Feds: NJ mail carrier distributed cocaine packages along her daily delivery route

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A mail carrier used her daily route to move cocaine shipments in falsely addressed packages on behalf of a drug trafficking organization based in Puerto Rico, federal authorities said Tuesday.

NY probes growing energy drink industry

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - High-octane energy drinks including 5-Hour Energy and Monster that promise healthy bursts of energy are getting pulled over in New York.

Choreographed conventions: Is something lost?

GOP convention gets rowdy in rift over Ron Paul backers’ fight over rules

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FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S CAREER LANDING IN GUINNESS BOOK: HONOLULU (AP) - A flight attendant is landing in the Guinness World Records book after spending 63 years moving about the cabin.

Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in Louisiana

Ann Romney says her husband will lift up America

Wis. gov touts recall win at convention

It’s official: Mitt Romney gains Republicans’ nod for president

Photos scrutinized in Alaska bear mauling probe

Teen pot use linked to later declines in IQ

Man killed while trying to create Bigfoot sighting

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - A man dressed in a military-style "ghillie" suit and apparently trying to provoke reports of a Bigfoot sighting in northwest Montana was struck by two cars and killed, authorities said. The man was standing in the right-hand lane of U.S. Highway 93 south of Kalispell on Sunday night when he was hit by the first car, according to ...

GOP convention protests in Tampa muted, small in stark contrast to 2008

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MEXICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT STEPS INTO US MURDER CASE: McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Mexico's president-elect asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to evaluate the murder case of a Mexican woman who was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the death of a Texas boy.

Utah NBC affiliate won't air TV show about gay couple

Gay discrimination alleged over wedding cake

Teacher accused of taping student to chair

North Fla. county to allow atheist monument

McDonald's courts night owls with breakfast items

Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington dies in crash

Whistleblowers say agency casts wide net

IRS: So sorry for lavish conference

Senate defeats college student loan plans

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NC WOMAN'S SPIN ON 'PRICE IS RIGHT' LEADS TO PLEA: FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A U.S. Postal Service employee from eastern North Carolina who was seen spinning the Big Wheel on TV's "The Price is Right" even though she had said she could not deliver the mail has pleaded guilty to workers compensation fraud.

Churches split on Scouts' welcoming of gay youth

Committee passes bill on sexual assaults

Building being torn down collapses, killing 1

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RUNNER'S PAIN IS NO PULLED MUSCLE; IT'S A BABY: DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - An aspiring half-marathon runner in Minnesota attributed her unbearable back pain to a two-hour training session. A day later, she was cradling a newborn.

Widow, 84, claims $590M jackpot

Woman from wealthy NY suburb grew $3M in pot