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'Welcome to divided government'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress sent President Barack Obama hard-fought legislation cutting a record $38 billion from federal spending on Thursday, bestowing bipart…
FAA tries to quell sleeping air controller controversy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Publicly fuming, the FAA chief collected Thursday the resignation of the head of the U.S. air traffic system, doubled controller staffing at more than two dozen airports and ordered a sweeping rev…
Obama: Tax the rich, cut spending
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama coupled a call for $4 trillion in long-term deficit reductions with a blistering attack on Republican plans for taxes,…
A fox hunt in the American West
GORMAN, Calif. - It's a pastime, participants will tell you, that's as American as apple pie: one played in the great outdoors, on real grass, with lots of run…
NASA to send shuttles to Florida, Los Angeles
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - On a memorable day in space history, NASA began its goodbyes to the shuttle program Tuesday, announcing the aged spacecraft will re…
NYC collision shows risks of huge planes
NEW YORK (AP) - A frightening collision between one of the world's largest airliners and a commuter jet on a dark, wet tarmac at John F. Kennedy International …
A somber anniversary
FORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.C. (AP) - Somber period music, flickering candlelight and booming cannons will usher in the nation's observance of the 150th a…
Heeding the siren
MAPLETON, Iowa (AP) - It seemed like a Mapleton Miracle. A tornado with winds exceeding 130 mph barreled through this small Iowa town, flattening whole blocks …
Lawyers in 'Barefoot Bandit' case expect plea deal
SEATTLE - Washington's "Barefoot Bandit," who is accused of evading authorities for two years as he pilfered cars, boats and airplanes in a daring cross-countr…
Obama, Boehner each earn wins in budget pact
WASHINGTON - Rivals in a divided government, President Barack Obama and the most powerful Republican in Congress split their differences to stave off a federal…
Search for possible serial killer presses on
OAK BEACH, N.Y. - While investigators scour miles of desolate New York beachfront from the tops of fire trucks and map plans for officers to traverse a dauntin…
Let's make a deal
WASHINGTON - Perilously close to a government shutdown, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders reached a historic agreement late Friday night to cut …
World/ Nation Briefs April 9, 2011
Syrian protests turn deadly
Museums vie to get retired space shuttles
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch draws near, the focus is not so much on the past but the future: Where will th…
Former Utah reporter freed in mistaken ID case
SALT LAKE CITY - Even though he spent three days in jail after being mistaken for one of Nevada's most notorious drug dealers, a former Utah newspaper reporter said Thursday he feels lucky to have been freed so qui…