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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station
With the late morning liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Watkins became the first Black woman to lea…
Sham finally comes home
Nearly half of states expect to confront big budget gaps
ATLANTA (AP) - With the nation's economy at its healthiest since the Great Recession, a surprising trend is emerging among the states - large budget gaps.
Bush, Clinton taking different tracks on potential matchup
DES MOINES, Iowa - To judge them solely by their travels over the past month, you might think Jeb Bush has already plunged into the general election and Hillary Rodham Clinton has a serious fight on her hands for t…
An Obama milestone
WATERTOWN, S.D. - President Richard Nixon did it in less than three years. President George H.W. Bush completed it in one term. President Barack Obama has now matched their feat by visiting South Dakota, his 50th s…
U.S. economy rebounding with solid if unspectacular job gains
WASHINGTON - Rebounding from a dismal start to the year, the U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in April, a solid gain that suggested that employers are helping f…
More heavy storms predicted for Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY - Communities in several southern Plains states set to work cleaning up Thursday after a night of storms that spawned 51 tornadoes, assessing the damage under sunny skies but with the threat of even w…
McDonald's brings back the Hamburglar in latest ad campaign
NEW YORK (AP) - Based on McDonald's latest ad, it looks like the Hamburglar settled down in the suburbs and spent the last decade going to youth soccer games a…
Tornadoes in southern plains level homes, flip cars
OKLAHOMA CITY - Tornadoes raked the southern plains Wednesday, overturning cars on an Oklahoma City interstate and destroying dozens of homes.
Former House Speaker Wright dies at age 92
DALLAS - Former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright, the longtime Texas Democrat who became the first House speaker in the nation's history to be driven out of office in midterm, has died at age 92.
Oil oversight
WASHINGTON - Significant amounts of natural gas on federal lands are being wasted, costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year and adding to harmful greenhouse gas emissions, a congressional investigati…
A robotic rig?
LAS VEGAS - Traveling about 55 miles per hour on a Nevada highway, the big rig's driver looked like The Thinker, with his elbow on the arm rest and his hand on…
Food critic Ozersky found dead in Chicago hotel
Turkey farmer hit by bird flu sees emotional, financial toll
California far short of water saving targets
Feds offer exit plan for Montana town's asbestos cleanup