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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Authorities say the lone survivor of a mid-air crash of two medical helicopters has died at a hospital.

Police and officials at Flagstaff Medical Center say 36-year-old James Taylor died Friday.

He was a registered nurse flying on a helicopter taking a patient from the Grand Canyon to Flagstaff.

The aircraft collided with another helicopter Sunday in a wooded area about a half-mile from the hospital.

Authorities are still investigating the crash. The death toll is now seven.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
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WAUKESHA, Wis. - A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares.

Police say the Waukesha (WAWK'-uh-shaw) man took a cab to a mall Monday and pretended to have a heart attack. The cab driver left unpaid.

Authorities say the man then ran up a $23 bill when he had a steak dinner at Applebee's. He again pretended to have a heart attack.

This time the fire department took him to a hospital. A doctor there recognized the man as having pulled the same stunt in the past few weeks.

He was charged Thursday with defrauding a restaurant as a habitual criminal.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. - About 400 members of the Rainbow Family threw rocks and sticks at 10 federal officers as they tried to arrest a member of the group, the U.S. Forest Service said Friday.

Five members of the group were arrested and one officer was slightly injured. A government vehicle was also damaged.

About 7,000 members of the Rainbow Family are camping this year on Forest Service land near Big Sandy. The Rainbow Family is a loose affiliation of eccentrics, young people and hippie types who choose a forest each year in which hold a weeklong national gathering.
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As we celebrated our freedom,  Broken Arrow celebrated those who protect it. 

Chris Owens said he was handcuffed, thrown into the back of a police car and harassed for taking pictures of a car crash scene Monday evening.

Brandon Brixey has been charged with two counts of first-degree rape and single counts of lewd molestation, kidnapping, robbery and eluding a police officer.

During World War II, while millions of soldiers were shipped overseas, it was women who were left to take care of the home front.

The 18-year-old son of a state legislator has been arrested on a second-degree burglary complaint.