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Search ongoing for missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston as crews plan to scour ocean floor
Water pipes top Grand Canyon's maintenance list
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A busted pipe that cut off a water supply for hikers at the Grand Canyon this week is the latest sign of aging infrastructure that could cost up to $200 million to replace.
The Brown decision, 60 years later
WASHINGTON (AP) - Today marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Many inequities in education still exist for black stu…
Roommates find $40,000 inside lumpy couch
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. - For all the screaming and carrying on, their neighbors thought they had won the lottery. But it was a lumpy old sofa stuffed with $40,000 in cash that had three young roommates raising a ruckus.
A slippery situation
LOS ANGELES - A geyser of oil sprayed onto buildings and puddled in knee-high pools of crude in Los Angeles streets after a valve on a high-pressure pipeline f…
Fast-food protests spread overseas
NEW YORK - Labor organizers turned up the pressure on McDonald's and other fast-food chains to raise worker pay on Thursday, with plans to stage actions in mor…
Kasem found safe in western Washington
SEATTLE (AP) - Authorities said ailing radio host Casey Kasem was on vacation - not in danger - when they found him in Washington state this week.
Montana: Feds mull repeal of grizzly protections
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The head of Montana's wildlife agency said Thursday federal officials will seek to lift federal protections from some threatened grizzly bears in the Northern Rockies in the next two years.
GM recalls 2.7 million cars
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors recalled an additional 2.7 million vehicles Thursday as a deep dive into safety issues at the nation's biggest automaker turned up more problems with some of the cars it built over the…
Optimistic about the Old Country
NEW YORK (AP) - Italy may not seem like the ideal place for a Domino's Pizza shop, but the man who heads the American chain remains optimistic about the possib…
Obama presents top medal to Afghanistan veteran
Seattle airport jetway drops as people exit flight
Drivers beware: Your air bag may not deploy
Here's an unsettling fact about cars equipped with air bags: They don't always deploy when drivers - or regulators - expect them to.
Stock market touches another record
A monumental day
Wet spring snows hit Rockies, Nebraska