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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…
Fun squared
WASHINGTON - Today is the day when love of math and a hankering for pastry come full circle. Today is Pi Day, a once-in-a-year calendar date that this time squares the fun with a once-in-a-century twist.
Yellowstone bison slaughter alternatives offered
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - State and federal officials on Friday offered an array of options to overhaul a 15-year-old agreement that has led to the slaughter of t…
Stocks decline for third week
NEW YORK - The stock market was hit hard Friday, capping a third week of declines, as investors reacted to a steep drop in oil prices and a jump in the value of the dollar.
Facebook fraud suspect uses smarts to jump bail
NEW YORK - A man accused of faking an ownership stake in Facebook to justify a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against its founder Mark Zuckerberg has vanished.
Fake IRS agents target more than 366,000 in huge tax scam
WASHINGTON - Fake IRS agents have targeted more than 366,000 people with harassing phone calls demanding payments and threatening jail in the largest scam of its kind in the history of the agency, a federal investi…
National Briefs
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Banks pass 'stress test'
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve approved plans by major U.S. banks to raise dividends and buy back shares, but gave only conditional approval for Bank of America, citing weaknesses in the bank's planning processes.
'He's right there'
BOSTON - A Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student on Wednesday identified Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as the man he saw leaning in to the police cruiser of an MIT officer who was fatall…
Utah House passes anti-discrimination bill
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Mormon-church-backed anti-discrimination bill that protects LGBT Utah residents and religious rights received final approval at the state's Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday.
FTC sues DirecTV, alleges hidden fees, deceptive ads
WASHINGTON - The government is taking the nation's biggest satellite TV provider to court, accusing DirecTV of misleading millions of consumers about the cost of its programming.
'Hey, we need to start making some changes'
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A video of University of Oklahoma fraternity members engaging in a racist chant outraged and angered students across the campus, but its r…
'Going Clear'
NEW YORK - Mike Rinder had spent virtually all of his life in the Church of Scientology. From the age of 6 he was raised in the church, eventually rising to become its chief spokesman. Everyone he knew was a Scient…
Relations between GOP, Obama hit low point
Packed cathedral remembers Egan
Target lays off 1,700
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Target Corp. said Tuesday that it is laying off 1,700 workers and eliminating another 1,400 unfilled positions as part of a restructuring aimed at saving $2 billion over the next two years.