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fires they otherwise wouldn't have immediately seen.
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- A midshipman testified Wednesday that she didn't remember being sexually assaulted by three former Navy football players after a night of heavy drinking, but she said one of the men told her she had sex with him and another accused player.
• The woman, who is now a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy, testified for more than two hours at the Washington Navy Yard at a hearing to determine whether the three midshipmen will face court-martial. She described a night of drinking in her room at the academy with a friend before going to the toga-themed party in April 2012 at an off-campus house in Annapolis, Md.
• At the crowded party, which took place in what was known as "the football house" because of its association to the team, the woman said she felt "overwhelmed" and "dizzy" from drinking too much.
• "I felt like I was going to pass out," she said, noting that she leaned against structural beams in the basement to keep from falling over.
• The Associated Press generally does not identify alleged victims of sexual abuse. Midshipmen Josh Tate, Eric Graham and Tra'ves Bush are accused of sexually assaulting her.
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Driving in America has stalled, leading researchers to ask: Is the national love affair with the automobile over?
• After rising for decades, total vehicle use in the U.S. -- the collective miles people drive -- peaked in August 2007. It then dropped sharply during the Great Recession and has largely plateaued since, even though the economy is recovering and the population growing. Just this week the Federal Highway Administration reported vehicle miles traveled during the first half of 2013 were down slightly, continuing the trend.
• Even more telling, the average miles drivers individually rack up peaked in July 2004 at just over 900 per month, said a study by Transportation Department econo

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