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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…
Obama bashing session
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans angling for President Barack Obama's job compared him to a one-term Democratic president and a Democratic vice president who fell…
OMG, when did we start talking like txt msgs?
NEW YORK - "ILY!" Susan Maushart's 16-year-old daughter often calls out over her shoulder as she leaves the house. Sure, actual words would be better. But Mom …
Man dies after head-on collision
COLVILLE, Wash. - A 73-year-old Colville, Wash., man died after a head-on vehicle collision on Wednesday afternoon on Highway 25 near Colville.
Melting snowpiles reveal stinky surprises
NEW YORK (AP) - The mountains of snow that have covered the Northeastern landscape for the past month and a half are finally melting, revealing oozing lumps of…
Doctor: Giffords' goal is to see husband's launch
PHOENIX (AP) - The doctor for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Tuesday he hopes the wounded congresswoman can make enough progress to attend her husband's space la…
Rumsfeld reveals Iraq strike plans
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Pentagon chief Donald H. Rumsfeld reveals in his new book that he urged a U.S. military strike on a suspected chemical weapons site in northern Iraq in 2003, and that he wanted the attack t…
Poll: Frisky folks choose snuggling over Snuggies
WASHINGTON - This year's wild winter has brought everyday life to a halt for people from Boston to Austin, but freezing temperatures are still a good excuse for many Americans to cuddle, according to a new poll.
Obama takes message to CEOs
WASHINGTON - Echoing John F. Kennedy, President Barack Obama prodded business leaders Monday to "ask yourselves what you can do for America," not just for comp…
Texas needs late rally to save Super Bowl week
ARLINGTON, Texas - Mother Nature messed with Texas - and might not be finished.
US-Russia nuclear arms treaty takes effect
MUNICH - A new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty went into effect Saturday, securing a key foreign policy goal of President Barack Obama and raising hope…
Health care fraud: Not a faceless crime any longer
WASHINGTON - Health care fraud once was a faceless crime. Now it has a mug shot, even a smile.
Obama: Gov't, business help shape US future
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said the American government has a responsibility to make the U.S. the best place in the world to do business, but companies have a responsibility to invest in the nation's futur…
House Republicans move to slash domestic programs
WASHINGTON - Republicans now controlling the House promised Thursday to slash domestic agencies' budgets by almost 20 percent for the coming year, the first salvo in what's sure to be a bruising battle over their d…
Senate Republicans lose vote on health law
WASHINGTON - A Republican drive to repeal the year-old health care law ended in party-line defeat in the Senate on Wednesday, leaving the Supreme Court to render a final, unpredictable verdict on an issue steeped i…
World/Nation Briefs February 1, 2011
Monster storm targets Midwest