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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…
What do you think of the ruling in the Kennedy-Brannon election case?
San Francisco considers Happy Meal toy ban
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco has a long history of bold public health and environmental stances, going after everything from plastic bags in grocery stores to…
Missing pilots cast pall over fiesta
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Hundreds of balloonists in New Mexico lifted off Saturday at dawn amid a somber mood, opening the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta …
'We are together'
WASHINGTON - Tapping into anger as the tea party movement has done, a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups marched by the thousands Saturday on the…
NY woman is 7th killed in NE storm
BRADLEY, N.Y. (AP) - The rainstorms that caused flooding up and down the East Coast in recent days have claimed another life - this time in New York.
Emanuel's gone
WASHINGTON - Reshaping the tone and tenor of the White House, President Barack Obama on Friday replaced the colorful and caustic Rahm Emanuel with the private …
Sex ed funding ends decade of abstinence-only
MIAMI - For the first time in more than a decade, the federal government is funding sex education programs that aren't based solely on abstinence. But they're …
Northwest Briefs October 2, 2010
Montana follows Idaho, appeals wolf ruling
Fossilized feathers of giant penguin found
WASHINGTON — Some ancient penguins may have been twice as big as today’s Emperor penguin but they lacked the dashing tuxedo.
Woman pleads not guilty in acid case
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Her face red and blotchy but largely unbandaged, a 28-year-old Vancouver woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges arising from her fals…
Recession rips at US marriages
WASHINGTON (AP) - The recession seems to be socking Americans in the heart as well as the wallet: Marriages have hit an all-time low while pleas for food stamp…
Should Idaho outlaw texting while driving?
White House, Dems see tax cut vote after election
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and Democratic leaders in Congress said Sunday they would find a way to extend middle-class tax cuts after the November elect…
Pelosi ponders middle-class tax cut vote before election
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, under pressure to send Democrats home to campaign with the strongest possible closing argument, said Friday she is considering calling a vote on extending middle-class tax c…
Ahmadinejad, Obama trade barbs over 9/11
NEW YORK - President Barack Obama and Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad traded heated remarks Friday on the emotional subject of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and hopes for a quick resumption of talks on Iran's …