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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…
Obama: Consumers lose if financial law repealed
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says consumers would lose if Republicans regain power in Congress and try to roll back his hard-won Wall Street overhaul.
Frustration with GOP leader despite expected gains
WASHINGTON - In the most favorable political environment for Republicans in decades, GOP chairman Michael Steele ordinarily might be lavished with praise for l…
Coast Guard checks discolored water in gulf
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard said Saturday that an area of discolored water near a Mississippi River pass south of New Orleans appears to be an algae bloom, but another spot 10 miles away could be oil.
US national swimmer dies in overseas race
PHILADELPHIA - Fran Crippen, a medal-winning open-water swimmer on the U.S. national team, told his coach he wasn't feeling well late in a race before he died …
Bodyboarder dies at Surf Beach
LOS ANGELES - A bodyboarder killed by a shark at a Central California beach cried out to his friend for help as the shark flashed out of the water, bit into hi…
Burned California mall hopes to reopen for holidays
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in a Sacramento suburb Friday after part of a regional mall was consumed by an arson fire that collapsed portions of the roof, destr…
NPR gets earful on Williams firing
WASHINGTON (AP) - NPR and its public radio stations around the country got an earful from listeners and angry citizens in the middle of pledge season Friday over its firing of commentator Juan Williams, receiving t…
Obama stumps in Seattle
SEATTLE - In a last-ditch effort to prevent electoral disaster, President Barack Obama and Democratic allies are vigorously wooing women voters, whose usually …
Farmers defend spuds
GLEED, Wash. - Potato growers are fighting back against efforts to ban or limit potatoes in federal child nutrition programs, arguing the tuber is loaded with …
Crystal Cathedral on brink of bankruptcy
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. - Capitalizing on the emerging car culture of Southern California in the 1950s, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller started a drive-in church and …
Poll: Voters like GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) - All signs point to huge Republican victories in two weeks, with the GOP now leading Democrats on virtually every measure in an Associated Press-GfK poll of people likely to vote in the first major…
Say goodbye to traditional free checking
NEW YORK - Free checking as we know it is ending.
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Top 400 charities see billions less in donations
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new ranking of the nation's 400 biggest charities shows donations dropped by 11 percent overall last year as the Great Recession ended - the worst decline in 20 years since the Chronicle of Phil…
Beaver Cleaver's TV mom dies
LOS ANGELES - Barbara Billingsley, who gained supermom status for her gentle portrayal of June Cleaver, the warm, supportive mother of a pair of precocious boy…