By Karen Heinselman, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa Nov. 27--FREDERIKA -- A highway reconstruction project near the Bremer-Chickasaw county line is designed to improve safety and reduce flooding. Perhaps unexpected on the seven-mile stretch of U.S.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND WASHINGTON (AP) - Aging NFL retirees told Congress on Tuesday that playing professional football left them with broken bodies, brain damage and empty bank accounts. Lawmakers said they may get involved if a better pension and disability system isn't created.

PITTSBURGH - Former Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Terry Long died from a brain inflammation that resulted, in part, from repeated head injuries suffered while playing football. Long, 45, died at UPMC Passavant Hospital on June 7, a few hours after paramedics found him unconscious at his home.