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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…
BLM rejects Pickens horse rescue plan
RENO, Nev. - A proposal from the wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens to create a sanctuary in Nevada for wild horses removed from public rangeland aroun…
Bath salts may be growing drug problem
FULTON, Miss. - When Neil Brown got high on bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived, but authorities sa…
Obama goal: 'Putting our economy into overdrive'
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - More than half the nation disapproves of President Barack Obama's policies to reduce stubbornly high unemployment, a new Associated Press-G…
Doc: Giffords heard cheers leaving Arizona, smiled
HOUSTON - She heard them, smiled, and tears welled up in her eyes.
A month into winter, Easterners have had enough
HARTFORD, Conn. - In Rhode Island, a mayor tells parents of snowbound schoolchildren to "hang in there." Atlanta has blown nearly all the money it set aside to…
Backpack bomb found at Spokane MLK event
SPOKANE - Investigators pursued what they described as promising leads Wednesday in a chilling bombing attempt at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in which someone left a backpack filled with sophisticated explo…
With Obama, Hu concedes China's human rights woes
WASHINGTON - In a rare concession on a highly sensitive issue, Chinese President Hu Jintao used his White House visit on Wednesday to acknowledge "a lot still …
House votes to repeal Obama's health care law
WASHINGTON (AP) - Swiftly honoring a campaign pledge, newly empowered Republicans pushed legislation to repeal the nation's year-old health care overhaul through the House Wednesday night, brushing aside implacable…
Study: Intellectual growth is limited for college undergrads
You are told that to make it in life, you must go to college. You work hard to get there. You or your parents drain savings or take out huge loans to pay for it all.
Budget takes bite out of crime prevention
CAMDEN, N.J. - In a solemn display, laid-off firefighters and police officers lined up Tuesday to turn in their helmets and badges - symbols of deep budget cut…
Feds drop appeal of lynx ruling
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Wildlife officials have dropped their appeal of a court ruling that forces the government to revise its flawed plan to protect critical …
Frogs halt street construction
MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Street construction was halted by Moses Lake because city staff did not want to disturb the home of a frog species in the area.
Storms bring flooding to Oregon and Washington
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Heavy rain and runoff from melting snow helped push the Sandy River across a road near Mount Hood, washing it out and forcing residents t…
Feds: Dairy cows had unlawful drug residues
SEATTLE (AP) - Federal authorities said a northwest Washington dairy sold cows for slaughter despite drug residues not approved for human consumption.
Paramedics describe Arizona shooting scene
TUCSON, Ariz. - Veteran paramedic Tony Compagno stepped off Engine 30 and into hell: Panicked people rushed his crew, trying to pull them toward the injured, while three men desperately gave chest compressions to a…