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WILLCOX, Ariz. (AP) -- A man fired a rifle at a southeastern Arizona high school, injuring a 17-year-old boy who was watching a baseball game, authorities said. The student suffered...

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- A driver going the wrong way on a highway crashed head-on into another car early Friday, killing three Bowling Green State University sorority sisters and...

Oil prices retreated to below $108 a barrel Friday after Saudi Arabia denied an Iranian media report of a Saudi pipeline explosion. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for...

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) -- A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new Pentagon report reveals that partial remains of some 9/11 victims were sent to a landfill after they could not be identified. The victims were among...

STEVENS PASS, Wash. (AP) -- Well-equipped and familiar with the terrain, about a dozen expert skiers were making their way through a foot-and-a half of fresh snow when an avalanche...

President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the remainder of the year as another deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes...

DICKINSON -- A high-ranking and longtime Dickinson State University staff member has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Dickinson Police Department said Friday that Doug LaPlante's body was...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The National Transportation Safety Board has sent investigators to the scene of the north Florida highway pileups that killed at least 10 people. The NTSB says...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A gauge of future economic activity rose in December, providing evidence the economy was gaining strength as the year ended. The Conference Board said today that its...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve went further than ever today to assure consumers and businesses that they'll be able to borrow cheaply well into the future. The Fed pushed...

President Barack Obama on Friday took aim at his government's own messy bureaucracy, prodding Congress to give him greater power to merge agencies and promising he would start by collapsing...

The Associated Press is reporting this morning via Twitter that Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has canceled a campaign trip to South Carolina after finishing last Tuesday in the caucuses in...