 04/29/13 12:40:48 By - Alan Blondin

Boston bombing case may take years to unfold

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces the prospect of a long and tortuous legal road. | 04/26/13 18:13:58 By - By Michael Doyle

Todd Akin: 'I still regret my rape comments'

Former Missouri Congressman Todd Akin broke his post-election silence Thursday, telling a St. Louis TV station that he regrets his “legitimate rape” remarks that boosted the candidacy of Democrat Claire McCaskill. | 04/26/13 14:53:12 By - Steve Kraske

Boston blast victim focused on recovery, not malice for suspects

A Boston Marathon bomb mangled Heather Abbott’s left foot so badly that she chose to have it amputated. Yet even as she starts her long path toward recuperation, she says she feels no malice and is giving little thought to the two men accused of the crime. | 04/25/13 19:25:34 By - By Lesley Clark and Michael Doyle

Radical magazine ‘Inspire’ may have motivated other terror aspirants

The al Qaida Internet magazine Inspire, which federal investigators say provided a guide that the Boston Marathon suspects used to build pressure-cooker bombs, has become increasingly popular in radical circles. | 04/24/13 20:13:55 By - By Franco Ordonez and Greg Gordon

Biden calls Boston bomb suspects ‘knockoff jihadists’

Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday denounced the Chechen brothers accused of planting the Boston Marathon bombs as “two twisted, perverted, cowardly knockoff jihadists,” even as investigators scrambled to find out more about the suspects, one living and one dead. | 04/24/13 19:47:22 By - By Lesley Clark and Michael Doyle

Sacramento airline passengers may face delays this summer due to sequester

The old adage "pack your patience" may be more true than ever this summer at Sacramento International Airport and other airports nationally - the result of federal budget cutbacks that went into effect this week. | 04/24/13 12:55:43 By - Tony Bizjak

Twinkies are back: Hostess plant in Columbus, Ga., will reopen in July

Standing in front of a big “Welcome Back” banner, an executive for Hostess Brands said Tuesday the new company will hire up to 300 employees and reopen its Columbus, Georgia, plant to make Twinkies and other sweet treats. | 04/24/13 12:37:47 By - Ben Wright and Tony Adams

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