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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…
Swimmer goes the distance
After a long day in the water Saturday, Kalispell swimmer Emily von Jentzen became the third person - and first woman - to swim the length of Flathead Lake.
Could feds keep Barefoot Bandit, mom from profit?
SEATTLE - The tale of the Barefoot Bandit is Hollywood-ready, with its barely schooled, shoeless scamp dodging police as he allegedly stole planes and cars in a cross-country dash before he was nabbed in a high-spe…
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Oil is plugged, but for how long?
NEW ORLEANS - The Gulf Coast found itself in an odd moment of limbo Saturday: The oil has been stopped, but no one knows if it's corked for good.
94 charged in Medicare scams totaling $251M
MIAMI - Elderly Russian immigrants lined up to take kickbacks from the backroom of a Brooklyn clinic. Claims flooded in from Miami for HIV treatments that neve…
BP, scientists try to make sense of well puzzle
NEW ORLEANS - In a nail-biting day across the Gulf Coast, engineers struggled to make sense of puzzling pressure readings from the bottom of the sea Friday to determine whether BP's capped oil well was holding tigh…
Oil spill flow is finally stopped
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The oil has stopped. For now.
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No out-of-pocket cost on some preventive care
WASHINGTON - From counseling for kids who struggle with their weight, to cancer screenings for their parents, preventive health care will soon be available at no out-of-pocket cost under consumer rules the Obama ad…
BP begins testing new cap
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP allayed last-minute government fears of making the disaster worse and started trying to slowly choke off the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, in the hope of finally stopping the …
Diet pill shows promise, little risk
ATLANTA - An experimental diet pill helped about half the people who tried it lose some weight and keep it off a year later, without the heart problems that some earlier drugs caused, a study found.
FDA: Diabetes drug should stay on market
WASHINGTON - GlaxoSmithKline's drug Avandia should stay on the market, federal health experts voted Wednesday, but the controversial diabetes pill should be subject to new restrictions due to risky heart side effec…
France celebrates Bastille Day
WASHINGTON - Finding the best deal on a flight has become a lot more difficult, thanks to hefty baggage and service fees that consumers often don't know about until they show up at the airline counter, congressiona…
Major banking bill faces final vote this week
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Tuesday secured the 60 votes he needs in the Senate to pass a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations, all but ensuring that he soon will sign into law one of the top initi…
Gulf gusher to keep flowing as test delayed
NEW ORLEANS - A pivotal moment in the Gulf oil crisis hit an unexpected snag Tuesday evening when officials announced they needed more time before they could begin choking off the geyser of crude at the bottom of t…