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4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast
Despite warnings of life-threatening storm surges ahead of the storm, several major routes along the coast were op…
Study: Teens, young adults having less sex
ATLANTA (AP) - Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less.
Obama asks NASA crew about robot
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The 12 astronauts on the orbiting shuttle-station complex had to explain to a higher authority Thursday why they hadn't yet unpacked R2,…
U.S. farmers hire movie stars to sell nuts in China, Japan Ohio Senate restricts public unions
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - Chinese movie star Gao Yuan Yuan ambled in front of blooming almond trees, smelled the flowers, learned about pollination and even g…
Supreme Court rules in favor of picketers
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father's pain over mocking protests at his Marine son's funeral must yield to First Amendment pr…
Anti-abortion groups adopt in-your-face tactics
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Anti-abortion activists have recently conducted hidden-camera stings at clinics, put up a billboard declaring abortion the No. 1 threat to blacks, and on Wednesday performed ultrasounds on pregnant…
Wisconsin stalemate could drag on for months
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin's budget stalemate over union bargaining rights shows no sign of resolution - and it could be a long wait.
GOP wins first budget skirmish
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans won an early round Wednesday in their fight to shrink the government, pushing $4 billion in spending cuts through Congress in a bill that puts off the possibility of a government shutd…
Woman survives 35-mile ride on minivan hood
MANTECA, Calif. (AP) - The woman desperately gripped a windshield wiper blade, her body splayed across the hood of the minivan as it raced down a Northern California freeway in the middle of the night, reaching 100…
Tests are inconclusive in Amelia Earhart search
NORMAN, Okla. - Tests to determine if bone fragments found on a remote South Pacific island are the remains of Amelia Earhart are inconclusive, researchers ann…
The spy that buzzed me
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - You'll never look at hummingbirds the same again.
Gingrich prepares for likely White House bid
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The biggest obstacle to a Newt Gingrich presidential bid might be Gingrich himself.
'Army strong' just got tougher
FORT JACKSON, S.C. - The Army plans to toughen its fitness tests for the first time in 30 years to make sure all soldiers have the strength, endurance and mobi…
Actress Jane Russell dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - She was the voluptuous pin-up girl who set a million male hearts to pounding during World War II, the favorite movie star of a generation of young men long before she'd made a movie more than a h…
Warming trend could affect our forests
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Scientists predict that lodgepole pine - one of the most common trees at higher elevations in the Cascades and Rockies - will be largely go…
Megaloads get OK from Montana
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Oversized loads of Billings-bound refinery equipment have the green light to slowly wend through Montana despite delays and initial problems in transporting the megaloads through Idaho, Montana…