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Residents get OK to return after Pa. chemical leak - Added 1 day ago

About 2,500 people who fled when a corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant and evaporated were allowed to return home Sunday after authorities determined that no toxins remained in the air. A...

Economic woes chill effort to stop global warming - Added 1 day ago

Attempts to tackle global warming are being made more difficult by the spreading economic crisis even as Democratic congressional leaders say it's still a top goal for next year. At the very least, fear of a prolonged...

Chief says Chicago police are supported, motivated - Added 1 day ago

Chicago's police superintendent is denying a news report that officers in his command are working the streets less aggressively out of fear of being second-guessed by him. Jody Weis told reporters Saturday that despite...

Attorney: Marine fighting extradition from Mexico - Added 1 day ago

The attorney for a Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague says his client is fighting extradition to the United States. Dick McNeil says 21-year-old Cpl. Cesar Laurean has filed an extradition appeal in a...

Tax rebate, food stamp money possible in aid plan - Added 1 day ago

After consulting with Barack Obama, Democratic leaders are likely to call Congress back to work after the election in hopes of passing legislation that would include extended jobless benefits, money for food stamps and...

Wildfire destroys home, barn in Napa Valley - Added 1 day ago

!!-- pobj:CASRP105-1011081540 -->!!-- pobj:CASRP103-1011081500 -->!!-- pobj:CASRP106-1011081624 -->!!-- pobj:CASRP104-1011081535 -->Authorities say a rock struck by a car ignited a wildfire in California's Napa Valley...

NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal - Added 1 day ago

!!-- AUDIO:130,129,128 -->After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. on Saturday erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil." ...

Today in History - Oct. 12 - Added 1 day ago

Today is Sunday, Oct 12, the 286th day of 2008. There are 80 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 12, 1492 (Old Style calendar; Oct. 21 New Style), Christopher Columbus arrived with his...

Mexican marijuana cartels sully US forests, parks - Added 1 day ago

National forests and parks _ long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels _ have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America because of the toxic chemicals needed to eke lucrative...

Obituaries in the news - Added 1 day ago

Alton Ellis LONDON (AP) _ Reggae music pioneer Alton Ellis, who enjoyed a career revival in recent years after a string of hits in the 1960s, died Friday. He was 70. Ellis died peacefully, officials at Hammersmith...

Santas coming early to Indiana town to sign oath - Added 1 day ago

The grandsons of Santa Claus are coming to town. The descendants of two of the more famous men to don Santa Claus suits plan to meet Sunday in Santa Claus, Ind., to sign a new oath for other jolly gift-givers. Charles...

Balloon pilots somber at NM festival after death - Added 1 day ago

Pilots of hot air balloons on Saturday mourned the loss of one of their own in a fiery crash at Albuquerque's famous festival, even as they said another pilot fighting for his life after the accident would want them to...

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Bush to make appearance at global meeting on financial crisis ...

Murder case ends blocks from where it began in LA - Added 2 days ago

A strange cold case murder story that stretched halfway around the globe and back over a span of nearly 30 years ended this weekend a few blocks from where it began, with the shocking suicide of Japanese businessman...

Faulty eyewitnesses doomed Dallas County suspects - Added 2 days ago

Faulty eyewitness testimony that helped secure wrongful convictions in Dallas County, which leads the nation in DNA exonerations, sent the innocent to prison as police and prosecutors ignored safeguards and built cases...

Attorney: Jailed O.J. believes he was 'railroaded' - Added 2 days ago

O.J. Simpson, locked in jail and pondering his future, feels hopeful he will win a new trial on appeal because he believes jury interviews show "he was absolutely railroaded," his lawyer told The Associated Press. ...

5 killed in Manhattan blaze, including 3 children - Added 2 days ago

A family of five, including three children as young as 15 months, died in a blaze Saturday that filled an apartment with thick black smoke and kept the victims from escaping through the front door, fire officials said. ...

Man gets prison for killing fan after Bonds' 700th - Added 2 days ago

A California man has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing a fellow baseball fan after a San Francisco Giants game four years ago. Rafael Cuevas was sentenced Friday after a jury convicted...

Counting cards: NY collection includes 6,356 decks - Added 2 days ago

The collection spans 50 countries and four centuries and touches on subjects ranging from beer marketing to 19th-century Portuguese politics. Columbia University has a collection of playing cards that is among the...

For Bush, last 100 days to feature 'no letting up' - Added 2 days ago

!!-- pobj:WX205-1007081509 -->So how will it end? President Bush is down to his final 100 days in office as of Sunday. Don't expect a quiet fade into the Texas night. The bleakest economic downturn in decades has...

Boat smashes into dock on Michigan river; 3 killed - Added 2 days ago

Authorities say a jet boat that was spotted zipping across a Michigan river smashed into a dock, killing three people and seriously injuring a fourth. The sheriff's department says two couples from Fair Haven were...

FBI searched long, hard for Jack Anderson sources - Added 2 days ago

In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal" as agents combed his articles for errors and...

Washington weighs lethal meds for terminally ill - Added 2 days ago

The emotionally charged battle over end-of-life decisions has taken to the airwaves as Washington state voters decide whether to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients. Recent TV and...

Lost manatee headed to Fla. after Mass. rescue - Added 2 days ago

!!-- pobj:MAHYC501-1008081347 -->!!-- pobj:MAHYC502-1008081003 -->A wayward manatee is headed home to Florida after being pulled from frigid Cape Cod waters in an early morning rescue. The juvenile male manatee...

Monument, Capitol could get company in DC skyline - Added 2 days ago

No skyscrapers jut from this low-lying federal city, allowing iconic buildings like the Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol to dominate the horizon. However, the historically sparse skyline might not stay that way. ...

Marriage ruling not the end of debate in Conn. - Added 2 days ago

Now that the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled same-sex couples have the right to wed, opponents of gay marriage are pinning their hopes on an infrequent ballot question in a longshot bid to block the unions. Every...

Wildfire threatens homes, wineries in Napa Valley - Added 2 days ago

Hundreds of firefighters are battling a fast-growing wildfire that is threatening homes and wineries in California's Napa Valley. Fire officials say the blaze has burned 300 acres in the rugged hills just outside the...

Bush's statement on financial crisis - Added 2 days ago

President Bush's statement Saturday on the financial crisis, as released by the White House. He spoke in the Rose Garden after meeting with financial ministers from the G-7 nations: Thank you all very much. Good...

Obituaries in the news - Added 2 days ago

Alfred J. Gallodoro NEW YORK (AP) _ Alfred J. Gallodoro, a jazz musician who performed on the saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, has died. He was 95. Gallodoro died Saturday at his home in Oneonta in upstate New...

Ore. wine pioneer David Lett dies at 69 - Added 2 days ago

!!-- pobj:ORPOR501-1008030410 -->!!-- pobj:ORPOR502-1022030410 -->Pioneering Oregon winemaker David Lett, widely considered the father of Oregon's thriving pinot noir industry and a major force in winning worldwide...

Accused Japanese businessman found dead - Added 2 days ago

An attorney for a Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to have his wife murdered says his client has been found dead in an apparent suicide. Attorney Mark Geragos, who has been representing 61-year-old Kazuyoshi...

Wyo. town reflects 10 years after Shepard's murder - Added 2 days ago

A decade after a gay college student was beaten, tied to a fence and left for dead, many in this small college town are still struggling with the aftermath of a crime that triggered nationwide sympathy and brought a...

Latvia discussing new military exercises with US - Added 2 days ago

In the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Georgia, Latvia is talking with the United States about expanding joint military exercises and cooperation. The Latvian foreign minister, Maris Riekstins, discussed the issue...

FBI files show long hunt for Jack Anderson sources - Added 2 days ago

In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, legendary bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal" as agents combed his articles for...

OJ Simpson seeks new robbery trial in Las Vegas - Added 2 days ago

O.J. Simpson's lawyers cited judicial errors and insufficient evidence Friday in seeking a new trial for the former football star, who was convicted of kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint...

Court makes Conn. 3rd state to allow gay marriage - Added 2 days ago

A sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to get married, saying legislators did not go far enough when they approved same-sex civil unions that were identical to marriages...

Today in History - Oct. 11 - Added 2 days ago

Today is Saturday, Oct. 11, the 285th day of 2008. There are 81 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with astronauts Wally...

Homeless man dies after being set ablaze in LA - Added 2 days ago

A homeless man died after being doused with gasoline and set on fire on a street where he had lived for many years and was a familiar face to residents of Koreatown, police and local merchants said Friday. Police were...

Tuskegee Airmen honored with historic site in Ala. - Added 2 days ago

Lt. Col. John Mulzac stood on the asphalt at Moton Field Friday _ the same grounds where he trained decades ago to become one of the country's first black military pilots _ and wept. Mulzac and hundreds of his fellow...

Death toll rises to 9 in Calif. charter bus crash - Added 2 days ago

The death toll has risen to nine in the crash of a charter bus that was on its way to a casino in Northern California. UC Davis Medical Center spokeswoman Phyllis Brown says E. Vang Saelee (SAY'-lee) died Friday at the...

Ohio death row inmate appeals to US Supreme Court - Added 2 days ago

Lawyers for an Ohio death row inmate who unsuccessfully argued that his obesity prevents humane lethal injection filed an appeal Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, planned for next week. The Ohio...

Obituaries in the news - Added 2 days ago

Alfred J. Gallodoro NEW YORK (AP) _ Alfred J. Gallodoro, a jazz musician who performed on the saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, died Saturday. He was 95. He died at his home in Oneonta in upstate New York, said...

Fired professor in noose incident sues Columbia - Added 2 days ago

A black Columbia University teacher who reported finding a noose on her door is suing the New York City school for firing her after a plagiarism investigation. Clinical psychology professor Madonna G. Constantine...

Attorney describes binding incident as 'horseplay' - Added 2 days ago

The attorney for a man accused of binding the hands of a teenage girl on a Southwest Airlines flight and trying to do the same to her sister said it was merely "horseplay" and pointed out that the girls didn't scream. ...

3 BLM workers held at gunpoint at Nev. pot patch - Added 2 days ago

Three federal biologists were held at gunpoint for several minutes by suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel after happening upon a large marijuana patch in a remote stretch of public land in northern Nevada,...

Man dies after balloon crashes in flames in N.M. - Added 2 days ago

A hot air balloon crashed into power lines and burst into flames Friday during Albuquerque's annual balloon fiesta, throwing both men on board to the ground and killing one of them. Witnesses said that many of the...

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 540 - Added 2 days ago

As of Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at least 540 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department....

Recalls: Dried radishes, milk drinks, cookies - Added 2 days ago

The following recalls have been announced: _Packages of Kyosai Sengiri Daikon dried radishes due to the presence of undeclared sulfite. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to sulfite run the risk of a...

Dog dies after saving man in Trinidad from fire - Added 2 days ago

A man whose dog rescued him from a house fire in Trinidad said the animal died after running back into the burning building. Trinidad & Tobago Express newspaper quoted Anderson Marcano as saying that he woke up...

Japanese man held in LA in wife's 1981 slaying - Added 2 days ago

!!-- pobj:CARS206-1010080938 -->A Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to have his wife killed 27 years ago was returned to Southern California on Friday to face trial. Kazuyoshi Miura, 61, arrived at Los Angeles...