By ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

MANZANOLA - This small Lower Arkansas Valley community was deserted Tuesday.

Flags lined the empty sidewalks along U.S. 50 through Manzanola with red, white and blue ribbons at every corner.

Posted on several businesses were signs that read: "Closed until 5:30 p.m."

Everyone seemed to be paying thei...

By PATRICK MALONE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

Two men were hospitalized Tuesday when a helicopter on a training flight crashed on the runway at Pueblo Memorial Airport.

A student pilot and an instructor were aboard the aircraft when it crashed, according to Assistant Chief Dennis Rosolini of the Pueblo Fire Department. Their identities and conditions were not immediately a...

By YEHIA BARZANJI
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide bomber struck outside a bank as elderly men and women waited to cash their pension checks Tuesday, killing 23 people and wounding nearly 100 in this oil-rich northern city that has become a flashpoint for sectarian tension.

Elsewhere, five Iraqi soldiers were killed and two wounded in a suicide car bombing at ...

By WILL LESTER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON - Never mind fancy computers, satellites and Doppler radar. Most people have limited faith that meteorologists can accurately forecast the weather.

Four in 10 say they have made plans in the past month based on a weather forecast that turned out to be wrong, according to an AP-Ipsos poll. Still, most people clos...

By CHRIS SHERIDAN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The NBA Finals aren’t looking so lopsided anymore, thanks to a burst of life from the defending champion Detroit Pistons that took them three games to summon.

Playing with a level of energy that was nowhere to be found in the first two games, Ben Wallace and Richard Hamilton led the way as the Pist...

By JOHN NADEL
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES - Phil and Kobe, together again.

Phil Jackson was back with the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday following a breakup that took a year to mend, and back to coaching Kobe Bryant - a player he once called ‘‘uncoachable.’’

‘‘This is something I never thought could possibly...