National News

Aug 19, 2008

A MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system assigned to the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron takes off for a training mission May 19 at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.) by Staff Sgt. Thomas J.…

Aug 4, 2008

San Diego U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana in two commercial vehicles/trailers at the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility in Calif., Friday, August 1, in a three-hour time frame. CBP officers became suspicious when a…

Jul 22, 2008

Laredo, Texas Border Patrol agents from the Laredo Sector made two significant drug seizures in the past 24 hours. The first case occurred on Tuesday night when agents from the Laredo North station working at the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint…

Jul 20, 2008

The Arctic may get some temporary relief from global warming if the annual North American wildfire season intensifies, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado and NOAA. Smoke transported to the Arctic from northern forest…

Jun 23, 2008

Estimates of Diagnosed Diabetes Now Available for all U.S. Counties Diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States, an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years, according to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released…