Man sentenced in Grand Canyon child abuse

F-22 oxygen problem worse than thought

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DEMS: OBAMA COULD LOSE, DONORS BETTER GET MOVING: WASHINGTON (AP) - In growing numbers, once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election.

10,000 germ species live in and on healthy people

Bishops press religious-freedom fight with gov't

Most every day is Flag Day for Philly seamstresses

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NJ YACHT HOAX RESPONSE COST MORE THAN $300,000: NEW YORK (AP) - Rescue officials say a search operation after a fake report of a yacht explosion off the New Jersey coast cost agencies including the Coast Guard more than $300,000 and took about five hours.

Smoke from wildfire 60 miles away blankets Denver ‘ 100 structures burned

Average price of 4-year university up 15 percent

Tanned NJ woman's salon is fined for overexposure

Face-chewing victim 'awake and alert'

KKK group aims to adopt highway in Georgia for litter control; state balking

Sheriff: Man writing book on kindness shot while hitchhiking across Montana

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HAWAII TELESCOPE SEES WHAT COULD BE OLDEST GALAXY: HONOLULU (AP) - A team of Japanese astronomers using telescopes on Hawaii say they've seen the oldest galaxy, a discovery that's competing with other "earliest galaxy" claims.

Don’t cuss unless you can pay the fine: Town weighs $20 fines for public swearing

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Officials fed up with public swearing in one town say that forcing the potty-mouthed to pay up might be the right antidote. Residents attending town meeting in Middleborough on Monday night were scheduled to vote on whether to impose a $20 fine for public swearing. Officials insist the proposal, offered by the town's police chief, is not intended ...

Deadly Oklahoma tornado widest on record

Land dispute to blame for missing Marine

NY boy, 10, grabs home intruder's gun, shoots wall

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NM PROF: 'OBESE' GRAD APPLICANTS LACK 'WILLPOWER' : ALBUQUEQUE, N.M. (AP) - A University of New Mexico psychology professor is under fire after he tweeted that people battling obesity don't have the willpower to finish doctorate degrees.

Foreclosure auction scam crack down

HPV a growing cause of upper throat cancer

Jury finds for Ohio Catholic school teacher fired after becoming pregnant

New US-Mexico border crossing stalls

Trade winds drop, Hawaii gets muggy

Fort Hood suspect to represent himself

Man hunting for pythons finds mysterious jewelry

White House promises veto of GOP spending plan

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LAW CHANGE KILLS GERMANY'S LONGEST WORD: BERLIN (AP) - A tweak to state laws in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to conform with current EU regulations has caused an unexpected casualty: the longest word in the German language.

Scott Weiland sues over his Stone Temple Pilots ouster

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scott Weiland has countersued his former band mates in Stone Temple Pilots claiming they had no right to expel him and shouldn't be allowed to perform with a new lead singer. Weiland's suit was filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, one week after his former collaborators sued to get him to stop using the band's music in solo performances. The singer's case claims the three other members of Stone Temple ...

Prosecutor: Manning aided enemy