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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…
Majority of senators back Kagan
WASHINGTON (AP) - Elena Kagan has won the support of a majority of senators on the eve of a vote to confirm her as the Supreme Court's fourth woman.
Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge overturned California's gay-marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually force the U.S. Supreme Court to con…
Vote turns up heat on health care
WASHINGTON - Missouri voters' overwhelming opposition to requiring nearly all Americans to buy health insurance puts one of the least popular parts of Presiden…
NYC panel clears way for mosque near ground zero
NEW YORK (AP) - A city panel Tuesday cleared the way for the construction near ground zero of a mosque that has caused a political uproar over religious freedo…
Kilpatrick loses bid for re-election
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan voters fired seven-term Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and chose political newcomer Rick Snyder as the Republican nominee in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granhol…
Pumping mud, BP tries to cut off gusher
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO - BP embarked Tuesday on an operation that could seal the biggest offshore oil leak in U.S. history once and for all, forcing mud down th…
'Cold as ice' shooter kills eight
MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) - A driver caught stealing beer from the warehouse where he worked agreed to resign on Tuesday and then as "cold as ice," one of his victims said, went on a shooting rampage, killing eight pe…
Obama hails promise to end U.S. combat in Iraq
ATLANTA - Nearing a milestone in the long and divisive Iraq war, President Barack Obama on Monday hailed this month's planned withdrawal of all U.S. combat tro…
Gulf seafood declared safe
VENICE, La. - Seafood from some parts of the oil-fouled Gulf of Mexico has been declared safe to eat by the government, based in part on human smell tests. But…
GOP aims to cut Dems' comfy House majority
WASHINGTON - No fewer than 65 House seats across the country - an overwhelming majority held by Democrats - are at risk of changing political hands this fall, …
Crews gain ground on California
PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) - Higher humidity and lower temperatures helped firefighters nearly contain a wildfire smoldering Sunday in the high desert north of Los Angeles.
1 Arizona inmate captured after police pursuit
PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities say one of three inmates who escaped from a northwest Arizona prison has been captured.
Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico - with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface - when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet…
Chelsea Clinton weds at New York estate
RHINEBECK, N.Y. - Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday.
Cooperation needed to finally plug well
NEW ORLEANS - On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, t…