More Marines charged over corpse urination

Push for legalizing physician assisted suicide on agenda in half dozen states

Amish beard-cutting ringleader gets 15 years

After early start, worst of flu season may be over in US

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POPULARITY POLL: HILLARY CLINTON OUTRANKS OBAMA: HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) - Out of a job but still popular, Hillary Rodham Clinton tops President Barack Obama in a new poll.

Mexican teen shot 8 times or more at border

Christie again vetoes NJ Internet gambling

Scouts face pressure before vote on no-gays policy taking place May 20

ACLU seeks removal of school's Jesus portrait

Prosecutor moves to dismiss deer rescue charges

GREENSBURG, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana special prosecutor said Thursday he has submitted a motion to dismiss the misdemeanor illegal possession charges against a couple who nursed an injured white-tailed deer back to health and kept it on their farm for two years, saying he did so at the request of the state agency ...

CIA designate defends drone strikes on Americans

Southern diet, fried foods, may raise stroke risk

ATLANTA (AP) - Deep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks like sweet tea and soda were more likely to suffer a stroke, a new study finds.

Colorado theater shooting victims being harassed

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TENN. MAN QUITS JOB AFTER '666' STAMPED ON W-2: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee maintenance worker says he quit his job because his W-2 tax form was stamped with the number 666.

Internet cat stars scratch the surface for fame

Jupiter-bound craft runs into problem

School superintendent carried gun to school

GOP weighs short-term debt limit hike

Ex-cop killed after firing at courthouse

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A retired police officer armed with an assault weapon and a handgun fired up to two dozen shots at a U.S. courthouse in West Virginia on Wednesday before police returned fire and killed him, authorities said.

Expert: Mom, baby deaths put TB back on the radar

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The winning battle against tuberculosis in the United States may, ironically, be part of the reason why the disease wasn't detected in a young Las Vegas mother and her baby until it was too late, experts said.

Charity to pay military death benefits

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration, scrambling to tamp down a controversy over suspended death benefits for the families of fallen troops, announced Wednesday that a charity would pick up the costs of the payments during the government shutdown.

Judge sued for returning teen to sex offender

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An anti-abortion group has sued a Texas judge who ordered a 15-year-old girl to keep living with her grandmother, even though she claimed the woman's convicted sex-offender boyfriend was making aggressive advances and that the couple was trying to force her to terminate a pregnancy.

Menu offers something new: Silence

NEW YORK (AP) - Quiet, please. Your dinner will now be served.

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2 HURT WHEN BALLOON HITS POWER LINE IN NEW MEXICO: RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) - A balloon flying in Albuquerque's International Balloon Fiesta hit a power line as it tried to land Wednesday, sending two men to the hospital with burns and injuries from a 40-foot fall, officials said.

Design blamed for health website woes

WASHINGTON (AP) - A decision by the Obama administration to require that consumers create online accounts before they can browse health overhaul insurance plans appears to have led to many of the glitches that have frustrated customers, independent experts say.

Parents accused of keeping 4 boys in filth

DENVER (AP) - A Denver couple accused of keeping four malnourished young children in a filthy apartment pleaded guilty to neglecting three other children under strikingly similar conditions in 2006, court records show.

Drug courier, 89, pleads guilty

Food bank helps furloughed workers

TUSAYAN, Ariz. (AP) - One hotel worker was called and told not to come to work. Another has seen a slowing pace of rooms needing to be cleaned. And a hotel manager has decided to shut down after renting out one room on what normally would be a busy October night.

Cop arrested in motorcycle-SUV assault case

NEW YORK (AP) - An undercover detective who investigators said was off duty when he was recorded on video pounding on an SUV as a biker rally spiraled into violence was arrested late Tuesday.

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