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Search ongoing for missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston as crews plan to scour ocean floor
Accessing digital assets
Payroll tax hike: Killer whale or red herring?
WASHINGTON - Companies are rushing to describe the impact of higher Social Security taxes that took effect in January. They paint a bleak picture.
Harnessing the boss?
Livestrong Foundation charts post-Armstrong course
Digital memories fade in death; protect yourself
Estate planning attorney James Lamm who writes the blog "Digital Passing" advises people to plan ahead for their virtual afterlives. Your best bet is to make sure valuable memories and intellectual property are sto…
Cash, no carry?
Mushers, dogs line up for Iditarod race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The world's most famous sled dog race kicks off Saturday with an 11-mile-long trot through Alaska's largest city.
No gravy for this Biscuit
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) - At 37 pounds, Biscuit is about the right weight for a 4-year-old - human, that is.
First lady and Oscar presenter?
CHICAGO (AP) - Michelle Obama says it was "absolutely not surprising" to her that her satellite appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony provoked a national c…
Private company to supply space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A commercial craft carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after liftoff Friday…
Senate rejects stopgap efforts
WASHINGTON - Squabbling away the hours, the Senate swatted aside last-ditch plans to block $85 billion in broad-based federal spending reductions Thursday as President Barack Obama and Republicans blamed each other…
A big fat trend
WINTHROP, Wash. (AP) - Anything this obscenely fat is bound to draw stares, especially in the Methow Valley, where it sometimes seems as though everything from the people (ultra active) to the skis (Nordic) are ski…
Van Cliburn, 1934-2013
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - For a time in Cold War America, Van Cliburn had all the trappings of a rock star: sold-out concerts, adoring, out-of-control fans and …
Rocket to Mars
WASHINGTON - In less than five years, a married couple could be on their way toward Mars in an audacious but bare-bones private mission that would slingshot th…
As budget cuts loom, is shutdown next?
WASHINGTON - With big, automatic budget cuts about to kick in, House Republicans are turning to mapping strategy for the next showdown just a month away, when …