CASPER, Wyoming (AP):A Casper man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to kill his wife with his pickup truck.

DETROIT (AP):The auto industry, fed up with slow progress towards finding the cause of airbags to explode with too much force, has hired a Virginia rocket science company to investigate the matter.

DENVER (AP):Colorado lawmakers are considering requiring snow tyres or chains on non-commercial vehicles at all times during winter and spring months, in an attempt reduce accidents and mountain traffic.

Scores of schoolchildren in Clarendon are benefiting from the Government's Rural Safe School Bus Programme, which has been put in place by the Transport Authority (TA).