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Hurricane Rachel strengthens to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
Scarred Ferguson faces a challenging road forward
A Republican showcase?
Man kills his wife and two grown children, then self
Three men rescue moose from avalanche
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - There's an extra moose alive in southcentral Alaska thanks to three snowmobilers who freed it from an avalanche.
Liberals lose champion in Cuomo
ALBANY, N.Y. - With former Gov. Mario Cuomo's death, liberals have lost one of their last, best champions, a proud populist who represented an older breed of Democrat.
Little Jimmy Dickens, 1920-2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Little Jimmy Dickens, a diminutive singer-songwriter known for his sense of humor and as the oldest cast member of the Grand Ole Opry, has died. He was 94.
Piano sales hit sour note
BETTENDORF, Iowa - When Jim Foster opened his piano store 30 years ago, he had 10 competitors selling just pianos.
U.S. slaps sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack
HONOLULU - Opening a new front in its cyber spat with North Korea, the United States slapped new sanctions Friday on government officials and the North's defense industry in its first public act of retribution for …
'It's a necessity'
STANTON, Calif. - Mexican immigrant Jesus Moreno emerged smiling from a California Department of Motor Vehicles office on Friday with official permission to do something he has been doing here for more than a decad…
Beyond marriage, gay rights groups face challenges
NEW YORK - Even as same-sex marriage edges closer to becoming legal nationwide, gay rights advocates face other challenges in 2015 that may not bring quick vic…
Cold snap across West chills Rose Parade
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Fans who lined the Rose Parade route Thursday bundled in blankets, hats and gloves and sipped steaming cups of coffee and cocoa as the day dawned unusually frigid.
Chicken cage requirements not going over easy with farmers
FRESNO, Calif. - The new year is expected to bring rising chicken egg prices across the U.S. as California starts requiring farmers to house hens in cages with…
National Geographic to produce issue on Yellowstone threats
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A new report on threats to Yellowstone National Park reveals that National Geographic Magazine will release an issue in 2016 dedicated t…
Time to shape the White House race
10 people to watch in 2015 who may shift the 2016 campaign
Beyond the Uber surge
NEW YORK - New Year's Eve: the day to overpay for everything from that glass of flat Champagne to the impossibly-high heels you'll wear just once, to, once again, that ride home from Uber.