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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…
Wildfire smolders in desert north of LA
PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) - A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of …
Governor mulls changes to immigration law
PHOENIX - The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republ…
Wildfire jumps aqueduct, approaches homes
PALMDALE, Calif. - A huge wildfire in the high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles jumped an aqueduct on Friday, rushing toward hundreds of houses as firefi…
Nation Briefs July 31, 2010
Oil spill recovery enters new phase
Panel hits Rangel with 13 ethics charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising …
As many as 6,000 Arlington graves mixed up
WASHINGTON - Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thurs…
New York town gears up for Clinton wedding
RHINEBECK, N.Y. - Never mind that the details about Chelsea Clinton's wedding are being guarded like state secrets. The postcard-pretty town of Rhinebeck is re…
Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX - A federal judge stepped into the fight over Arizona's immigration law at the last minute Wednesday, blocking the heart of the measure and defusing a …
Calls for Rangel to quit could escalate
WASHINGTON - The calls from fellow Democrats for New York Rep. Charles Rangel to resign could quickly turn from a trickle to a flood unless he can quickly negotiate a plea bargain to prevent a congressional trial o…
Strict immigration?law delayed by Nebraska officials
FREMONT, Neb. - A voter-approved ban on hiring and renting property to illegal immigrants was suspended late Tuesday by the Fremont City Council, less than two…
What do you consider an acceptable property tax hike now?
Immigrant groups criticize fingerprint initiative
DENVER - The federal government is rapidly expanding a program to identify illegal immigrants using fingerprints from arrests, drawing opposition from local au…
'Wikileaks' create doubt about war
WASHINGTON - The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create deeper doubts about the war at home, cause new friction with Pakistan over allegations about its spy agency and raise …
Eastern US cooks in summer heat
TOMS RIVER, N.J. - Another wave of oppressive heat clamped down on a broad swath of Eastern states on Saturday, with temperatures in the high 90s and 100s and …
Northwest Briefs July 25, 2010
Old burn area is helping contain Yellowstone fire