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Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death
Scandal means tough checks for future pope
VATICAN CITY - The sex abuse crisis engulfing the Catholic Church will mean more vigorous background checks when it comes to appointing cardinals, and future p…
Tax day not a worry for many
WASHINGTON - Tax Day is a dreaded deadline for millions, but for nearly half of U.S. households it's simply somebody else's problem. About 47 percent will pay no federal income taxes at all for 2009. Either their i…
Woman silently pleads not guilty in terror case
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - With a shake of the head, a pregnant Colorado woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of helping foreign terrorists who authorities say were plotting to kill a Swedish artist.
Obama: Nuclear terrorism a huge threat
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rewriting America's nuclear strategy, the White House on Tuesday announced a fundamental shift that calls the spread of atomic weapons to rogue states or terrorists a worse threat than the nuclear…
Twelve killed, 10 missing in mine blast
MONTCOAL, W.Va. - An explosion rocked a remote coal mine with a history of safety problems Monday, killing 12 workers and trapping 10 others thousands of feet underground.
Quake rattles Mexico, southern California
MEXICALI, Mexico - Aftershocks rattled the southwest Mexico-U.S. border Monday in the aftermath of a major earthquake that killed two people, blacked out cities and forced the evacuation of hospitals and nursing ho…
Easter service at DC church draws Obamas
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and his family marked the Easter holiday by attending a music-filled service at a historically black Methodist church in southeast Washington, an area that was rocked by vio…
3 adults, 3 children dead in fire
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A fire swept through a two-story Minneapolis building that housed several apartments and an Irish pub Friday, killing six people - including three children - who friends and family feared were a …
Napolitano tours flooded Rhode Island
WARWICK, R.I. - U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano took a helicopter tour over still-flooded Rhode Island on Friday, witnessing waterlogged shopping malls and homes with people's posses…
Obama hails 'shared spirit of humanity'
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's Easter address calls on people of all faiths, as well as nonbelievers, to embrace their common aspirations and "shared sp…
GOP disputes course of financial overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) - End the public lifeline for large financial institutions, Republicans are demanding as they push back against Democratic efforts to set new rules for the financial industry.
NASA clears shuttle for Monday launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has cleared Discovery for a Monday morning launch to the International Space Station, the last scheduled liftoff in darkness for th…
Flooding brings 2 churches closer for Easter
WEST WARWICK, R.I. - At St. Joseph Church, the Easter Sunday flock will be a little bigger than usual this year. Maybe a little damp, too. Spared from damage b…
Nuke heartland anxious about missile cuts
JUDITH GAP, Mont. - Here in America's nuclear heartland, where underground missile silos dot the landscape, a proposed U.S.-Russia treaty to reduce nuclear wea…
Inquiry begins into deadly refinery blast
SEATTLE (AP) - Investigators launched an inquiry into a deadly Washington state oil refinery blast as families hoped for the best Saturday for two employees who suffered severe burns over most of their bodies.