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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…
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
'Kudzu bug' threatens to eat farmers' lunch
Wolf hunts challenged; 71 killed so far in region
Supreme Court looks at Shell dispute to weigh liability of human rights abuses overseas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will use a dispute between Nigerian villagers and oil giant Royal Dutch Shell to decide whether corporations may be held liable in U.S. courts for alleged human ri…
Obama pushes for jobs package on bus tour
FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — Railing against Republicans, President Barack Obama on Monday pushed for a jobs package that Congress is splintering into pieces, as Senate Democrats planned action first on a longshot plan to…
"Occupy" movement raises $300,000
The anti-corporate protests cropping up around the globe have been taking in contributions from supporters, and so far have accumulated $300,000, organizers announced on Monday, the movement's one-month anniversary.
A whole lotta people
She's a 40-year-old mother of eight, with a ninth child due soon. The family homestead in a Burundi village is too small to provide enough food, and three of t…
Camps aren't moving
Snoqualmie Pass work will cause I-90 delays
Drivers face delays of up to two hours or more on Snoqualmie Pass next week when crews close one lane of eastbound Interstate 90 for six days straight in preparation for opening a brand new section of highway.
World / Nation Briefs October 15, 2011
8 killed in California salon shooting He's on top of the world
SEAL BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A gunman opened fire Wednesday in a busy hair salon, killing eight people and critically wounding another while leaving bodies scattered throughout the business in a normally sedate Southe…
Woman gives birth after running the Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO (AP) — Amber Miller felt contractions just minutes after crossing the finish line at the Chicago Marathon. A few hours later, the suburban Chicago woman — who slogged her way through 26.2 miles while nearly…
Netflix nixes plan for two websites
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix generates more head-scratching plot twists than a cheap B-movie.