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Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death
Paso Robles: Best wine region
PASO ROBLES, Calif. - The February issue of a respected wine industry trade publication gives only one of the world's wines both a rarefied 98 score and the to…
Congress tries to attract foreign tourists to U.S.
WASHINGTON - Millions of foreign tourists are shying away from U.S. destinations, a trend that Congress hopes to reverse in a travel promotion act it passed Thursday.
Toyota's crisis puts spotlight on electronics
DETROIT - Investigations into whatever is lurking behind Toyota's crisis of quality have put a spotlight on all that can go wrong with auto electronics - the g…
Pickens gives another $100M to Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. - Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens has made no secret of his love for his alma mater. That adoration has now translated into more than hal…
Some Fed officials favor reeling in stimulus soon
WASHINGTON - With the economy healing, Federal Reserve officials debated last month when to reel in the extraordinary stimulus aid they injected into the econo…
Teacher killed outside Tacoma school
TACOMA, Wash. - A man who appeared to have an intense but intermittent obsession with a special education teacher shot and killed her as she walked into her el…
Oregon town unites against supremacists
JOHN DAY, Ore. - A community hall in Eastern Oregon couldn't hold all of the local residents who showed up Friday to voice concern that a swastika-wearing whit…
Third blizzard of month slams the Northeast
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A slow-moving winter storm smacked the Northeast on Friday, unleashing heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds as it knocked out power t…
Ethics panel: Rangel broke House rules
WASHINGTON - Rep. Charles Rangel, the most powerful tax-writing lawmaker in Congress and a 40-year veteran of Capitol Hill, acknowledged Thursday that an ethics panel has accused him of accepting corporate money fo…
Sea World orca shows to resume
ORLANDO, Fla. - Shamu is big business at SeaWorld, which owns more killer whales than anyone else in the world and builds the orca image into its multimillion-…
Liberty Tax Service teams up with Valentines for Troops
Liberty Tax Service has again partnered with Valentines for Troops/A Million Thanks of southern California to collect valentines for our troops stationed across the globe. Liberty Tax Service at 4082 Prim Rose Lane…
Whale kills trainer as crowd watches in horror
ORLANDO, Fla. - A SeaWorld killer whale snatched a trainer from a poolside platform Wednesday in its jaws and thrashed the woman around underwater, killing her…
Obama, Dems look beyond health summit
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, holding out little hope for today's televised bipartisan summit on health care, are prepared to try for a far-reaching bill in the coming weeks witho…
Toyoda faces lawmakers:
WASHINGTON - Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda apologized personally and repeatedly Wednesday to the United States and millions of American Toyota owners for safety lapse…
Teacher tackles gunman
LITTLETON, Colo. - A teacher tackled a man armed with a high-powered rifle just after two teenage students were shot Tuesday at a suburban Denver middle school…