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Isaias closes in on the US Gulf Coast as a dangerous Category 3 hurricane
Dangerous conditions are expected throughout the western panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi, the…
A signing-off of the times
Lions and tigers shot in Ohio
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Sheriff's deputies shot nearly 50 wild animals - including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions - in a big-game hunt across the state's c…
Education making a comeback in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) - A rare show of bipartisanship in a divided Congress produced a deal to fix an education law long considered flawed, until a single senator stalled progress Wednesday.
World / Nation Briefs October 20, 2011
Greece approves new austerity measures
ICE officer arrested for marijuana smuggling
PHOENIX (AP) - A deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led Arizona state police and federal agents on a high-speed desert chase in his government vehicle, throwing bundles of marijuana o…
Public unsure on GOP candidate
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans have yet to find a Republican they'd clearly prefer over President Barack Obama, although half say the president does not deserve r…
Poor neighborhoods, bad health
ATLANTA - Back in the 1990s, the federal government tried an unusual social experiment: It offered thousands of poor women in big-city public housing a chance …
Retailers getting desperate
NEW YORK - Retailers are so desperate this holiday season that they're willing to lose money to get you to spend yours.
Cain's plan at center of debate
LAS VEGAS - Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain's economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen Tuesday night, moving swiftly i…
Obama advance equipment, truck stolen in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - At least no one left the keys to Air Force One in the ignition.
Bid to end wolf hunt denied
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday turned down an emergency request by wildlife advocates seeking to stop gray wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies. But the court said judges will reconsider th…
Exotic animals escape Ohio farm; owner found dead
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Dozens of animals escaped Tuesday from a wild-animal preserve that houses bears, big cats and other beasts, and the owner later was found dead there, said police, who shot several of the ani…
Our famous potatoes have powerful friends
WASHINGTON - The Senate threw its support behind the potato Tuesday, voting to block an Obama administration proposal to limit the vegetable on school lunch lines.
Social Security to hand out COLA raise
WASHINGTON - Social Security recipients will get a raise in January - their first increase in benefits since 2009. It's expected to be about 3.5 percent.
For a jobs bill in pieces, Obama hits the road