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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…
Mystery surrounds 4-time lotto winner
BISHOP, Texas - The odds that Joan Ginther would hit four Texas Lottery jackpots for a combined nearly $21 million are astronomical. Mathematicians say the chances are as slim as 1 in 18 septillion - that's 18 and …
BP affixes new cap on Gulf oil well leak
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP robots attached a new, tighter-fitting cap on top of the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak Monday, raising hopes that the crude could be kept from polluting the water for the first time in nearl…
Is Newt next?
DES MOINES, Iowa - Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday he's seriously considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination and will announce his decision early next year.
Napolitano meets with Brewer on immigration law
BOSTON - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met privately on Sunday with her successor as Arizona governor as the Obama administration challenges the state's immigration law.
Cannabis caravans halted in Montana
HELENA, Mont. - A Montana advocacy group is shutting down its traveling medical marijuana clinics amid criticism that the so-called cannabis caravans have adde…
Governors seek more aid from Washington
BOSTON - Governors hamstrung by the sluggish economic rebound in their states and bound to balance their own budgets are pressing anew for Washington to step u…
Gulf oil unleashed in attempt to contain it
NEW ORLEANS - Robotic submarines working a mile underwater removed a leaking cap from the gushing Gulf oil well Saturday, starting a painful trade-off: Millions more gallons of crude will flow freely into the sea f…
Lawsuit No. 7 filed over immigration law
PHOENIX - A seventh challenge to Arizona's tough new immigration crackdown says training materials designed to teach police officers how to enforce the law giv…
Crimes, but no time
LOS ANGELES - The man charged with 10 murders in the Los Angeles "Grim Sleeper" case was arrested at least 15 times over four decades but never sent to state prison despite recommendations of probation officers, in…
Roy Rogers auction offers Trigger's remains
NEW YORK - The smell of horses and hay permeated the marble-floored galleries at Christie's in Manhattan Friday as potential bidders previewed items including the preserved remains of movie cowboy Roy Rogers' famou…
Duck boat, two bodies recovered
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Two days after a barge crashed into a stopped tourist boat, leaving two Hungarian tourists missing, authorities retrieved two bodies from t…
East and West complete super-smooth spy swap
WASHINGTON (AP) - It took less than a month for the largest U.S.-Russian spy swap since the Cold War to unfold from an idea secretly hatched in the Oval Office to reality on a remote stretch of Vienna airport tarma…
Yellowstone road work means more delays
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - Motorists in Yellowstone will see more delays over the next few weeks because of road work.
Feds say new cap could control gulf oil leak
NEW ORLEANS - The BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well, the government offi…
Angry protesters eye transit killing sentencing
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The involuntary manslaughter conviction of a white former transit officer in the death of an unarmed black man set the stage for a sentencing that could be just as explosive as the trial depend…