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Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death
Still battling
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - An Afghan insurgent's homemade bomb shattered Marc Esposito's lower legs, broke his back and knocked him cold for four days. But the …
Obama: Tough road ahead in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The war in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better, President Barack Obama warned on Wednesday, but he declared his plan to begin withdra…
LA votes to boycott Arizona businesses
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The City Council voted Wednesday to boycott Arizona businesses, making Los Angeles the largest city to take such action to protest the state's tough new law targeting illegal immigration.
Investigators: Leak caused well device to fail
WASHINGTON - A key safety device known as the blowout preventer used in the BP oil rig in the Gulf had a hydraulic leak and other problems that likely prevented it from working as designed, congressional investigat…
Entertainment Briefs
Starlet pleads to Bloom burglary
Obama nominates Kagan
WASHINGTON - Introducing his Supreme Court nominee to the nation, President Barack Obama on Monday portrayed Elena Kagan as a guiding force for a fractured court and a champion of typical Americans. She would be th…
Walters to have heart valve surgery
NEW YORK - Barbara Walters said she will have surgery to replace a faulty heart valve later this week and take the summer off from "The View" to recuperate.
After Utah, Kentucky is the next GOP test
WASHINGTON - After toppling three-term Republican Sen. Robert F. Bennett in Utah, tea party activists and other conservative critics shifted their sights Sunday to a mid-May primary in Kentucky, their next big chal…
The peanut doesn't fall far from the tree
ATLANTA - Most candidates for the state Legislature would love to campaign door-to-door with a former president, but Jason Carter wanted to keep his famous gra…
Nation Briefs May 9, 2010
Staten Island ferry slams into dock
Ice crystals stymie Gulf oil leak fix
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) - Icelike crystals encrusting a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box meant to contain oil gushing from a broken well deep in the Gulf of Mexico forced crews Saturday to back off the long-shot p…
Gates looks for $10B in military savings
ABILENE, Kan. - Warring against waste, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday he is ordering a top-to-bottom paring of the military bureaucracy in search…
Oil hovers above $77 as euro steadies after plunge
Oil prices rose to near $78 a barrel Friday, halting an 11 percent sell-off this week as the euro recovered against the dollar and world stock markets steadied.
Increased wolf hunt quotas considered
BILLINGS, Mont. - Hunters in Montana would be allowed to kill nearly three times as many gray wolves this fall compared with last year's inaugural hunt, under a proposal announced Friday by state wildlife officials.
A classroom full of Bellas?
WASHINGTON - Mom and Dad may be looking to popular vampire books and the first family for baby names: Cullen is on the rise for boys and Malia for girls. But Miley and Jonas are down, proving that acclaim can be fl…