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Missouri levee blast eases threat to Illinois town
WYATT, Mo. - The dramatic, late-night demolition of a huge earthen levee sent chocolate-colored floodwaters pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri farmlan…
Officials watched mission as it unfolded Phone call led to bin Laden
WASHINGTON - When one of Osama bin Laden's most trusted aides picked up the phone last year, he unknowingly led U.S. pursuers to the doorstep of his boss, the …
Rain worsens flooding in Midwest Officials may blast levee to save town
CAIRO, Ill. (AP) - More rain fell Monday as the Army Corps of Engineers pumped liquid explosives into a southeastern Missouri levee and weighed whether to blas…
Reaction to bin laden's death
• Risch calls bin Laden's death good day for America: U.S. Sen. Jim Risch says the death of Osama bin Laden is good for America and vindication for the Sept. terrorist attacks led by Al-Qaida.
bin Laden is dead
WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that murdered thousands of Americans, was killed in an operati…
1 year later, concerns endure
NEW YORK - One year after a militant from Connecticut spread panic by driving a bomb-laden SUV into the heart of Times Square, New Yorkers, tourists and even t…
Volunteers tend to victims in storm-ravaged South
PRATT CITY, Ala. - Whether it's refilling blood-pressure medicine or patrolling neighborhoods in a grocery-filled pickup truck, tornado victims in splintered S…
NH GOP gets back-to-back look at 2012 hopefuls
MANCHESTER, N.H. - With back-to-back events featuring multiple presidential hopefuls, it's been something of an instant-replay kind of weekend for New Hampshir…
Court won't block plan to blast Missouri levee
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The U.S. Army Corps of engineers inched closer Saturday to blowing a hole in a Mississippi River levee to try to keep flood waters out of a s…
Tornado death toll worst since 1932
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Southerners found their emergency safety net shredded Friday as they tried to emerge from the nation's deadliest tornado disaster since…
Shuttle flight is delayed; Obama visits Giffords
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The president was on his way. Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts were riding out to the launch pad in a van. And a wounded Rep. G…
GOP presidential hopefuls blast Obama at event
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - It sure looked and felt like the Republican presidential contest was under way Friday in the first-primary state of New Hampshire, even…
Travelers to face I-90 delays
EASTON - Drivers planning a trip over Snoqualmie Pass this weekend will need to plan for at least an hour of added travel time from Easton (milepost 70) to the Cle Elum area (milepost 80). To avoid longer delays dr…
Obama offers birth form
WASHINGTON - Confronting growing doubts that could undermine his re-election bid, President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivered an extraordinary rebuttal to th…
Shrinking budgets force alien search facility to shut down
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - In the mountains of Northern California, a field of radio dishes that look like giant dinner plates waited for years for the first call from intelligent life among the stars.