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Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death
Gays in military ruling creates dilemma for brass
SEATTLE (AP) - A pressing legal reality for the "don't ask, don't tell" standard for gays serving in the military is that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already struck down the way it's practiced in much…
Predictability out of the picture at Oscars
LOS ANGELES - Too predictable. That's the persistent complaint about the Academy Awards, whose drama generally is sapped by a glut of earlier award shows that …
Partisanship's bad now in Washington? Try again
WASHINGTON - The current partisan divide is as stark and nasty as any in recent history and on almost every issue - from health care to energy independence to …
Massa, facing harassment complaint, resigns
WASHINGTON - New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, facing a harassment complaint by a male staffer, said Friday that he is stepping down from his seat with "a profound sense of failure."
Energy groups relieved sage grouse won't be listed
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued d…
Pentagon shooter had a history of mental illness
HOLLISTER, Calif. (AP) - The man who opened fire in front of the Pentagon had a history of mental illness and had become so erratic that his parents reached out to local authorities weeks ago with a warning that he…
Six die in Arizona bus crash
SACATON, Ariz. - The bus that rolled over on a busy interstate outside Phoenix, killing six people and leaving 16 others injured early Friday, was operating il…
Montana gives more authority to kill wolves
HELENA, Mont. - Montana will give federal wildlife officials greater authority to trap and shoot wolves that have killed livestock, loosening a policy that has been criticized by ranchers and hunters as ineffective…
Pentagon police officers shot
WASHINGTON - A gunman coolly drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at a security checkpoint into the Pentagon on Thursday in a point-blank attack that …
Rowdy protests target funding cuts at U.S. college campuses
BERKELEY, Calif. - Students staged raucous rallies to protest education funding cuts on college campuses nationwide Thursday, but some demonstrations got out o…
In Washington, 36 use lethal dose to end their life
SEATTLE - Sixty-three suicide prescriptions were dispensed during the first nine months of Washington's "death with dignity" act and at least 36 people used th…
150 same-sex couples seek marriage licenses
WASHINGTON - One gay couple met on a Star Trek fan site, another dancing at a country western bar. Some have been together for months, others more than a decade.
Obama demands vote on health care
WASHINGTON (AP) - The end game at hand, President Barack Obama took command Wednesday of one final attempt by Democrats to enact bitterly contested health care legislation, calling for an "up or down vote" within w…
Lumber company burns to ground
LIBBY, Mont. - It took a mere three minutes to arrive on site Thursday night after the 911 call came in but Libby firefighters found the former Stimson Lumber Co., plywood plant fully engulfed in flames.
Federal transportation layoffs could affect Cd'A bridge project
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jobless benefits suddenly ended for some laid-off workers, Medicare payments to doctors were delayed and 2,000 federal transportation workers were sent home Monday in a spending dispute tinged wit…