Calif. defies order to turn over execution drug

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50 YEARS ON, FIRE STILL BURNS UNDERNEATH PA. TOWN: CENTRALIA, Pa. (AP) - It's an anniversary the few remaining souls who live here won't be celebrating.

2 female Army officers sue to reverse combat ban

Bus driver taking kids to Disneyland arrested

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ONE-TIME TOP CALIF. FOOTBALL PROSPECT EXONERATED : LONG BEACH (AP) - A former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by a rape conviction burst into tears Thursday as a judge threw out the charge that sent him to prison for more than five years.

Private supply ship flies by space station in critical test; docking next up on agenda

Justice Dept.: Misconduct by 2 in Stevens case

Senate rejects GOP, Dem plans on student loans; interest rates set to double on July 1

Tornado doesn't stop Kansas couple's wedding day

Senate acts to extend flood insurance program for 60 days to work out deal

GI contends Muslim faith motive for Ft Hood bomb plot

Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official

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CLINTON: US HACKED YEMENI AL-QAIDA SITES: TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida - hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen.

Phillip Phillips is the new 'American Idol'

Mom of boy locked in NJ washing machine: Wasn't me

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - The mother of a toddler who briefly got stuck inside an active washing machine at a laundromat says she and his father aren't the people seen in a surveillance video that's received millions of hits online. Sakia David said Wednesday she didn't even know about the May 11 incident until she saw the video on the news. She ...

Man convicted of starving son, dumping body

Charges dropped in ricin letters sent to Obama

School district gets bulletproof whiteboards