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Idaho evacuations ordered; Wash. residents go home
Thunderstorms and lightning threatened fire officials' plans to contain a large blaze in central Washington state as hundreds of Washington and ...
UA flight has engine 'issue,' lands safely in NJ
Authorities say a United Airlines flight has landed safely at Newark after taking off from the airport for Berlin then returning when something ...
Slain Texas constable remembered as humble, caring
Compassionate. Humble. A good friend. A dedicated public servant. Those were some of the words that family and friends used during a funeral service ...
Man arrested in parking lot shooting at Texas mall
Authorities say a 24-year-old man has been arrested after a shooting in a Texas mall parking lot left one person dead and two injured. Police in ...
For Romney: no coffee, but coffee ice cream OK
Mitt Romney joins other observant Mormons in shunning alcohol and coffee. He apparently draws the line at ice cream. The Republican presidential ...
Suspects in deputy killings linked to extremists
At least some of the seven people arrested in a fatal shootout with Louisiana deputies have been linked to violent anarchists on the FBI's domestic ...
Philly officer fatally shot after finishing shift
A police officer was shot to death blocks from his precinct house just after he finished his shift early Saturday in what authorities suspect was a ...
Wash. residents go home near fire, still 'on edge'
Thunderstorms and lightning threatened fire officials' plans to contain a large blaze in central Washington state as hundreds of Washington and ...
Intrusion embarrasses 'Fort Knox of uranium'
Officials like to refer to the Y-12 National Security Complex as the Fort Knox for highly enriched uranium, which is why an unprecedented incursion ...
Employer: Ex-servant using trial to get US status
A woman accused of keeping an illegal immigrant as a servant at her upstate New York mansion says the housekeeper has become a prosecution witness in ...
Many question life sentences for juveniles
Sara Kruzan was 17 when she was sentenced to die in prison for killing and robbing a pimp in a Riverside motel. Now, at 32, Kruzan has a chance at ...
John Lennon's killer again up for parole in NY
Officials say John Lennon's killer, who is up for parole for the seventh time, could have a parole hearing as early as Tuesday. New York Department ...
Sioux tribes upset over sale of sacred site in SD
It's advertised as a one-of-a-kind deal: Nearly 2,000 acres of prime real estate nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota for sale to the highest ...
Blunders jeopardize Peterson murder prosecution
With no physical evidence tying Drew Peterson to the death of his third wife and so much of the case hinging on what she said before she died and what ...
2 shot, killed in La. car; 2 children unharmed
Authorities in greater New Orleans say two young children have been recovered unharmed from a car where a male driver and female passenger were found ...
Fire evacuees in Wash. and California return home
Hundreds of people in Washington and California who fled encroaching flames from wildfires were allowed to return to their homes Friday, and in ...
Police release video in Ark. patrol car shooting
Police video recorded the night a young man was fatally shot in a northeast Arkansas patrol car while his hands were cuffed behind his back hasn't ...
Family pushed Paterno to read Sandusky report
Joe Paterno had to be prodded by his family to read the grand jury report regarding Jerry Sandusky and did not understand some of its graphic ...
Gunman in Texas shootout fired more than 65 rounds
A gunman who was among three people killed in a shootout near Texas A&M University earlier this week fired more than 65 rounds and also took an ...
Ex-teacher gets 5-year prison term for student sex
A former North Texas high school teacher was convicted Friday and sentenced to five years in prison for having sex with five 18-year-old students at ...
Charges against Kansas abortion clinic dropped
A Kansas prosecutor on Friday dropped all remaining criminal charges against a Kansas City-area Planned Parenthood clinic accused of performing ...
Pastor seeks prayers as search for boy continues
Every year for a quarter century, the congregation of Calvary Chapel East Anaheim has traveled to the Sierra Nevada foothills for a spiritual family ...
Former Border Patrol union head denies fraud
The former, longtime national leader of the union representing Border Patrol agents on Friday called a federal indictment alleging that he siphoned ...
Romney and Obama now fight for edge on Medicare
The jobs-and-economy election suddenly seems all about Medicare — for now, at least. Republican Mitt Romney is embracing a topic his party usually ...
Police comb theaters after threat to Carmike chain
Movie theaters in several states were combed for explosives Friday after someone phoned in a bomb threat to the corporate headquarters of Carmike ...