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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…
Weary travelers disembark 'nightmare' cruise amid cheers
SAN DIEGO - They can call it a nightmare. A cruise from hell. Even a Spamcation.
DNA test casts doubt on guilt of executed Texan
DALLAS (AP) - A DNA test on a single hair has cast doubt on the guilt of a Texas man who was put to death 10 years ago for a liquor-store murder - an execution that went forward after then-Gov. George W. Bush's sta…
Deficit panel targets well-liked programs
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a politically incendiary plan, the bipartisan leaders of President Barack Obama's deficit commission proposed curbs in Social Security benefits, deep reductions in federal spending and higher t…
Taking a long look at ballots
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska election officials began counting more than 92,500 write-in ballots Wednesday in a Senate race that may hinge on voters' penmanshi…
Glad campaign ads are gone? Just wait
WASHINGTON (AP) - All those campaign ads and cash? Just wait until 2012.
Health police target Happy Meals
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - It's a happy moment for people who see the Happy Meal as anything but.
Republicans in charge take aim at health overhaul
WASHINGTON - Resurgent Republicans rallied Sunday behind an agenda based on unwavering opposition to the Obama White House and federal spending, laying the gro…
Economy recovering, but recession's shadow is long
NEW YORK - Layaway, once the province of the poor, has gone mainstream. At the Mall of America in Minnesota, shoppers dart in for just one or two things. In Ne…
Pelosi will seek to stay as Democrats' leader
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite widespread complaints about massive losses that will put Democrats in the minority, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she will try to stay on as leader of her party in the House.
Sentencing sparks protest
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Hundreds of protesters took to the streets Friday, some breaking windows and knocking down fences, after a white former transit officer …
Shuttle launch delayed again due to fuel leak
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery's final voyage is off until at least the end of the month because of a large fuel leak that forced yet another launch delay.
Fort Hood victims remembered one year after shooting
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Parents, spouses and children reverently approached the 6-foot-tall granite memorial Friday, some kneeling and wiping away tears as the…
GOP takes aim at health care overhaul
WASHINGTON - Victorious at the polls, congressional Republicans asserted their newfound political strength on Thursday, vowing to seek a quick $100 billion in federal spending cuts and force repeated votes on the r…
What should happen with national health care?
From conflict to compromise?
WASHINGTON - A chastened President Barack Obama signaled a new willingness to yield to Republican demands on tax cuts and jettisoned a key energy priority on W…