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Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death
Is Moses Lake a 'ghost' town?
MOSES LAKE - It was a normal winter night when Malaki Juarez, 3, took his mother's phone and snapped several pictures inside his grandmother's house.
Judge hears lesbian teen's suit to force prom
ABERDEEN, Miss. - Mississippi officials who canceled a prom after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend told a federal judge Monday that there were issues with the event even before that.
Health care changes start soon
WASHINGTON - The first changes under the new health care law will be easy to see and not long in coming: There'll be $250 rebate checks for seniors in the Medi…
Texas Republican says he shouted 'baby killer'
WASHINGTON - Texas Republican Rep. Randy Neugebauer acknowledged Monday that he is the lawmaker who shouted out "baby killer" during a floor speech by Rep. Bart Stupak, an anti-abortion Democrat whose vote was cruc…
Health care reform passes
WASHINGTON - Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care…
White winter, green thumbs
TRENTON, N.J. - Gardeners and landscapers along the Eastern seaboard are making haste - and money - as spring begins and they pick up the pieces from the regio…
Baby denim is tiny but trendy
NEW YORK - Denim is easy, denim is durable - and that makes denim a potentially sensible and stylish choice for some of the toughest customers around: babies and toddlers.
The four cities that best weathered the recession
WASHINGTON - Call them the Final Four: The four large cities that have made it through the Great Recession with the smallest increases in unemployment.
Credit scores can drop after getting loan help
WASHINGTON - Some homeowners who sign up for the government's mortgage assistance program are getting a nasty surprise: Lower credit scores.
Nevada wild-horse roundup death toll rises
RENO, Nev. - Activists are questioning the rising death toll from a controversial government roundup of wild horses from the range north of Reno.
Accord Crosstour an eye-pleasing sedan
Overall: New big brother to the Honda Accord sedan arrives with added flexible storage space; standard content leans toward the premium end of the Honda scale.
Could school bus ads save school budgets?
SEATTLE - School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, canceling field trips and making parents pay for every…
Police: Boy, 16, made racial comment at N.J. Walmart
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A 16-year-old boy who police said made an announcement at Walmart ordering all black people in the southern New Jersey store to lea…
Study: Lesser-known bug a bigger hospital threat
ATLANTA - As one superbug seems to be fading as a threat in hospitals, another is on the rise, a new study suggests.
There are options for selling unwanted stuff
Spring for many homeowners means confronting all the things that have filled up the closets, basement and garage over the past year. As the late comedian George Carlin used to say: "Your house is a pile of stuff wi…