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Hurricane Rachel strengthens to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
'Anything is possible'
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - A pair of Americans completed what had long been considered the world's most difficult rock climb Wednesday, using only their …
Astronauts flee U.S. side of space station; no sign of leak
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In a rare scare, astronauts fled the American side of the International Space Station on Wednesday after an alarm indicated a possible toxic leak. NASA later said there was no leak of ammonia…
Questioning of prospective jurors to begin in Tsarnaev trial
BOSTON - Prospective jurors who made it through the first round of cuts in Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial face individual questioning as the second phase of jury sel…
Islamic State supporter arrested
CINCINNATI - A man who plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol and kill government officials inside it and spoke of his desire to support the Islamic State militant…
Automobile exuberance
DETROIT - The mood is exuberant at this year's North American International Auto Show. Automakers are flush with profits and the show gleams with performance c…
Man charged with threatening to kill Speaker Boehner
CINCINNATI (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner returned to the Capitol on Wednesday without commenting to reporters after disclosures that a bartender at a country club near his Ohio home is charged with threatening …
Idaho man pleads guilty in Social Security fraud
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Idaho man accused in a scheme that skimmed at least $79,000 from 250 people who expected him to manage their Social Security money has pleaded guilty.
Teacher killed in log truck collision
Help wanted
Can of corn? More like a weapon, school principal says
Black Lab likes solo bus rides
Shrinking sodas
Stocks end see-saw day lower
Bombing suspect lawyers: Suspend jury selection over Paris attacks
As cheap gas shifts car buyers' habits, automakers power on