American Airlines Ready To Begin Looking At Mergers, Other ‘strategic Alternatives’

The trucker was hauling drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River.<p/>Amazingly, nobody was killed. The three people who fell into the water escaped with only minor injuries.

Chris Young connected on a three-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 6-5 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.<p/>Young, who grew up in Houston, is hitting just .189 this season. But he's a career .418 hitter at Minute Maid Park with seven home runs and 27 RBIs in 19 games in his hometown.

British police are confirming that Friday morning's diversion of a passenger plane resulted in two arrests.

The founder of Angel Flight Northeast says he's "tremendously saddened" to hear that one of its flights crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers. Investigators are searching for the pilot, who is missing.

Cocke County authorities on Friday arrested a Cosby man, seized 20 guns, $13,000 in cash and five vehicles in the culmination of a year-old undercover narcotics investigation, officials said.