National News
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Hurricane Rachel strengthens to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
No longer just old white men?
Times Square poll: Most feeling good about 2015
Grieving for so many reasons
Clinton economic approach under scrutiny
Growing skeptical and weary?
Thousands attend pro-police rally
Treading not likely
Dog not gone: Rescue in the Columbia Gorge
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A yellow Labrador that got spooked on a Christmas Day hike in the Columbia Gorge, snapping her leash and plunging 150 feet down a cliff, was rescued in the dark by a climber who rappelled to a…
Firm recalls caramel apples amid listeria fears
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Missouri firm is recalling its Happy Apple brand caramel apples because of the potential that they could be contaminated with listeria. The recall comes after at least three deaths and at least …
Abandoned pups, mom reunited in Pocatello
POCATELLO (AP) - Seven black Lab puppies abandoned in a southeast Idaho parking lot have been reunited with their mother who was dropped at the back of an animal shelter 50 miles away.
People are splurging again
NEW YORK - If you're looking for signs that the U.S. economy is growing and that the job market is improving, just talk to small business owners.
The finishing touch
LOS ANGELES - Actor Mark Wahlberg's Los Angeles mansion has a putting green. Tech billionaire Bill Gates' Medina, Wash., abode includes rooms where guests can …
Las Vegas preps for busy New Year's Eve
LAS VEGAS - A destination devoted to entertaining visitors every single day can't just throw any old party to ring in the New Year.
Done with The Duke?
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas - Time and Mother Nature are threatening to dismantle the Alamo. Not the original, but the replica 18th-century Spanish mission and Old We…