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Solar plane on global trip soars from California to Arizona

Published on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:48pm
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A solar-powered airplane soared above the clouds Monday after taking off from California for Arizona to resume its journey around the world using only energy from the sun.

The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 left Mountain View south of San Francisco shortly after 5 a.m. Monday for an expected 16-hour trip to Phoenix.

Guide highlights Native American link to historic Route 66

Published on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:47pm
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new story is unfolding along historic Route 66 thanks to a yearlong project coordinated by a tourism group with help from the National Park Service and American Indian tribes along America's Mother Road.

The result is a guidebook and website detailing the histories of more than two dozen tribal communities along the 2,400-mile byway and their relationship to the road that helped change the West.

Prince siblings in probate court in 1st hearing on estate

Published on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:45pm
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CHASKA, Minn. — Five of Prince's six surviving siblings appeared in court Monday for the first hearing to start sorting out an estate certain to be worth millions, a task complicated because the star musician isn't known to have left a will.

Cheering Cubans greet first cruise ship from US in decades

Published on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:41pm
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HAVANA — Greeted with rum drinks and salsa dancers, the first passengers to cruise from the U.S. to Cubain nearly 40 years streamed Monday into a crowd cheering the rebirth of commercial travel on waters that served as a stage for a half-century of Cold War hostility.

Many watching the festive arrival praised a Cuban government decision to drop a longstanding ban on Cuban-born people returning to their homeland by sea, a step that allowed 16 Cuban-Americans to make the journey from Miami.

Cruz fights for survival as Trump eyes Indiana knockout

Published on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:39pm
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OSCEOLA, Ind. — Ted Cruz's conservative crusade for the presidency fought for new life Monday ahead of an Indiana vote that could effectively end the GOP's primary season. The fiery Texas senator hinted at an exit strategy, even as he vowed to compete to the end against surging Republican front-runner Donald Trump.

"I am in for the distance — as long as we have a viable path to victory," Cruz told reporters after campaigning at a popular breakfast stop.

Bitcoin's creator unmasks himself — well, maybe

Published on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:35pm
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LOS ANGELES — The mystery creator of the digital currency bitcoin has finally stepped forward. Or has he?

Australian inventor Craig Steven Wright announced Monday that he is "Satoshi Nakamoto," the elusive, pseudonymous bitcoin founder.

Bodies of elite climber, cameraman found in melting glacier

Published on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:28pm
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The bodies of a renowned mountain climber and expedition cameraman who were buried in a Himalayan avalanche 16 years ago have been found.

The widow of Alex Lowe said in a statement Friday that two climbers attempting to ascend the 26,291-foot Shishapangma in Tibet discovered the remains of two people partially melting out of a glacier.

Passerby rescues man who tried to hang himself

Published on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:24pm

BILLINGS, Mont. — A man who tried to hang himself from a bridge over the Yellowstone River in Billings was rescued by a passerby who cut the rope, sending the man into the water.

Lt. Mark Cady tells The Billings Gazette that police received the call at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses reported a man had tied a rope to his car and to the metal rails on the bridge. The other end was wrapped around his neck.

Belgrade woman jailed after man run over by pickup truck

Published on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:22pm

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A 35-year-old Belgrade woman is accused of running over a man with his pickup truck, breaking bones in both of his legs.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports April R. Todd was charged Monday with aggravated assault and failure to remain at the scene of an injury accident. Gallatin County Justice of the Peace Bryan Adams set her bail at $100,000.

Defense attorney Matt Enrooth says Todd feared for her life following an argument with the man last Friday.

Sportsmen, others raise concerns about outfitter hunting map

Published on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:20pm

BILLINGS, Mont. — Hunters and state officials are debating a map that shows hunting outfitters are using more than 18 million acres in Montana, more than twice as much land as previously reported.

Montana Board of Outfitters executive officer Steve Gallus said he provided the information to the state wildlife agency to create the map, and the information wasn't perfect.

"The map was produced with the caveat that we think these numbers are inflated, and the numbers reported next winter will be more accurate," Gallus said.