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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…
FDA OKs 5-day emergency contraceptive
WASHINGTON - Federal health officials on Friday approved a new type of morning-after contraceptive that works longer than the current leading drug on the market.
Obama backs mosque near ground zero
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed building a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less.
Brown urges speedy return to gay marriage
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Jerry Brown urged a federal appeals court Friday to waste no time in allowing gay marriages to resume in California now that a…
Obama signs $600M border security bill into law
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill directing $600 million more to securing the U.S.-Mexico border, a modest election-year victory that…
Disgraced Illinois governor could walk
CHICAGO (AP) - A new message from the jury weighing the fate of Rod Blagojevich provided a few clues Thursday about their deadlock in deliberations, stirring s…
Gay marriages on hold - for now
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal judge who struck down California's gay marriage ban said Thursday that same-sex weddings can resume next week unless an appeals court intervenes before then.
Stabbing suspect was bound for Israel
ATLANTA (AP) - Elias Abuelazam was about to board a plane for Israel when police arrested him in connection with a three-month stabbing spree that left five men dead, 13 others wounded and a Michigan city in terror…
Tropical weather will cost Gulf crews 4 days
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Bad weather has delayed into early next week a massive effort to permanently kill BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico - a costly operation the government now says it is not certain how best…
Jury recommends 14 years for al-Qosi
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A Guantanamo jury recommended a 14-year sentence Wednesday for an?al-Qaida cook, though its decision may be overruled by a plea bargain that will limit the time he spends in p…
FBI says 'Granddad Bandit' captured in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. - A man dubbed the "Granddad Bandit" and suspected of robbing at least 25 banks in 13 states was captured Wednesday after a standoff at a home in Baton Rouge that ended peacefully, authorities said.
Economy still looks sluggish
WASHINGTON - The United States is selling fewer products around the world and spending more on cheap imported goods, an imbalance that hurts the job market at …
Social Security compromise hope dims due to rhetoric
WASHINGTON - Prospects are bleak for fixing Social Security's financial problems as the government retirement insurance program celebrates its 75th anniversary this week.
Community Briefs Aug. 12, 2010
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Gibbs stands by remarks - sort of
WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday he might have said things differently when he lashed out at liberals he called the "profes…
Escapees head toward Canada
HELENA, Mont. - Authorities Tuesday focused on western Montana and southwest Canada in the search for an escaped convict from Arizona and his suspected accompl…