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Hurricane Rachel strengthens to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
California's coastal catastrophes
Obama urges Senate to pass $1.1 T spending bill
18 grizzlies killed in human encounters
Body found in car is missing mother
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Southern California man was tackled as he began climbing over the railing of a bridge Thursday and police led his four young sons to safety, a day after his wife was found dead in the trunk of th…
'Pineapple Express' pulverizes West Coast
SAN FRANCISCO - A powerful storm churned down the West Coast on Thursday, bringing strong gales and much-needed rain and snow that caused widespread blackouts …
Man lost at sea for 12 days near Hawaii reconnects with son
HONOLULU - A Hawaii fisherman who rode out massive waves and survived on raw fish while lost at sea for 12 days said the ordeal was worthwhile because it led t…
U.S. stocks slide the most in two months
NEW YORK - Oil resumed its slide on Wednesday and took the stock market down with it.
Prosecutor: Wife killed in bondage, suburbia clash
DETROIT (AP) - A former Rotary Club president arranged to have his wife killed because his marriage was colliding with his desire to indulge in bondage and masochism with other women, a prosecutor told jurors Wedne…
'We're going to start afresh'
DETROIT - The formalities may be over for Detroit, which officially exits bankruptcy after midnight Wednesday and shrugs off the yoke of state receivership. Bu…
Study 'marred by errors of fact and interpretation'
WASHINGTON - Top spies past and present campaigned Wednesday to discredit the Senate's investigation into the CIA's harrowing torture practices after 9/11, battling to define the historical record and deter potenti…
Black gold loses its shine
NEW YORK - The price of oil took another dive Wednesday, plunging to five-year lows amid mounting evidence that global supplies are far outstripping demand.
New digs in Detroit
DETROIT - Little Caesars pizza is expanding its headquarters in downtown Detroit with an eight-story resource center, it announced Wednesday.
Prince William, Kate, visit Sept. 11 memorial
Why areas with good jobs have hard-to-afford homes
Government: Gas to average $2.60 next year
The Energy Department again slashed its prediction for next year's average price of gasoline across the U.S., this time to $2.60 a gallon. That would be 23 percent below this year's projected average and the lowest…