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Driver tried to stop before Amtrak wreck
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A truck driver tried to stop his big rig before it slammed into the side of an Amtrak passenger car in the Nevada desert, killing himself and at least one person on the train and injuring about 20…
Power grid change may disrupt clocks
WASHINGTON - A yearlong experiment with the nation's electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers - and make plug-in clocks …
'Columbo' actor Peter Falk dies
NEW YORK - The best way to celebrate Peter Falk's life is to savor how Columbo, his signature character, fortified our lives.
World/Nation Briefs June 25, 2011
New York approves same-sex marriage
Obama tiptoes around gay marriage issue New York mulls same-sex weddings
NEW YORK (AP) - Treading carefully, President Barack Obama praised New York state lawmakers who were debating landmark legislation Thursday to legalize gay mar…
Soggy Midwest deals with rain anxiety
MINOT, N.D. (AP) - The reservoirs are full. The dams are open wide. The rivers have already climbed well beyond their banks. Throughout the Missouri River Vall…
Obama: 30,000-plus surge troops leaving Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) - Beginning to wind down a long and devastating war, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday night he was pulling home 33,000 U.S. troops fr…
Potato chips prime culprit in weight gain
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Blame the potato chip. It's the biggest demon behind that pound-a-year weight creep that plagues many of us, a major diet study found. Bigger than soda, candy and ice cream.
Poll: Slow recovery weakens Obama support
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mired in economic worry, Americans are growing gloomier about where the country is headed and how President Barack Obama is leading it. Opinions of the economy are at the lowest of the year as hig…
Floods batter North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. (AP) - Plastic sheeting hung over the apartment building like a shroud, stretching from the eaves to the ground. Across it, someone had spray-paint…
Gunman kills four at NY pharmacy
MEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) - A gunman shot four people inside a pharmacy in a New York suburb Sunday morning, killing everyone inside the store in what police said looked like a robbery gone wrong.
River levees breeched in northern Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Several levees in northern Missouri were failing Sunday to hold back the surge of water being released from upstream dams.
Can golf success carry over for Obama, Boehner?
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner put partisanship aside, at least on the golf course, and teamed up to triumph on the final h…
Evacuees return home from wildfires
PHOENIX - Some residents evacuated because of wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico were allowed to return to their homes Saturday, as firefighters battled stron…
'Barefoot Bandit' faces prison
SEATTLE - Colton Harris-Moore gained authority-mocking, cult status as he ran from the law for two years in stolen boats, cars and planes. Now, he faces years …