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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…
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 …
Genetically altered salmon just the start
WASHINGTON - We've always played with our food - even before we knew about genes or how to change them.
'50s icon Fisher dies at 82
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Long before the era of Brangelina, TMZ and around-the-clock celebrity obsession, Eddie Fisher had a leading role in arguably the most explos…
Montana woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Montana woman fended off a bear trying to muscle its way into her home Thursday by pelting the animal with a large piece of zucchini fro…
Slow-growing monster
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) - It's been called a slow-growing monster: a huge lake that has steadily expanded over the last 20 years, swallowing up thousands of acr…
Afghanistan crash victims all Americans
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - All nine troops killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week - the worst for the coalition forces in four years - were Americans, the Pentagon confirmed, although it refused to provide f…
Obama: I didn't sell health care well enough
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Blaming himself for coolness to his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is seeking to reintroduce the law to voters who don't much like or understand it six months after he signed …
Friend: Bomb suspect sought quick fame
CHICAGO (AP) - A 22-year-old Lebanese immigrant accused of placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field is no terrorist, just someone seeking quick fortune and fame in America, his at…
GOP: Don't ask, don't tell, don't change
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats and the White House to lift the ban on gays from serving openly in the military, voti…
Teacher bonuses don't boost test scores
ATLANTA (AP) - Offering big bonuses to teachers failed to raise students' test scores in a three-year study released Tuesday that calls into question the Obama administration's push for merit pay to improve educati…
It's official: Recession is over
WASHINGTON - It turns out the recession ended more than a year ago.
Fake bomb near Wrigley Field prompts arrest
CHICAGO (AP) - A man arrested for allegedly placing a backpack he thought contained an explosive near Chicago's Wrigley Field also talked about poisoning Lake …
Something's fishy about these salmon
WASHINGTON - Federal food regulators pondered Monday whether to say, for the first time, that it's OK to market a genetically engineered animal as safe for people to eat.
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Fugitive shot after eluding police
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police have shot and wounded an armed Idaho man who had eluded authorities since last week following a robbery, kidnapping and car theft near a central Oregon campground.