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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…
Former Alaska Sen. Stevens dies in plane crash
DILLINGHAM, Alaska (AP) - An amphibious plane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens crashed into a remote mountainside during a fishing trip, killing the state's most beloved political figure and four others and strandi…
One of two escapees caught
PHOENIX (AP) - Federal agents on Monday captured one of two inmates who escaped from an Arizona prison as he walked, armed with a handgun and a hitchhiking sign, in Wyoming, and were still hunting for the other fug…
Escapees near Yellowstone
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The search for two men who escaped from a private Arizona prison and their suspected accomplice has turned to the vast Yellowstone National Park area after one of the inmates was linked to a dou…
Chrysler sales rise but problems lurk
DETROIT - A year after getting billions of dollars in federal aid to stay in business, Chrysler now brags each month about growing sales, insisting it is rolli…
2 dead after plane crashes into home
SALINA, Pa. (AP) - A twin-engine plane slammed into a house in western Pennsylvania minutes after takeoff on Saturday, killing two people, and narrowly missing…
Kalispell woman rescues boy from waterway
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK - It was a scenario Shirley Willis said she had contemplated thousands of times but never wanted to experience.
Cooling system repair requires 2 more spacewalks
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A pair of space station astronauts had to hammer loose a stuck connector during an urgent spacewalk to restore a crucial cooling system Saturday, then an ammonia leak erupted and hampere…
Governor calls for same-sex weddings
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lawyers for gay couples, California Gov. Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown filed legal motions Friday telling a federal judge that allowing same-sex marriages to resume immediatel…
CIA flight carried secret from Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (AP) - A white, unmarked Boeing 737 landed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before dawn on a CIA mission so secretive, many in the nation's war on terrorism were kept in the dark.
Montana Downs adds races to meet
MISSOULA, Mont. - Montana Downs will add six stakes races to the two-day meet at the Western Montana Fair in Missoula.
Senate confirms Kagan as justice
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the Supreme Court's 112th justice and the fourth woman in its history, granting a lifetime term to a lawyer and academic with a reputation for brillian…
Authorities investigate hit-and-run case
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - The Montana Highway Patrol is seeking information about a hit-and-run that severely injured a Washington woman near Saltese in northwestern Montana.
Wolf hunt in doubt
HELENA, Mont. - A federal judge on Thursday reinstated protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho, saying the government made a political decision in removing the protections from just two of the states where Nort…
Crush of mud finally plugs BP's well in the Gulf
NEW ORLEANS - In the end, it was a crush of mud that finally plugged the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, three months after the offshore drilling rig exp…
Shooting the last roll of Kodachrome
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - What should a photographer shoot when he's entrusted with the very last roll of Kodachrome?