PHOENIX (AP) — A former student shot three people Thursday in a computer room at a Phoenix community college, injuring two of them critically, authorities said. » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Securit » Full Story

PRICE, Utah (AP) — The operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins, federal regulators said Thursday. » Full Story

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Residents across south Texas slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly d » Full Story

BENNETT, Colo. (AP) — A convicted spammer killed his wife and young daughter in an apparent murder-suicide Thursday while being sought after escaping prison last weekend, authorities said. » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers scolded federal regulators Thursday for failing to implement recommendations made in 2001 that were designed to keep medically unfit commercial truck and bus drivers » Full Story

BERLIN (AP) — Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to ‘‘defeat terror and dry up the well of » Full Story

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain had his own German experience Thursday — at a restaurant in Ohio. » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) _ About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. » Full Story

PITTSBURGH (AP) _ The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. » Full Story