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Hormone-blocking drug reduces breast cancer risk
CHICAGO - Millions of women at higher-than-usual risk of breast cancer have a new option for preventing the disease. Pfizer Inc.'s Aromasin cut the risk of developing breast cancer by more than half, without the si…
Fire crews try to protect Arizona communities
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Crews in Arizona worked Saturday to protect several small communities from two large wildfires by clearing away brush near homes and planning to set fires aimed at robbing the blazes of forest …
Boy becomes youngest to fly balloon solo
TOME, N.M. - Nine-year-old Bobby Bradley floated into history early Saturday, taking off solo in a hot air balloon and landing perfectly about a half-hour late…
Harry Bernstein, published at age 96, dies
NEW YORK - Harry Bernstein, whose acclaimed memoir of an English childhood haunted by anti-Semitism - "The Invisible Wall" - was published when he was 96, has …
Northwest Briefs June 5, 2011
Central Idaho aims for Olympic certification
Late spring puts pressure on region's dams
GRAND COULEE DAM, Wash. - The giant concrete dams of the Pacific Northwest are overflowing with water. Wyoming has deployed National Guard troops to pile up sa…
Suicide doctor Kevorkian dies
DETROIT (AP) - Jack Kevorkian built his suicide machine with parts gathered from flea markets and stashed it in a rusty Volkswagen van.
'Gunsmoke' star Arness dies at 88
It takes a special kind of lawman to carry on for 20 years in the Wild West of TV.
World/Nation Briefs June 4, 2011
Edwards indicted in attempt to hide his mistress
'Cymotrichous' helps 8th-grader win bee
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - It went on and on and on. Five spellers who seemingly had memorized the entire dictionary simply could not be stumped with any word tosse…
Romney opens presidential bid - he's got company
STRATHAM, N.H. (AP) - Just as Mitt Romney declared he's in, it's suddenly looking like he might have more big-name competition for the Republican presidential …
GOP questions new healthy eating rules
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are pushing back against Obama administration efforts to promote healthier lunches, saying the Agriculture Department should rewrite rules it issued in January meant to make scho…
President abandonswilderness protection plan
WASHINGTON - Under pressure from Congress, the Obama administration is backing away from a plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection.
Deceased woman identified
Mineral County Sheriff Ernie Ornelas confirmed late Saturday the deceased female found in Mineral County Friday afternoon was identified as Kelly Jo Merseal Dube-Woodard, 47, of Superior, Mont., who had been missin…
Christie takes heat for riding state helicopter to son's game
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's pugnacious, budget-cutting Gov. Chris Christie - widely mentioned as a potential Republican candidate for president - is catching grief for taking a state helicopter to his son's h…