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Sinkhole's growth slowing, experts say
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
DAISETTA -- Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days seemed to be slowing Thursday but that it could take months before it's clear whether surrounding areas are stable. Th ...  full story
More than half of US diabetics have arthritis
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
ATLANTA -- More than half of U.S. adults with diabetes also have arthritis, raising a serious obstacle for diabetic patients urged to exercise, according to a government study. The survey of nearly 800,000 people is the first extensive look at t ...  full story
Former lawmaker heading to prison
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A former Alaska legislator convicted of taking bribes to push legislation for a major natural gas pipeline was sentenced Thursday to 3 1/2 years in federal prison. Former state Rep. Vic Kohring continued to proclaim his inno ...  full story
Judge rejects request to delay wolf lawsuit
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
BILLINGS, Mont. -- A federal judge in Montana has rejected a request by the government to delay a lawsuit seeking to place the gray wolf back on the endangered species list, saying he's "unwilling to risk more deaths." At least 39 of the Northe ...  full story
Authorities: Shooter carried ammo, knife
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- About 12 seconds was all it took for two bailiffs to gun down a man who shot at them in a courthouse lobby, and authorities said the swift response helped prevent anyone else from being seriously hurt. Glen Lee Powell car ...  full story
'Struggling in Silence'
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
CHICAGO -- There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. An estimated 300 to 400 U.S. doctors kill themselves each year -- a suicide r ...  full story
Defying Bush, House OKs housing aid plan
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday passed a massive homeowner rescue plan to provide cheaper, government-backed mortgages to half a million debt-ridden borrowers and bolster an economy crippled by the housing crisis. Defying veto threats ...  full story
Congress finishes farm bill
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Married farmers with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million a year could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise that would boost the Department of Agriculture's food and farm programs. ...  full story
Commencement readers' job hard
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
A week from Saturday, 453 new graduates will cross the commencement stage on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. Among them: Nokuthula Sikhethiwe Kitikiti, Udochukwu Chinyere Obodo and Baitnairamdal Otgonshar. Jayne Niemi wil ...  full story
Country star Arnold dies at 89
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs such as Make the World Go Away made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. Arnold died at a care fa ...  full story
Dissolving offers burial alternative
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
CONCORD, N.H. -- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest -- dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain. The process, ...  full story
Storms batter three states; no one hurt
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A line of severe storms swept across the Southeast on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses in at least three states. No injuries were reported. An apparent tornado wrecked a shopping area in Mississippi, and strong winds f ...  full story
Global hunt nets arrest
Published Friday, May 09, 2008
NEWARK, N.J. -- A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor who painted faces at children's parties and performed as "the best Santa Claus anyone has ever see ...  full story
Deal near on farm bill, negotiators say
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Negotiators on a five-year, $300 billion farm bill say they have reached a tentative agreement on the legislation and it will be considered by the House and Senate next week. But the Bush administration has objected to the bill, an ...  full story
Bush blasts Dems on housing, energy
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008
WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Wednesday criticized Democrats in Congress for their approach to dealing with the nation's housing crisis and soaring energy prices and called anew for an extension of expiring tax cuts and government wiretapping autho ...  full story
Court: Gay partners can't get benefits
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008
LANSING, Mich. -- Local governments and state universities in Michigan can't offer health insurance to the partners of gay workers, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The court ruled 5-2 that Michigan's 2004 ban on gay marriage also blocks ...  full story
Sea lions not shot, officials now saying
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Federal officials investigating the deaths of six sea lions at a Columbia River dam did an about-face Wednesday, saying their initial assumption that the animals had been shot to death was wrong. Officials have not ruled out hu ...  full story
Student may sue over flag treatment
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008
TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- A high school student says he may file a lawsuit against a physical education teacher who took a Mexican flag he had brought for Cinco de Mayo and put it in the garbage. Clint Straatman denies Froylan Camelo's version of eve ...  full story
Papa John's nets $1 in online orders
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers. That's because orders are rolling in through the Internet. "It's pret ...  full story
U.S. firms duck taxes overseas, inquiry shows
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008
WASHINGTON -- When the Pentagon announced that an obscure California company had won a lucrative military contract, no one mentioned plans for a Caribbean outpost -- a tropical shell the company quickly created that allowed it to duck millions ...  full story
Bush threatening to veto Democrats' rescue package
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008
WASHINGTON -- President Bush and Congress are clashing over how to address the housing crisis, clouding the prospects of an election-year rescue package. Bush said Wednesday that he would veto Democrats' broad housing aid plan, saying it w ...  full story
6 fraternities suspended in Calif. drug probe
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008
SAN DIEGO -- San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed dozens of students in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus. The probe -- prompted by the cocaine overdose ...  full story
Courthouse gunman slain, officials say
Published Thursday, May 08, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Bailiffs shot and killed a man who opened fire in the lobby of a downtown courthouse Wednesday afternoon, sheriff's officials said. One of the two bailiffs who fired at the unidentified man suffered a non-life-threatening ...  full story
Inflation hits pocket change
Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Further evidence that times are tough: It now costs more than a penny to make a penny. And the cost of a nickel is more than 71/2 cents. Surging prices for copper, zinc and nickel have some in Congress trying to bring back th ...  full story
Police arrest New Mexico church leader
Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008
SANTA FE, N.M. -- The leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony sex crimes against children. State police arrested Wayne Bent, 66, on three counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor ...  full story
Founder of Baskin-Robbins, 90, dies
Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008
LOS ANGELES -- Irvine Robbins, who as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins brought Rocky Road, Pralines 'n Cream and other exotic ice cream concoctions to every corner of America, has died at age 90. Robbins had been ill for some time and died Monday at ...  full story
FBI seizes materials in raid on office
Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Federal agents raided the office and home of U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch on Tuesday while investigating whether the nation's top protector of whistle-blowers destroyed evidence potentially showing he retaliated against his own staf ...  full story
Gas price protest singer arrested
Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008
VALPARAISO, Ind. -- A man with a guitar and a megaphone climbed atop a convenience store roof to serenade commuters with his musical protest of high gasoline prices -- until police halted the impromptu concert. Once atop the roof of the Fa ...  full story
Police arrest 75 in university drug bust
Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008
SAN DIEGO -- Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday. ...  full story
Ethanol questioned as food costs continue to rise
Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Just months ago, ethanol was the Holy Grail to energy independence and a "green fuel" that would help nudge the country away from climate-changing fossil energy. Democrats and Republicans cheered its benefits as Congress dire ...  full story
Pork, chicken may cost a little more
Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Americans may be getting another helping of food inflation, and it seems likely to come from higher prices for chicken and pork. Overall food inflation could double this year, lifted by the rising costs of fuel, corn and soybeans, some ana ...  full story
Prince writing book about his concerts
Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008
NEW YORK -- Prince the musical auteur is becoming an author. 21 Nights, a "photographic essay" that offers "a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics, and mystique" of the maker of such hits as 1999 and Purple Rain, will be published worldwide come f ...  full story
Woman who fought marriage laws dies
Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008
RICHMOND, Va. -- Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday. Peggy Fortune said Loving, 68 ...  full story
Study: Fewer teens smoke if it's banned
Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008
BOSTON -- A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in commun ...  full story
FDA hears concerns about new OxyContin
Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Government advisers voiced skepticism Monday that a new version of the potent painkiller OxyContin would live up to its maker's claim of being harder to abuse. Purdue Pharma LP contends that adding a plastic-like coating to the tab ...  full story
Clinton, Obama duel over rising gas costs
Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008
DURHAM, N.C. -- Arguing about gas prices, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama strained for every last vote Monday, the eve of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries that are the biggest prizes left in their epic Democratic nomination fight. ...  full story
Bush lauds community for its tornado recovery
Published Monday, May 05, 2008
GREENSBURG, Kan. -- President Bush hailed the resilience of this town and its tiny high school graduating class Sunday, one year after a tornado barreled through with astonishing fury. Never before had Bush delivered a commencement address ...  full story
Suspect charged in officer's slaying
Published Monday, May 05, 2008
PHILADELPHIA -- One suspect was charged and a second was being sought Sunday in the killing of a police officer who was shot with an assault rifle while investigating a report of a bank robbery, police said. Levon Warner, 38, was charged with mu ...  full story
FBI says courthouse damaged by bomb
Published Monday, May 05, 2008
SAN DIEGO -- A suspected pipe bomb exploded at a federal courthouse in downtown San Diego early Sunday, damaging the front entrance and blowing out a window, authorities said. No injuries were reported. Few people were around the building, which ...  full story
Evacuees return to N.M. area hit by fire
Published Monday, May 05, 2008
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return home Sunday to two towns threatened by a wildfire that destroyed 59 houses as crews continued working to complete containment lines. Light wind blew through the area Sunday, a welc ...  full story
Bush wedding to be a very private affair
Published Monday, May 05, 2008
CRAWFORD -- Saturday's wedding of 26-year-old Jenna Bush, one of President and Laura Bush's twin daughters, will not be televised. Amid the spring wildflowers on the president's 1,600-acre Prairie Chapel Ranch, it will be a private affair. Extremely ...  full story
Teller: Gunman kept others from helping
Published Monday, May 05, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS -- A pregnant bank teller who lost the twins she was carrying after being shot during a holdup choked back tears as she recalled lying on the bank's floor, bleeding and pleading for help, as the gunman demanded money from her co-workers. ...  full story
Measure has fake weapons under fire
Published Sunday, May 04, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Concerns that realistic-looking toy weapons are confusing police and threatening safety have led 15 states to try going beyond gun control and cracking down on fake firearms. Officer Micheal Hoover knows a fair amount about g ...  full story
Man wants name to be 'In God We Trust'
Published Sunday, May 04, 2008
ZION, Ill. -- Steve Kreuscher wants a judge to allow him to legally change his name. He wants to be known as "In God We Trust." Kreuscher (CROY'-shir) says the new name would symbolize the help God gave him through tough times. The 57-year- ...  full story
Smoking ban snuffs out pipe gathering
Published Sunday, May 04, 2008
ST. CHARLES, Ill. -- There will be no indoor smoking at a large convention for pipe smokers in Illinois. A new Illinois law bans smoking in public places. That's taken some of the steam out of this weekend's Chicagoland International Pipe & ...  full story
Buffett rebuffs bid to remove dams
Published Sunday, May 04, 2008
OMAHA, Neb. -- American Indian tribes and salmon fishermen were rebuffed a second time Saturday in their bid to win support from billionaire Warren Buffett for a proposal to remove four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River. Buffett again to ...  full story
Study: Most black kids can't swim
Published Sunday, May 04, 2008
NEW YORK -- Nearly 60 percent of African-American children can't swim, almost twice the figure for white children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw ...  full story
Some cross the border often
Published Sunday, May 04, 2008
EL PASO -- Josefa Gonzalez Loya has sneaked across the Mexican border at least 128 times in the past eight years. And each time, the Border Patrol has been nice enough to give her a lift home. Gonzalez and a group of other women and childr ...  full story
Fire burns nearly 60 homes, officials say
Published Sunday, May 04, 2008
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Firefighters worked in cooler, calmer weather Saturday to clear lines around a blaze that has burned nearly 60 homes and more than 20 square miles in the mountains of central New Mexico. Authorities were able to confirm Satu ...  full story
Death toll rises in Ark. tornado
Published Sunday, May 04, 2008
DAMASCUS, Ark. -- Smoke rose from burning heaps of wreckage Saturday as residents of rural Arkansas cleaned up what was left of their homes after deadly tornadoes scoured a state that has been plagued by severe weather this year. All that ...  full story
Economy shows resilience
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The economy showed off unexpected signs of resilience Friday as job losses slowed, the dollar gained a bit of muscle for a change and there were even indications that food prices may be easing. The unemployment rate dipped, though ...  full story
Fed plan aimed at 'unfair' practices
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end "unfair and deceptive" credit card industry practices assailing consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad economy. The proposed rules would be ...  full story
Twisters tear up parts of 4 states
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
DAMASCUS, Ark. -- Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as sh ...  full story
Colleges allowing coed dorm living
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
Michelle Garcia and Erik Youngdahl share a dorm room at Connecticut's Wesleyan University. But they say there's no funny business going on. Really. They mean it. They have set up their beds side by side like Lucy and Ricky in I Love Lucy, ...  full story
Bush asks for money to defend Europe
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has pushed Congress on $20 million for military aid to Poland as it seeks to complete a missile defense deal. The administration wants to build a European missile shield that would include a radar installati ...  full story
Forecast for Arctic isn't optimistic
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Arctic will remain on thinning ice, and climate warming is expected to also begin affecting the Antarctic, scientists said Friday. "The long-term prognosis is not very optimistic," atmospheric scientist Jennifer Francis of Rutg ...  full story
House to consider housing package
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Democrats, working to build Republican support for a broad homeowner rescue plan, will pair the bill next week with several housing measures President Bush has demanded. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said combining Bush's wish list w ...  full story
Videos thrown out in Fla. explosives trial
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
TAMPA, Fla. -- An Egyptian college student facing federal explosives charges won a victory Friday when a judge threw out some videos considered by prosecutors to be key evidence in his trial next week. Videos of armed rockets found on Youssef Sa ...  full story
Doctors to reassess guidelines on 'chronic Lyme' disease cure
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Patients who believe they suffer long-term problems from Lyme disease are claiming victory over a national doctors group. The Infectious Diseases Society of America has agreed to review its guidelines, which say there's ...  full story
Minnesota OKs deal over bridge collapse
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota lawmakers reached an agreement on a $38 million compensation package for victims of a deadly bridge collapse, culminating months of work to provide relief beyond the state's legal liability. The deal struck in a join ...  full story
Scandal at Okla. college prompts some to leave
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
TULSA, Okla. -- As Oral Roberts University prepares to hand out diplomas to its Class of 2008, Anna Siebring, a junior, will be mailing out applications to transfer to another school. Siebring, a government major, is among many students ha ...  full story
More moms breast-feeding
Published Saturday, May 03, 2008
ATLANTA -- More than 3 out of 4 new moms now breast-feed their infants, the highest rate in the U.S. in at least 20 years, according to a a government report released Wednesday. About 77 percent of new mothers breast-feed, at least briefly ...  full story
 

 
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