Singapore arrests 15 suspected terrorists

SINGAPORE -- Authorities have arrested 15 suspected militants, some of them trained at al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan, for allegedly plotting bombings in this city-state, the government said Saturday.

The suspects were arrested last month, and detailed information on bomb construction and photographs and video footage of targeted buildings in Singapore were found in their homes and offices, the Ministry of Home Affairs said. Al-Qaida-linked material, falsified passports and forged immigration stamps were also found, a ministry statement said.

The suspects have links to militant groups in Malaysia and Indonesia, the statement said. Malaysian police have arrested 13 people since Dec. 9 on suspicion of being members of an extremist group with possible links to three men accused of involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Trailers parked on lake for race fall through ice

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- Nearly a dozen large trailers parked on Big Detroit Lake for a snowmobile race sank into the water Saturday when the ice was weakened by mild temperatures.

There were no injuries, but some trailers and the equipment inside were completely submerged in the northwestern Minnesota lake.

"It's a terrible situation, especially for the racers," Fire Chief Jeff Swanson said. "We've got a lot of dollars in the water."

Wally Scheer, director of the World Snowmobile Association Pro Ice race, said a driver called him at about 5 a.m. from inside one of the sinking trailers. Temperatures reached 30 on Saturday.

U.S. sailor dies when car strikes tree in Japan

TOKYO -- A U.S. Navy serviceman died and four others were injured when their car crashed into a tree Saturday, a Navy spokesman said.

Navy Cmdr. Matt Brown said the accident took place at 1 a.m. just outside the Atsugi U.S. Naval Air Facility south of Tokyo, where the sailors were based.

He refused to release the sailors' identities until after the dead serviceman's family had been notified, but local police spokesman Michio Oka identified the dead sailor as Petty Officer 3rd Class Timothy Frye, 22.

Oka said the driver, Petty Officer 3rd Class Rodolfo Ruiz Jr., 20, was seriously injured, suffering a fractured pelvis and sternum.

The others -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Craig T. Sinclair, 25; Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert N. Redd, 23; and Petty Officer 3rd Class Shell M. Henry, 21 -- were slightly injured, Oka said. He said he did not know their hometowns.

Bison featured dish at Ted Turner's roadhouse

ATLANTA -- Billionaire media entrepreneur and rancher Ted Turner is hoping to create a new empire: a restaurant chain featuring 25 versions of the bison burger.

The first Ted's Montana Grill opens in Columbus, Ohio, in mid-January with a menu offering bison with avocado, bison with jalapenos and even bison with fried eggs, cheese, ham, bacon and mushrooms.

Nine more restaurants are to open in the next year in Baltimore, Denver, Atlanta and Nashville, Tenn., among other locations.

The 63-year-old Turner is considered the nation's largest bison rancher, with 30,000 animals -- a tenth of the U.S. herd -- scattered on 1.75 million acres in the West.

The chain will buy bison from a cooperative that includes Turner's 14 ranches and about 300 other bison producers

-- From wire reports