National News
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Hurricane Rachel strengthens to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
Is refinancing your mortgage worth it?
The interest rate pendulum has swung in favor of homeowners again.
Union Pacific 3Q profit chugs ahead 19 percent
OMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Corp. delivered a 19 percent increase in its third-quarter profit as the railroad hauled 7 percent more freight and increased rates.
Deadly shooting at Washington school
MARYSVILLE, Wash. - A student recently crowned freshman class Homecoming prince walked into his Seattle-area high school cafeteria Friday and opened fire, kill…
What Buster nose
BENTON, Calif. - Increasingly, police investigators and courts are putting their faith in four-legged tools - canines that can detect even small particles of h…
Fuel costs ease, U.S. airline profits soar
DALLAS - Profits are soaring at the biggest U.S. airlines as fuel prices drop - but don't expect fares to fall too.
Fewer deaths in desert
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The number of people who died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped to the lowest level in 15 years as more immigrants turned…
Complicated and confusing
DETROIT - The U.S. government is now urging owners of nearly 8 million cars and trucks to have the air bags repaired because of potential danger to drivers and…
An odd bird
WASHINGTON - Nearly 50 years ago, scientists found bones of two large, powerful dinosaur arms in Mongolia and figured they had discovered a fearsome critter wi…
Passenger jets push Boeing's 18-percent profit
NEW YORK (AP) - Robust demand for commercial jets and an increased pace of production helped Boeing earn $1.36 billion in the third quarter, up 18 percent from the same period last year.
Constant grilling?
WASHINGTON - If Republicans win the Senate, the Pentagon should brace for constant grilling from Sen. John McCain, who has found fault with nearly every aspect of President Barack Obama's national security policies.
Former Washington Post editor Bradlee dies
McDonald's CEO outlines changes as sales slide
Fashion designer de la Renta dies at 82