GOP puts Obama on defense for a bit

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HEALTH

Report: Suspect described killings in package to University of Colorado

DENVER (AP) - The university once attended by a man accused of killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater confirmed on Wednesday that it received a suspicious package two days earlier that was turned over to authorities, but it wouldn't confirm its contents or sender. The University of Colorado, Denver said the U.S. Postal Service delivered the package to its medical ...

Many drugs remain legal that can give users high after 'bath salts' ban

Skydiver Fearless Felix jumps from 18 miles up

New Tonto, familiar feelings for Native Americans

Fear prompts gun sales, panic after massacre

Wal-Mart sued by disabled over payment machines

Romney seeks independent probe of White House national security leaks

Federal report shows Obama’s proposal to allow young illegals to stay could cost $585M

'Medical Center' TV series star Chad Everett dies at 75

Developer of loved-and-loathed home treadmill dies

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TAXES

Sherman Hemsley of TV's "The Jeffersons" dies at 74

Alleged shooter was surrounded by brain experts

Neighbor sours on property sale to Vt. governor

Letters to NYC mayor test positive for ricin

Obama preparing to name Comey to FBI

Chance for sibling 1st at National Spelling Bee

Controversies add to Obama's frustrations

Train explosion caused by chemical cargo

Nation news briefs

$1M BAIL FOR MAN ACCUSED IN BABY-FREEZER CASE: TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Bail was set at $1 million Tuesday for a 25-year-old Washington man accused of putting his 6-week-old daughter in a 10-degree freezer for about an hour to stop her crying.

Looking to IRS scandal for momentum

Twister debris would create mile-high pile

7 charged in $6B online money laundering

Healthy quintuplets born in Salt Lake

Nation news briefs

CUSTOMERS SETTLE BILLS FORGOTTEN IN BOSTON BLASTS: BOSTON (AP) - Amid the chaos and fear in the moments after the Boston Marathon explosions, many restaurant customers fled without settling their tabs.

Mass. paid welfare benefits to the dead

Man who disrupted flight says he's bipolar

Americans gather to honor fallen soldiers

ATLANTA (AP) - Americans gathered at memorials, museums and monuments and the president laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery to honor fallen service members on Memorial Day, as combat in Afghanistan approaches 12 years and the ranks of World War II veterans dwindle.