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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…
GOP takes charge in House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Claiming power beneath the Capitol dome,Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives Wednes-day as the 112th Congress convened …
Buoys added to deadly border canal
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) - A government agency on the front lines of the immigration debate has begun installing lifesaving buoys in a fast-moving canal along the…
Obama signs bill to improve food safety
WASHINGTON (AP) - Foreshadowing the coming power struggles between the White House and a more Republican Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation's food safety system…
Brown returns to lead a troubled California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Democrat Jerry Brown was sworn in Monday as California's 39th governor, returning to the office he left 28 years ago but inheriting a…
House GOP plans health repeal vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eager to show who's now in charge, the House's new Republican majority plans to vote to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul before he even shows up in their chamber to gi…
Racy videos raise questions about culture of the Navy
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Raunchy comedy videos made by a high-ranking Navy commander and shown to the crew of an aircraft carrier three or four years ago have suddenly proved an embarrassment to the Pentagon that could …
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5 perish in apartment fire
REDMOND, Wash. - A mother could only watch in agony as her four young children and a man were killed by an intense apartment fire that broke out a few hours into the new year, her neighbors in the apartment complex…
Spending showdowns will test new Congress
WASHINGTON - Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the new Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions or whether it's destined for gridlock and brinkmanship that could thr…
Tornadoes kill six in Arkansas, Missouri
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Tornadoes fueled by unusually warm air pummeled the South and Midwest on Friday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more …
Wikileaks: Afghan leader resists U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials pressured Afghan President Hamid Karzai to remove a former warlord from atop the energy and water ministry a year ago because they considered him corrupt and ineffective, and threat…
No pardon for Old West outlaw Billy the Kid
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The rehabilitation of Billy the Kid lies dead in the dust.
The sun sets on 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Dazzling fireworks lit up Australia's Sydney Harbor, communist Vietnam held a rare Western-style countdown to the new year and Japanese revelers released balloons carrying notes with people's hopes …
Texas, EPA fight over air rules
HOUSTON (AP) - A longstanding tit-for-tat between Texas and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over how to regulate pollution has grown fierce in recent months, leaving industry frustrated and allowing some p…
Lower jobless benefit rolls a good sign
WASHINGTON (AP) - Far fewer people are applying for unemployment benefits as the year ends, raising hopes for a healthier job market in 2011.