BISMARCK, N.D. | The Air Force announced Thursday that two officers who worked at a missile base in North Dakota have been taken off the job while the military investigates allegations that they took home classified components used in underground launch control centers.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina | A pair of octogenarian ex-generals who served during Argentina's "dirty war" against internal dissent were sentenced to life in prison Thursday after defiantly declaring their innocence to murder charges for which they were convicted by a three-judge panel.

Christian Disaster Response will be distributing food for those in need from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Auburndale Community Church on U.S. 92 near the Winter Haven Municipal Airport.<br>For more information, log onto the Web site is www.cdresponse.org or call 863-967-4357.

The Lakeland Planning and Zoning Board meeting that was postponed because of Tropical Storm Fay will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the City Commission chambers at City Hall.<br>For more information, call the Community Development Department at 834-6011.

A jury Thursday convicted a teenager of raping a 16-year-old Haines City girl at gunpoint after forcing his way into her home on Feb. 22.

A grand jury indicted a 26-year-old Haines City man Thursday on charges stemming from an attack in which he is accused of running over a woman and stabbing two other people.<br>Casey Weldon Till faces charges of first-degree murder, armed carjacking and two counts of attempted first-degree murder.

A young bald eagle was rescued from traffic near a Bay Pines veterans hospital and taken to a treatment center in Orange County for surgery.<br>A spokeswoman with the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland says the bird is doing well. Rescuers think he might have flown into a power line.

Denise "Dee" Adames, a spunky Miami hairstylist, was crowned as the newest winner of Bravo TV's "Shear Genius."<br>The 37-year-old beat out 11 other contestants Wednesday in the popular reality show competition that is designed to test a hairstylist's skills.

Borrowers who take out government-insured mortgages will have to pay higher fees under new rules announced this week. Effective Oct. 1, the Federal Housing Administration will raise its mortgage insurance fee to 1.75 percent for a new mortgage and many refinanced loans. That's up from 1.5 percent. For a borrower with a $200,000 loan, that means a...

Five industry groups have sued the Interior Department over a rule to protect the polar bear that they say unfairly singles out business operations in Alaska for their contribution to global warming. Groups representing the oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing industries asked a federal judge Wednesday to ensure that laws designed to protect the...