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Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death
Serious problems found at mines since blast
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Federal inspectors have found more than 60 serious safety violations at Massey Energy operations since the explosion that killed 29 miners, adding to fallout from the disaster that includes a wr…
SEC accuses Goldman Sachs of fraud
WASHINGTON - The government has accused Goldman Sachs & Co. of defrauding investors by failing to disclose conflicts of interest in mortgage investments it sold as the housing market was collapsing.
Washington Capitol hosts Tea Party
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Thousands of smaller-government activists flocked to rallies around the state Thursday as part of national tax-day protests united under the banner of the tea party movement.
Obama: On to Mars!
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - President Barack Obama boldly predicted Thursday his new plans for space exploration would lead American astronauts on historic, almost fantastic journeys to an asteroid and then to Mars - an…
Ex-CIA chief agreed with tape destruction
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former CIA Director Porter Goss agreed with a 2005 decision to destroy interrogation videos showing waterboarding, but nobody told White House counsel Harriet Miers, who was "livid" to find out af…
Obama space plan angers old heroes
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Call it NASA: The Next Generation. The president is pointing America toward a new direction in space, and some heroes from NASA's long-a…
AP poll: Support for Obama, Dems slips
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's national standing has slipped to a new low after his victory on the historic health care overhaul, even in the face of growing signs of economic revival, according to the lates…
Calling Dr. Nurse
CHICAGO - A nurse may soon be your doctor.
Dow closes above 11,000
NEW YORK (AP) - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 11,000 for the first time in a year and a half on investors' rising hopes about the economy.
O'Brien finds new home at TBS
NEW YORK - The late-night guessing game is over, with a startling twist: Conan O'Brien has chosen TBS as his future talk-show home.
Oklahoma tea parties, lawmakers talk militia
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Frustrated by recent political setbacks, tea party leaders and some conservative members of the Oklahoma Legislature say they would like to create a new volunteer militia to help defend against…
Montana judge could be on Obama's list
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's candidates for the Supreme Court include a new name, federal appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana, and at least six others who were contenders when Obama chose his firs…
March budget deficit declines to $65.4 billion
WASHINGTON - The budget deficit for March showed a dramatic decline as the Obama administration formally entered a lower ultimate cost for the government's $700 billion financial bailout program.
Hero becomes US citizen
ATLANTA - Kwame James waited nearly 10 years to be sworn in as a U.S. citizen, a long time compared with the time he spent helping subdue would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid on a trans-Atlantic flight. James, now 32,…
Ready for spacewalk No. 2
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two of the astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex rested up Saturday for a second spacewalk involving hefty storage tanks, while their colleagues unloaded much smaller supplie…