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Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death
Missionaries return home from Haiti
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - American missionaries accused of child trafficking in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake returned home Thursday and urged the safe release of the two women left behind in a Port-au-Prince j…
Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building
AUSTIN, Texas - A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into…
Man tells police he tossed baby off bridge
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. - A man who snatched his infant daughter from the arms of her maternal grandmother while the child's mother was in court getting a restraining…
Obama says stimulus bill saved troubled economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama hailed Wednesday's one-year-old economic stimulus law as an accomplishment that staved off another Great Depression an…
Three die when plane hits home
EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. - A twin-engine plane carrying three employees of electric car maker Tesla Motors struck a set of power lines after takeoff Wednesday and crashed into a fog-shrouded residential neighborhood,…
New charges in Seattle beating
SEATTLE (AP) - A 15-year-old girl whose videotaped beating in the Seattle bus tunnel has drawn a national outcry has herself been charged in two earlier attacks.
GOP sees possible upside in Obama's health care summit
WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans see a chance for political gain in President Barack Obama's televised health care summit next week, even though the president will be running the show.
Scientists: Teton Range bighorn herd at risk
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - The roughly 100 animals that make up the isolated Teton Range bighorn sheep herd are at risk of extinction because they no longer migrate from their tough high-mountain habitat during the winte…
Climber's body recovered in Mount St. Helens crater
SEATTLE (AP) - The body of a veteran climber who fell 1,500 feet into the crater atop Mount St. Helens was recovered Tuesday after he spent more than a day in the snow, authorities said.
Obama's latest crusade: nuclear energy
WASHINGTON - Prodding Republicans, President Barack Obama on Tuesday championed nuclear energy expansion as the latest way that feuding parties can move beyond the "broken politics" of Washington that have imperile…
Sadie wins at Westminster
NEW YORK (AP) - Sadie the Scottish terrier won America's top dog show Tuesday night, and that was pretty predictable. What happened moments before she took the title at Westminster was far more startling.
Moderates continue to bail from Congress
WASHINGTON - The moderate middle is disappearing from Congress.
Toyota may lengthen warranties to keep customers
ORLANDO, Fla. - Toyota Motor Corp. may offer incentives or increase the length of its warranties as it tries to recover from an embarrassing string of safety-related recalls.
Obama says new budget rules will rein in spending
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Saturday new budget rules that say spending cuts must accompany spending increases will force Congress to "pay for what it spends, just like everybody else."
Walls of water overwhelm surfing contest
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Despite big wave warnings, two walls of water caught dozens of spectators off-guard and knocked them to a rocky beach as they watched a Northern California surfing contest Saturday, leaving …