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Search ongoing for missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston as crews plan to scour ocean floor
Start them up
Stabbing was sparked by 'Mason' fear
A new front for gun background checks: the ballot
Royal revenue
Burger King's first-quarter earnings more than doubled even though revenue fell, as the fast-food chain trimmed several restaurant-related expenses.
Man charged in suspicious letters case
Immigration bill a bad deal for the GOP?
Can it last?
Family discussed jihad
Fair game
BILLINGS, Mont. - Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but…
Boston bomb suspect moved
BOSTON (AP)- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was moved from a hospital to a federal prison medical center while FBI agents shifted the focus …
Unemployment applications drop
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, the second-fewest in more than five years. The drop suggests that layoffs have declined and that j…
Exxon first quarter earnings rise
NEW YORK - Growing is hard for a company as big as Exxon.
Senate passes bill to ease FAA furloughs
WASHINGTON - With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation Thursday night to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconvenie…
Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered
More rain expected for swollen Midwestern rivers
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - More rain on Tuesday was the last thing flood fighters across the Midwest wanted to see, adding more water to swollen rivers now ex…