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Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to strike the US Gulf Coast as a hurricane
Storms, jellyfish end Cuba-to-Florida swim
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Diana Nyad ended her fourth attempt to swim across the Straits of Florida on Tuesday, her decades-old dream thwarted, more than anything …
Court: Texas can cut off Planned Parenthood
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled late Tuesday that Texas can cut off funding for Planned Parenthood clinics that provide health services to low-income women before a trial over a new law that bans…
Analysis: New studies weigh college value, cost
Two new studies offer emphatic answers to much-discussed questions about higher education: Yes, a college degree is worth it, but yes, it's the middle-class that's getting particularly squeezed with student debt in…
Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Some of the most promising talent in show business was on the bill one day and night in 1955 at San Francisco's Purple Onion:
Cuba-to-Florida swimmer Nyad plows on after storm
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Diana Nyad slogged across the Straits of Florida for a third straight day Monday, hopeful she could fend off hypothermia, jellyfish and s…
Trying to save Pe' Sla
Fire evacuees begin returning to homes
Bill would expand fertility coverage for vets
'The Tonight Show' cuts staff members
Candidates compete for undecided voters
Obama, Romney battle on Medicare
Idaho evacuations ordered
Breathe easier
Merriam-Webster tries to get hip
NEW YORK - It's about freakin' time.
CDC reports 158 new cases of swine flu