Judges deny bid to end prison oversight

Pentagon looks to cut furlough civiliandays

Tofu? ToWhit? Senators discuss EPA email aliases

Hawaii fisherman gets up close with hungry shark

Gun control bill clears its first hurdle

ff-duty paramedic rescues man who sawed arms

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Despite solitude, burglar had taste for fine things

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BULLET HITS PHILADELPHIA SHOP WORKER'S BELT BUCKLE: PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A grocery store employee said Thursday that he is thanking God and his belt buckle for saving him from a stray bullet that smashed through the market's front door.

Obama budget hints sale of TVA utility

Phoenix area man killed wife over HIV fear

GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) - A man charged with fatally stabbing his wife and adult son in their suburban Phoenix home told investigators he carried out the killings out of a fear he had given his wife HIV from prostitutes he used to frequent and out of concern about what would become of his jobless son. Investigators said in court records that Eugene ...

Senate boost for background checks

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

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• WOMAN USED FACEBOOK TO HARASS HERSELF, COPS SAY: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A western Michigan woman is accused of creating a Facebook account to stalk herself.

Priest with history of molestation resigns

Exercise cuts kidney stone risk in women

NRA: 'Culture war' more than gun rights

Police: No crime in student mouth taping in Colorado

Climber dies in fiery fall on power tower

Utah soccer league hiring security after ref hit

PVC pipes staking mine claims killing birds

Suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma

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WITHERSPOON PLEADS NO CONTEST, FINED AFTER ARREST: ATLANTA (AP) - Reese Witherspoon pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge and paid a $100 fine after berating a state trooper in Atlanta while her husband was given a sobriety test, an embarrassing exchange caught on a dashboard camera after the usually squeaky-clean Hollywood star had what she called "one too many" glasses ...

Trooper arrest investigated after YouTube post

No breakthrough yet in Texas explosion

Flag-covered spire hoisted to WTC roof

Pot magazines same as porn?

Suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged