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Jason Bonham answered a 911 call at the Hancock County, Indiana dispatch. On the line was a 5-year-old named Savannah Hensley who reported that her father had trouble breathing. An...

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer prices rose less than expected in January while prices excluding food and energy actually fell, something that hasn't happened in more than a quarter-century. The Labor...

GENEVA (AP) -- Iranian authorities are considering a request by the families of three detained American hikers to visit them in prison, Iran's top human rights official said today. Mohammad...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks rose sharply early today following upbeat earnings reports and a fresh round of corporate dealmaking. European markets also rose following new plans by European Union...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Toyota said today it plans to idle production temporarily at assembly plants in Texas and Kentucky while it grapples with massive recalls in the United States. Toyota...

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities in Washington state plan to resume rescue efforts for a climber who fell into the crater at Mount St.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama, defending his economic stimulus plan on its first anniversary, is dispatching his Cabinet across the country to try to calm an anxious public as...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's doctor planned to seek his day in court today -- whether or not he's been charged in the singer's death. After waiting all week...

OXBOW, N.D. - A rollover on Interstate 29 in southeast North Dakota has killed a Minnesota woman. The Highway Patrol did not immediately identify the 93-year-old woman from Akeley, Minn.,...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A storm that toppled power lines, closed major highways and buried parts of the southern Plains in heavy ice and snow began moving into the South...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann says she started the year with $1 million in the bank for her re-election campaign in Minnesota's 6th District. That puts...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy grew faster than expected at the end of last year, though the engine of that growth -- companies replenishing stockpiles -- is likely to weaken...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wages and benefits paid to U.S. workers posted a modest gain in the fourth quarter, ending a year in which recession-battered workers saw their compensation rise by...

CENTRAL, S.C. (AP) -- Well, at least there won't be any hecklers. The bleachers will be barren Friday at a high school basketball doubleheader between two rivals in northwestern South...