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MILWAUKEE -- The lawyer for a 13-year-old Florida girl who was seriously injured when she fell about 100 feet to the ground from an amusement park ride said Friday that...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The state that produced America's richest man has never taken a cut of its residents' income. Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and his father would like...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama today said a bittersweet goodbye to the energetic and fierce manager of his White House, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and elevated a quiet...

WASHINGTON - The independent panel that oversees the U.S. Postal Service has denied the agency's request to increase the cost of mailing a letter by 2 cents - to 46...

JAMESTOWN, N.D -- A Jamestown man was shot by three Jamestown police officers after threatening them with a shotgun early Sunday morning, according to the Jamestown Police Department. Jamestown Police...

A Dallas-area woman's ex-husband who fled in 1993 with their toddler has surrendered in Houston with the couple's now-20-year-old son. An attorney for Stephen Palacios Jr. of Waco contacted federal...

Farmers who sold corn to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. are being urged to respond to official letters demanding most of the money back. Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning...

NEW YORK -- The imam leading the effort to build an Islamic center and mosque near the World Trade Center site said today that a resolution to the raging debate...

ALMA, Wis. - A 53-year-old Wisconsin man drowned Saturday in the Tiffany Wildlife Refuge near here. Lawrence Ellenberger of Maiden Rock drowned at about 5:30 p.m. after he fell into...

Here are some questions and answers about influenza: Q: I got vaccinated against both seasonal and that so-called H1N1 flu last year, so why do I need vaccine this year?...

A fire that did $20,000 in damages to a northeast Arkansas home wasn't caused by an electrical problem or burning food or arson, an insurance investigator concluded. Instead, the dead...

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) -- Forget "Fore!" "Fire!" was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre blaze in Southern California. The golfer at the...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Federal officials say evacuations may be required in the U.S. if Hurricane Earl tracks too close to the East Coast. Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig...

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