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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…
School lunch bill targets child obesity
WASHINGTON (AP) - More children would eat lunches and dinners at school under legislation passed Thursday by the House and sent to the president, part of first…
House censures veteran congressman Rangel
WASHINGTON (AP) - Veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, the raspy-voiced, backslapping former chairman of one of Congress' most powerful committees, was censured by his House colleagues for financial misconduct Thursday in …
Northwest Briefs December 2, 2010
Press compiling Christmas program
Obama rejects drilling in eastern Gulf of Mexico
WASHINGTON - Pointing to the BP blowout and risks of a new environmental disaster, the Obama administration reversed itself Wednesday and promised not to pursu…
Economy showing positive signals
Factories busier, construction is up, auto sales rising
Massacre thwarted
MARINETTE, Wis. - His first shots blasted the film projector and punched into a wall. The last he aimed at himself. In between, the 15-year-old high school sop…
Senate shuns elimination of pet projects
WASHINGTON (AP) - By a nearly 3-2 margin, the Senate voted Tuesday to let lawmakers keep sprinkling bills with home-state pet projects like roads, bridges, wat…
A tentative truce
WASHINGTON (AP) - Seeking greater cooperation but with no quick fixes in sight, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans vowed on Tuesday to work t…
Should Coeur d'Alene pay Mike Kennedy's $105,000 legal bill?
Midwesterners question manure imports
WINCHESTER, Ind. - The cleanup of a popular but algae-fouled Ohio lake has angered some Indiana residents who argue a federally backed effort to truck livestock waste across state lines is only moving the problem t…
U.S. threatens legal action on WikiLeaks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Striking back, the Obama administration branded the leak of more than a quarter-million sensitive files an attack on the United States Monday and raised the prospect of criminal prosecution agains…
Mountains of activity
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Never mind the double black diamond slopes. How about whizzing through the trees on a zip line or careening down the hill on a roller coaster?
Snowbirds head to the Gulf
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. - For all the oil spill claims and cleanup work by BP, retirees from the North may be the best survival bet for some Gulf Coast resort towns…
'Caught by Greenlaw'
PORTLAND, Maine - Whether it's East Coast swordfish, Alaska king crab or Louisiana shrimp, seafood sellers have their own hook to pump up sales: a celebrity.
Tax break for employer health plans a target again
WASHINGTON (AP) - Job-based health care benefits could wind up on the chopping block if President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans get serious about cutting the deficit.