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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…
Low prices, rates can't slow fall in home sales
WASHINGTON (AP) — Home prices in many parts of the country scream bargain, and mortgage rates haven’t been this low for decades. So why are houses across the nation sitting on the market for so long?
Voters opt for outsider
WASHINGTON - Veteran Sen. John McCain sailed to nomination for a fifth term Tuesday over an Arizona challenger with tea party support, but big-spending politic…
Afghan security force more than a year away
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior U.S. commander on Monday wouldn't predict when Afghanistan might take control of its own security and warned that NATO needs at leas…
Rallies over mosque get heated
NEW YORK (AP) - The proposed mosque near ground zero drew hundreds of fever-pitch demonstrators Sunday, with opponents carrying signs associating Islam with blood, supporters shouting, "Say no to racist fear!" and …
Obama challenges GOP on finance ruling
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. - President Barack Obama says Republicans should join him in opposing a Supreme Court ruling that vastly increased how much corporations …
World/Nation Briefs Aug. 22, 2010
Officials: US drones kill 6 in northwest Pakistan
Goodwill tour comes amid mosque furor
NEW YORK (AP) - The furor over the planned mosque and Islamic center near ground zero has put Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf in a curious position: At the same time he…
Spill bound BP, feds together
NEW ORLEANS - For months, the U.S. government talked with a boot-on-the-neck toughness about BP, with the president wondering aloud about whose butt to kick.
Fugitives arrested without fight
ST. JOHNS, Ariz. - Over the past three weeks, an escaped Arizona prisoner and his girlfriend bedeviled the hundreds of lawmen hunting them across the desolate highways and thick forests of the West.
In the rough
MAMARONECK, N.Y. - A few weeds have popped up on the fairways, and summer's heat has scorched the grass here and there, but the golf course at the Hampshire Co…
Convicted Jordan killer believes he will go free
LILLINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A man convicted of killing Michael Jordan's father said in an interview Friday that he will one day walk free from prison, contending a new report on mistakes at North Carolina's crime lab s…
Montana, wolf hunt advocates form coalition
HELENA, Mont. - Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say…
Yellowstone Park set to open new visitor center next week
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - A new visitor education center at Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park is set to open to the public next week.
Montana religious sect leader arrested on rape charge
FROMBERG, Mont. (AP) - Authorities say the president of a Montana religious sect was arrested in Wyoming on Thursday for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl.
Baucus, Sebelius plan health care talk in Libby
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Max Baucus will be in Libby on Monday to talk about health care coverage for people with asbestos-related illness.