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Army amputee thrown from roller coaster, dies
DARIEN, N.Y. - A U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs in Iraq and had been trying to rebuild his life was killed after he was thrown from a roller coaster at a…
Anger over Casey Anthony verdict pours out online
ORLANDO, Fla. - For nearly two months, the murder trial of Casey Anthony was a living entity. It breathed daily across national television airwaves, then was reinforced nightly on cable TV programs that dissected e…
Staying afloat
PORTLAND, Ore. - Tuna fisherman Jim Clayholt said Friday he and his son rigged makeshift sails to keep their disabled boat on course as they drifted south for …
Betty Ford, 1918 - 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for …
Grizzly bear will be left alone
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - A grizzly bear that mauled a 57-year-old hiker to death in Yellowstone National Park was only defending its cubs and had not …
Deliberately buried
BILLINGS, Mont. - Exxon Mobil Co. had reassured federal regulators and officials from a Montana town since December that an oil pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River was safe, buried deep enough to avoid any accid…
Arizona cleans up after massive dust storm
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizonans are calling it the mother of all haboobs - a mile-high wall of ominous, billowing dust that appeared to swallow Phoenix and its suburb…
Grizzly bear kills hiker
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A grizzly bear killed a man who was hiking with his wife in Yellowstone National Park's backcountry after the couple apparently surprised the female bear and its cubs on Wednesday, park officials s…
Northwest Briefs July 7, 2011
Plowing continues on Glacier roads
NASA's old guard: Save Our Shuttle
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A somewhat generational battle over NASA's future is escalating even as NASA is about to close the book on the space shuttle era.
Fewer pets killed because of spay, neuter programs
LOS ANGELES - When Stephen Zawistowski got his first dog 50 years ago, she was the only dog in the neighborhood that was spayed.
Man kills 4, then kills himself
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man suspected of killing four people, including his wife and ex-wife, killed himself Sunday after leading police on a chase back to the scene of three of the slayings, authori…
How will I get out?
Retiree Bret Gross of San Clemente loves Southern California weather and the seashore. Yet he's ready for a quick getaway, leaving his car's tank at least half…
Fireworks banned for fear of wildfires
FORT WORTH, Texas - From Arizona to Florida, there will be fewer oohs and aahs at the rockets' red glare this Fourth of July: Many cities and counties across t…
Fierce storm batters Wisconsin
GRANTSBURG, Wis. (AP) - A fierce thunderstorm swept through a rural Wisconsin county that was packed with holiday campers, toppling trees that killed an 11-year-old girl, blowing boats ashore and injuring more than…