US test-fires ballistic missile as tensions mount over N. Korea

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An unarmed missile capable of sending a nuclear bomb across the world was launched Wednesday from California amid rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. The unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile blasted off from a silo at 12:02 a.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base and delivered a...