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Search ongoing for missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston as crews plan to scour ocean floor
Beware of online auction sales scams
IBM 1Q net income slips, results miss expectations
Coming to the mainland
The lanky, charcoal-gray dog with a distinctive, wiry hairdo would stand out in most other animal shelters, but no one gave him a second look on Hawaii's islan…
One suspect captured, another killed
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) - Lifting days of anxiety for a city and a nation on edge, police captured the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, found bloodied …
'I haven't done anything wrong'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Cleveland Browns owner and Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam on Friday again denied any wrongdoing and said he wasn't stepping aside, even as …
A town remembers its heroes
WEST, Texas - Buck Uptmor didn't have to go to West Fertilizer Co. when the fire started. He wasn't a firefighter like his brother and cousin, who raced toward…
Bar owner pushes limit of pot laws
SEATTLE - Jeff Call knew he was pushing the envelope when he started letting people use marijuana at his rum-and-pizza joint in Tacoma.
Boy Scouts propose to lift gay ban for youth
NEW YORK - Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays - allowin…
Grizzly attacks college student
PABLO, Mont. - A student at Salish Kootenai College was attacked around 10:30 Friday morning by a grizzly bear near the campus dormitories. College administrators reported that the male student's injuries were not …
Man charged in letters case described as troubled
OXFORD, Miss. - A Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and other officials was described Thursday as a good father, a quie…
Crews seek survivors at blast site
WEST, Texas (AP) - Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly chec…
The NRA wins again
WASHINGTON - Four months ago, President Barack Obama promised a grieving nation he would do everything in his power to change gun laws after 26 students and st…
IMF chief says globalpro-growth policies needed
WASHINGTON - The head of the International Monetary Fund says the United States, Europe, Japan and China all need to make adjustments to their current economic policies in order to boost a still-struggling global e…
Group: Colorado River most endangered
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Drought and demand are pushing the Colorado River beyond its limits - with the needs of more than 40 million people in seven Western states projected to outstrip dwindling supply over the next 50 y…