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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 ...

Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments

Colorado sheriffs sue over gun rules

Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air

OJ's ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns

Nearly 50 injured as commuter trains collide

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TRAVIS SUES TO BLOCK DWI PATROL CAR VIDEO RELEASE: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Country music star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent the release of patrol car video of his 2012 drunken-driving arrest in North Texas.

Feds propose overhaul for child care centers

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Federal health officials proposed Thursday to overhaul 500,000 child care centers across the country, beefing up safety standards including background and fingerprint checks for employees and requiring states to better monitor the facilities.

Judge lets Ariz. license policy stand

Mom in NM chases down her child’s abductor; man arrested

Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend's embryo with a pill

‘Hatchet hitchhiker' arrested in murder

Georgia governor in Bible dispute

Obama picks budget official to run IRS

Brady Campaign sues Georgia town over mandatory gun law they imposed

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TEXAS SENIOR, 18, BAGS 800-POUND RECORD ALLIGATOR : HOUSTON (AP) - A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator - the heaviest ever certified in Texas - on his first alligator hunt.

Obama tries to regain control amid controversies