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Search ongoing for missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston as crews plan to scour ocean floor
VA patient problems go back years
Six climbers believed dead in Mount Rainier fall
First Hawaii, then the moon
Underwater vanishing act
WASHINGTON - Species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene, and the world is on the brink of a sixth great extinction, a new study s…
Talks at 5 Vegas casinos may avert planned strike Schools 'like' this gift
LAS VEGAS - A strike planned for the weekend at downtown Las Vegas casinos is looking less likely after a fifth holdout property struck a deal with unions and last-minute negotiations were scheduled at all others w…
Veterans Affairs leader resigns
WASHINGTON - Beset by growing evidence of patient delays and cover-ups, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from President Barack Obama…
The long and winding road
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - About four years ago, the Google team trying to develop cars driven by computers - not people - concluded that sooner than later, the t…
Better days ahead
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy took a beating from an especially harsh winter during the January-March quarter, skidding into reverse for the first time in thre…
Water from manure?
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A technology for extracting drinkable water from manure is on its way to commercial application this year, Michigan State University announced Thursday.
Angelou, celebrated poet and author, dies
NEW YORK - Maya Angelou's story awed millions. A childhood victim of rape, she broke through silence and shame to tell her tale in one of the most widely read …
California chicken still linked to salmonella
WASHINGTON (AP) - An outbreak of antibiotic-resistant salmonella linked to a California chicken producer continues to sicken people more than a year after it started.
Google, you can drive my car
LOS ANGELES - Google plans to build and launch onto city streets a small fleet of subcompact cars that could operate without a person at the wheel.
Tornado hits North Dakota workers camp
The doctor will see you now via webcam, smartphone
Dirty no more