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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…
Judge: Alaska court must decide Senate dispute
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A federal judge has granted a temporary injunction halting the certification of Alaska's hotly contested Senate election - an order that requires Republican candidate Joe Miller file a formal …
Security protest could disrupt Thanksgiving travel
CHICAGO (AP) - As if air travel over the Thanksgiving holiday isn't tough enough, it could be even worse this year: Airports could see even more disruptions because of a loosely organized Internet boycott of full-b…
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Obama tells GOP not to hold up Russia arms treaty
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama took aim Saturday at Republican senators standing in the way of a nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia, saying they were…
Pilots to be exempt from some pat-downs
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Transportation Security Administration has agreed to let airline pilots skip the security scanning and pat-downs that passengers face at the nation's airports, pilot groups said Friday.
Democrats plan middle class tax cut vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - After meeting with President Barack Obama Thursday, Democratic leaders in Congress said they plan to hold a series of politically charged votes to extend middle-class tax cuts while letting tax cu…
'Barefoot Bandit' suspect pleads not guilty
SEATTLE - The attorney for the teenager accused of being the "Barefoot Bandit" is working with prosecutors to negotiate a plea deal the lawyer says could involve using movie- or book-deal profits to compensate the …
Grim end to mystery in Ohio
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (AP) - An unemployed tree-trimmer arrested after a teenage girl was found bound and gagged in his basement pointed the way Thursday to the bodies of her brother, mother and another woman, stuffed…
Bristol Palin's dancing has viewers fired up
NEW YORK - Conservative blogger Kevin DuJan is psyched. He's actually starting to think Palin can win the whole kit and kaboodle.
Government insists full-body scanners are safe
CHICAGO - They look a little like giant refrigerators and pack a radiation dose big enough to peer through clothing for bombs or weapons, yet too minuscule to be harmful, federal officials insist.
New drug produces steep drop in bad cholesterol
CHICAGO - An experimental drug boosted good cholesterol so high and dropped bad cholesterol so low in a study that doctors were stunned and voiced renewed hopes for an entirely new way of preventing heart attacks a…
Slaying of famed publicistbaffles police, Hollywood
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - It's the latest mystery to grip Hollywood. A prominent publicist and woman-about-town is killed, her body slumped in her Mercedes …
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WASHINGTON - Is marriage becoming obsolete?
Murkowski becomes write-in winner
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - History, the GOP, the tea party, Sarah Palin and her own mouthful of a name worked against her. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski conquered them all Wednesday, becoming the first Senate candidate…
Airport security faces scrutiny
CHICAGO - An airport traveler who famously resisted a full-body scan and groin check with the words "If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested" has become a…