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Cajuns remain on flood watch
BUTTE LAROSE, La. - The final wave of holdouts has mostly packed up and left this Louisiana town as water from the swollen Atchafalaya River has inched toward …
GOP freshmen share how to handle town hall anger
ELKTON, Md. - U.S. Rep. Andy Harris answers Medicare questions before his Maryland constituents even ask them. Clear across the country, fellow freshman GOP Re…
World / Nation Briefs May 21, 2011
Israeli leader cool on Obama's Palestine request
High water makes Mississippi dangerous to navigate
BATON ROUGE, La. - Travis Morace has been running boats on the Mississippi for two decades, witnessing all of the mighty river's many moods. He's seen it calm …
Lifeguards' six-figure salaries rile residents
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Aurora Toussaint brings her disabled son to the sun-kissed beaches of this Southern California city almost every day in the summer, knowing that the lifeguards who watch from their towers wi…
Associated Press-GfK poll: Prices at the pump painful for four in 10 Americans
WASHINGTON - As $4 a gallon gasoline becomes commonplace, drivers have made tough choices: scaling back vacations, driving less or ditching the car altogether. And a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows the impact o…
Little-known Utah governor explores White House bid
HANCOCK, N.H. - Republican Jon Huntsman on Friday heard a major hurdle to his White House aspirations summed up in a single voter's question: "Aside from Utah, who are you?"
Wrestler known as 'Macho Man' dies in Florida wreck
Randy "Macho Man" Savage, the professional wrestler known for his raspy voice, the sunglasses and bandanas he wore in the ring and the young woman named Miss E…
Late snow adds to West flood worries
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Late winter storms are packing a punch to the Rockies, piling snowpack on top of already record levels across the West where officials are concerned about historic flooding, avalanches and mud…
After 25,000 Big Macs, he's still hungry
FOND DU LAC, Wis. - A retired prison guard ate his 25,000th Big Mac on Tuesday, 39 years to the day after eating his first ... nine.
A no-trump bid:The Donald won't run
NEW YORK (AP) - Out of the presidential race before he was officially in it, celebrity real estate mogul Donald Trump said Monday he would not seek the 2012 Republican nomination. He could have won the White House,…
U.S. hits credit limit, setting up showdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has maxed out its credit card.
Critics say Obama abandons science in new forest rules
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - The Obama administration's proposed new rules for protecting clean water and wildlife on the United States' nearly 200 million acres of national forests goes against the president's pledge to le…
Calendar marks last months of Oregon man
PORTLAND, Ore. - When the body of Jerry William McDonald was discovered deep in the Oregon woods on a one-lane dirt road pockmarked with holes, the first hint …
Obama to speed oil production
WASHINGTON - Amid growing public unhappiness over gas prices, President Barack Obama is directing his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production by extending existing leases in the Gulf of Mexico and off Alaska'…