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Dem gov: To win in 2012, GOP wants to hurt economy
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The head of the Democratic Governors Association accused GOP debt negotiators in Washington of trying to undermine the economy so President Barack Obama will lose his re-election bid next year.
Oil spill cleanup turns up trove of relics
CAMINADA HEADLAND, La. - Cleanup after the BP oil spill has turned up dozens of sites where archaeologists are finding human and animal bones, pottery and prim…
Atlanta schools created culture of cheating, fear
ATLANTA (AP) - Teachers spent nights huddled in a back room, erasing wrong answers on students' test sheets and filling in the correct bubbles. At another school, struggling students were seated next to higher-perf…
On last day in jail, Anthony's future uncertain
ORLANDO, Fla. - Casey Anthony spent her last day in jail Saturday preparing for an uncertain future after nearly three years behind bars.
Google social net is about preserving leadership
NEW YORK - Google didn't build its new Plus service simply to have an online hangout like Facebook.
Poll: 59 percent disapprove of Wisconsin governor's performance
MILWAUKEE - A majority of Wisconsin residents disapprove of Republican Gov. Scott Walker's performance and are dissatisfied with the way things are going in th…
An across-the-board solution
ATLANTA - An AIDS drug already shown to help prevent spread of the virus in gay men also works for heterosexual men and women, two studies in Africa found. Exp…
A memory for murder?
SYCAMORE, Ill. - Over the years, evidence decays or passes through so many hands it's rendered useless. Murder weapons disappear, and witnesses' memories dim o…
Army suspends use of square-shaped parachute
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Army is suspending use of its first new parachute since the 1950s after a paratrooper was killed while jumping with the updated model, whic…
Going-to-the-Sun Road opens today
Glacier National Park is still on track to open Going-to-the-Sun Road over Logan Pass sometime today.
Cities ill-equipped for older Americans
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Associated Press and the Associated Press Managing Editors have launched a joint project to look at the silver tsunami - the aging of the ba…
Debt deal remains elusive
WASHINGTON (AP) - Grasping for a deal on the nation's debt, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders remained divided Sunday over the size and the comp…
Going-to-the-Sun Road to open Wednesday
WEST GLACIER, Mont. - Glacier National Park officials announced that the entire 50 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road is anticipated to be available for vehicle traffic on Wednesday.
Kate, William charm Hollywood as tour ends
LOS ANGELES (AP) - They came, they schmoozed, they fundraised.
Panetta: U.S. within reach of defeating al-Qaida
KABUL, Afghanistan - Al-Qaida's defeat is "within reach," U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday during his first visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon c…