ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- A St. Cloud man apparently killed himself after being involved in a series of traffic crashes, authorities said. Police said Andrew Leason, 23, was driving the wrong way on University Drive Monday night when he had three separate collisions.
ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- More than 400 people welcomed home the 68 soldiers of Company A of the 1-194th Armor Battalion from duty in Iraq Tuesday night at the Whitney Recreation Center. All 152 members of the 1-194th Armor survived their security mission operating out of Camp Ashraf, just north of Baghdad.
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- A convicted murderer who graduated from law school after getting out of prison was denied admission to the bar yesterday by the Arizona Supreme Court because of a lack of "good moral character.'' James Hamm, who served 17 years for his part in a drug-related robbery that left two men dead, had asked the court to allow him to practice law even though the state bar association had recommended against his application.
TANGSHAN, China -- A coal mine explosion yesterday in northern China resulted in at least 96 workers missing. This is the third disaster in recent weeks involving scores of miners. The explosion occurred in a mine in Tangshan, a city in Hebei province, when 123 miners were underground.