Gunman holding firefighters killed; 4 hostages OK

Senate plan to stiffen border security

Maine hermit living in wild for 27 years arrested

Spending cuts, higher smokers' taxes

Medication: Study shows antibiotic overuse

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DEVICE TO SCARE BIRDS CAUSES GUARD BASE LOCKDOWN: JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - After a report of gunfire, Air National Guard officials locked down a Mississippi base on Wednesday, but the noise thought to be shots turned out to be a device used to scare birds away from an airport runway, authorities said.

Obama to nominate package of labor board members

Judge undecided whether Anthony's story can be sold

Student arrested in college stabbing attacks

FBI investigating recording of McConnell talks; GOP leader likens it to Watergate tactics

Teens jump from runaway car on Va. highway

MINT SPRING, Va. (AP) - Two teens leapt from a speeding car with malfunctioning brakes in Virginia on Tuesday before a state trooper used his patrol car to force it into an interstate highway guardrail. The car's passenger and the Virginia State Police sergeant who stopped the vehicle were taken to the hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. <p style="line-height: 18pt; ...

Nevada jury awards $500M in hepatitis case

Showdown gun control vote set Thursday

Budget cuts ground military aircraft

Cuba to turn over Florida couple and their children

Possible 9/11 plane landing gear part found in New York

Fired Oregon officer: Alcoholism is disability

Controllers to return; flight delays sway Congress

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Obama backs Planned Parenthood in political fight

Student's prom dress is one of a kind

Boston bomb suspect moved