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Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to strike the US Gulf Coast as a hurricane
Trouble with the chair: Clint mocked for RNC bit
Prosthetics to help disabled outperform Olympians
Weakening Isaac still hovers over Louisiana
Romney: 'Need jobs, lots of jobs'
The long road to Tampa
BOSTON - Mitt Romney may not have set out on the road to the Republican presidential nomination if not for a private meeting between strangers.
Yosemite officials say visitors risk disease
FRESNO, Calif. - About 1,700 people who stayed in tent cabins at Yosemite National Park this summer were warned Tuesday they may have been exposed to a deadly …
Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Isaac raked the Louisiana coast and headed for a shuttered New Orleans late Tuesday, with brutal timing that made up for much of what i…
Just in case ... Alaskans stocking up
JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska is known for pioneering, self-reliant residents who are accustomed to remote locations and harsh weather. Despite that, Gov. Sean Parne…
Anti-Obama doc highlights weak Hollywood newcomers
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood may have run out of summer hits, but an anti-Obama documentary is helping to fill the gap.
Subdued start to GOP convention
TAMPA, Fla. - Republicans staged a remarkably subdued opening to Mitt Romney's national convention Monday in the midst of a turbulent election year, wary of un…
Man dressed as Sasquatch killed on Montana highway
KALISPELL, Mont. - A man dressed in a military-style "Ghillie suit" who was attempting to provoke a Bigfoot sighting was struck by two vehicles and killed on U.S. 93 South of Kalispell Sunday night.
CDC: West Nile outbreak one of largest in U.S.
'True Blood' cookbook full of crimson delicacies
Drill baby drill
Huge fire burns to edge of three California towns
MANTON, Calif. (AP) - As a lightning-sparked wildfire raged near Lynn Rodgers' home of less than a year, the evacuated resident said Tuesday she remained optim…