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Floodgate opens in Bayou country
MORGANZA, La. - Water from the inflated Mississippi River gushed through a floodgate Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades and headed toward thous…
Redistricting delays 2012 House races
LAS VEGAS - Freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Heck has been running for re-election since he won in November, trying to fend off unrelenting attacks on his five-month-old voting record as the Democratic Party has saturated hi…
Poll: Republicans shrug at GOP's 2012 field
WASHINGTON - The more Republicans get to know their potential White House candidates, the less happy they are with their choices.
Open the floodgates
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) - In an agonizing trade-off, Army engineers said they will open a key spillway along the bulging Mississippi River as early as today …
Ron Paul running for president
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced Friday that he will run for the GOP nomination for president in 2012, the third attempt for the man known on Capi…
Scientists, senators differ on global warming threat
WASHINGTON (AP) - An expert panel asked by Congress to recommend ways to deal with global warming said Thursday that the U.S. should not wait to substantially reduce the pollution responsible and any efforts to del…
Border patrol agents killedin train wreck
GILA BEND, Ariz. (AP) - Two Border Patrol agents rushing to help capture some suspected illegal immigrants were killed Thursday when their SUV entered a marked…
FEMA asks for return of disaster aid
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - After the raging Cedar River filled his home with 13 feet of water and ruined most of his possessions, Justin Van Fleet pleaded for help f…
Historic Mississippi town flooded
RENA LARA, Miss. (AP) - Floodwaters from the bloated Mississippi River and its tributaries spilled across farm fields, cut off churches, washed over roads and …
AP-Gfk poll: Bin Laden killing was justified
WASHINGTON - Was the U.S. right to kill Osama bin Laden? Absolutely, and about time, Americans say.
Wyoming wolf talks continue
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead says his administration continues to negotiate with the federal government over how to end federal protections for wolves in the state.
Loss of oil pressure prompts landing
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - A Horizon Air flight bound from Boise to Seattle landed Tuesday evening in Yakima, Wash. after the plane lost oil pressure in the right engine.
Conservationists question Columbia Basin dam plan
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - In what is likely the final major hearing before a federal judge decides what must be done to make Columbia River dams safe for salmon, l…
Authorities stunned as child shoots neo-Nazi
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - White supremacist Jeffrey Hall saw threats in the protesters who demonstrated outside his Southern California house. He installed a surveillance camera pointed at the cul-de-sac outside the…
Obama mocks GOP at border
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - In search of Hispanic votes and a long-shot immigration overhaul, President Barack Obama on Tuesday stood at the U.S.-Mexico border for t…