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time of the bombing in Yemen, the 47-year-old shouldn't be tried at the U.S. base.
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• 6. LANCE ARMSTRONG: HEROICS THAT NEVER HAPPENED
• The Texan is no longer a seven-time Tour de France winner. His name has been erased from the record books.
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• 7. WHY GREEN BUILDINGS ARE ON THE RISE IN PERSIAN GULF STATES
• Oil-rich countries are realizing their fossil fuel supplies will someday run out and they should chart a more sustainable path.
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• 8. SYRIAN REGIME AND REBELS CONSTANTLY ADAPT THEIR ARSENALS
• As the civil war heats up, the opposition is getting more advanced gear while government troops resort to low-tech weapons for urban warfare.
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• 9. AN AWARD TO GET ELLEN DEGENERES DANCING
• She receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, joining the ranks of Bill Cosby and Tina Fey.
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• 10. GIANTS RETURN TO WORLD SERIES AFTER COMBACK AGAINST CARDINALS
• San Francisco won its record-tying sixth elimination game of the postseason, beating St. Louis 9-0 in Game 7 of the NLCS.
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WA apple farmers may see boon from bad weather
MANUEL VALDES,Associated Press
• SEATTLE (AP) -- First, warm spring weather in the Northeast and Midwest tricked apple trees into budding earlier. Then an untimely frost damaged the delicate blossoms.
• For apple farmers in producing states like New York and Michigan, this has been a forgettable year, with severe declines in production of as high as 90 percent.
• But it is amounting to a boon for Washington state growers, who are already in the midst of a near record harvest, and now looking forward to higher demand and prices for their produce.
• "If we can get this fruit harvested, it's a perfect storm for Washington," said Todd Fryhover, president of the Apple Growers Association. "We could have a banner year for returns and profitability for our industry, but only time will tell."
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