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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…
Obama: Time to honor fallen troops
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than just barbecues and family time, Memorial Day is the chance to honor members of the military who made the ultimate sacrifice on beha…
Walmart makes splashy price cuts
NEW YORK (AP) - Walmart is counting on $1 ketchup bottles and sub-$4 cases of Coke to get its low-price mojo back.
'Diff'rent Strokes' star Coleman dies
PROVO, Utah - Gary Coleman, the adorable, pint-sized child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" who spent the rest of his life struggling on H…
Disposal of contaminated soil questioned
TROY, Mont. - Several people voiced opposition this week to the possibility of burying 35,000-37,000 cubic yards of vermiculate-contaminated soil at the city-owned landfill site 1-1/2 miles southeast of Troy.
Heavy rains limit access to famed Walden Pond
CONCORD, Mass. (AP) - Heavy spring flooding has forced authorities to cut summer access by nearly half at Walden Pond in Massachusetts, made famous by author H…
Tar balls, promises: Obama visits Gulf Coast
GRAND ISLE, La. - Kneeling to pick up tar balls on an oil-fouled beach and listening to "heartbreaking stories" of loss, President Barack Obama personally conf…
House approves repeal of gays in military ban
WASHINGTON - The House on Thursday delivered a victory to President Barack Obama and gay rights groups by approving a proposal to repeal the law that allows gays to serve in the military only if they don't disclose…
Gulf oil leak is now worst in U.S. history
ROBERT, La. (AP) - As BP labored for a second day Thursday to choke off the leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, dire new government estimates showed the …
New border plan similar to Bush's
PHOENIX - President Barack Obama's plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops back to the U.S.-Mexico border quelled demands that he must do more to b…
BP: Effort to plug spill going as planned
ROBERT, La. - BP started pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well Wednesday and said everything was going as planned in the company's boldest att…
Obama to send 1,200 troops to border
WASHINGTON - Under pressure to take action, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the U.S.-Mexico border, pre-empting Republican efforts to force a congressio…
Proposal to lift ban on gays in military in doubt
WASHINGTON - A lukewarm endorsement from Defense Secretary Robert Gates and opposition among some lawmakers cast doubt Tuesday on whether Congress this week would lift a 17-year-old ban on gays serving openly in th…
Feds: Government can't push BP aside
COVINGTON, La. - The Obama administration's point man on the oil spill rejected the notion of removing BP and taking over the crisis Monday, saying the government has neither the company's expertise nor its deep-se…
Feds ask judge to dismiss health care suit
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama's administration on Monday asked a federal judge in Virginia to dismiss the state's lawsuit alleging Congress overstepped its constitutional bounds with the new health ca…
White House backs new proposal on gays in military
WASHINGTON - A proposal to step up the repeal of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military but still allow the Pentagon time - perhaps even years - to implement new policies won the White House's …