Anxiety over rover's Hollywood-style Mars landing

Wind-whipped wildfires destroy homes

Movie theater attack: Did University of Colorado drop the ball in assessment?

Ex-senator: Bathroom trip official business

Northern condescension? More than gay marriage driving Chick-fil-A flap

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Ohio teen admits to playing major role in big drug ring on Ohio high school campus

Vermont man crushed police cars with tractor

Chihuahua finds 2 girls lost in Georgia forest

NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) - A Chihuahua is being hailed as a hero after authorities say it sniffed out two girls who were lost in a Georgia forest. The girls, ages 5 and 8, disappeared Monday for a couple of hours when they were walking on trails near their neighborhood about 30 miles southwest of Atlanta. As police and firefighters began to search ...

Turlock cops find suspect at police station

TURLOCK (AP) - Turlock police didn't have to travel far to nab a man suspected of breaking into a woman's apartment. Larry Laugen, 37, was arrested Wednesday at the Turlock police station where he had gone to register as a sex offender. Police say a woman at the station pointed out Laugen, claiming he had broken into her ...

Megabus crash in Illinois; 1 dead, 3 dozen hurt

Chick-fil-A manager in NH to help gay pride fest

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - The manager of a Chick-fil-A in Nashua, N.H., is donating sandwiches to an upcoming festival celebrating gay rights.

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DRUNKEN MAN GETS INTO DOZING COUPLE'S BED: PUTNAM TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a Michigan couple got an unexpected visit from a drunken 27-year-old neighbor who wandered into their cottage and climbed into bed with them.

Judge: Peterson murder trial in jeopardy

Half of US counties now considered disaster areas due to ongoing drought

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