August 7, 2011 in Sports The Cougars began the 2011 campaign with a 2-hour-15-minute practice in helmets, jerseys and shorts on Sunday.

August 7, 2011 in Sports Ervin Santana pitched into the ninth inning of his fourth straight victory, narrowly outpitching Hernandez in the Los Angeles Angels’ 2-1 victory over the Mariners on Sunday.

August 7, 2011 in Sports Chris Williams’ big hot summer is heating up even more with his selection to represent the United States in the Walker Cup.

August 7, 2011 Doctors were able to avoid amputating the leg of a woman injured a motorcycle-vehicle collision late Saturday night in the West Plains, officials said today. 2

August 7, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 KABUL, Afghanistan – The 30 U.S. troops killed when their Chinook helicopter was shot down Saturday in western Afghanistan – most of them Navy SEALs – were fighting a war … 19

August 7, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 CINCINNATI – Police say an 18-year-old attending summer classes at the University of Cincinnati was struck by a campus officer’s stun gun and died of cardiac arrest. Officers received a … 3

August 7, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The real danger from the downgrade of U.S. government debt by Standard & Poor’s isn’t higher interest rates. It’s the hit to the nation’s fragile economic psyche and … 12

August 7, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to put politics aside when lawmakers return from their recess in September and pass a series of initiatives the president says … 5

August 7, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 PHOENIX – John W. Teets, a self-made businessman who served as chief executive officer for the Phoenix-based Dial and Greyhound corporations in the 1980s and 1990s, has died. He was …

August 7, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 SAN ANGELO, Texas – Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs won’t find out his punishment this weekend after being convicted of sexually assaulting two underage girls at a Texas ranch. State …

August 7, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States, a data breach that at … 1

August 7, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A7 MONTERREY, Mexico – The dismembered bodies of four young men were dumped near a high school and five young men were found dead near a middle school in two separate …

August 7, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A7 BIR AYAD, Libya – Rebels launched a new offensive Saturday out of their stronghold in Libya’s western mountains, battling regime forces in a drive toward the heartland of Moammar Gadhafi’s … 1

August 7, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A7 LONDON – The gritty north London neighborhood of Tottenham exploded in anger Saturday night after a young man was shot to death by police. Two patrol cars, a building and … 1