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Fargo on brink of declaring victory in flood fight
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The approaching crest of the Red River was being met Sunday with more shrugs than white knuckles, as Fargo residents walked their dogs and went to church instead of sandbagging and escaping to higher ground....
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The approaching crest of the Red River was being met Sunday with more shrugs than white knuckles, as Fargo residents walked their dogs and went to church instead of sandbagging and escaping to higher ground....
Thousands rally for immigration reform in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Immigrant rights supporters from around the country are rallying for immigration reform on the National Mall....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Immigrant rights supporters from around the country are rallying for immigration reform on the National Mall....
More snow falling in Okla., Ark. spring blizzard
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- More snow was falling Sunday as part of a powerful storm blowing through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the first weekend of spring....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- More snow was falling Sunday as part of a powerful storm blowing through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the first weekend of spring....
Giant bluestone sculpture for sale in Catskills
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. (AP) -- Harvey Fite spent 37 years turning an abandoned bluestone quarry in the Catskill Mountains into a strange and striking landscape sculpture. Visitors to Opus 40 walk through rock-wall mazes that swirl around a 9-ton monolith looming in the center like a Stone Age exclamation mark....
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. (AP) -- Harvey Fite spent 37 years turning an abandoned bluestone quarry in the Catskill Mountains into a strange and striking landscape sculpture. Visitors to Opus 40 walk through rock-wall mazes that swirl around a 9-ton monolith looming in the center like a Stone Age exclamation mark....
Snowmobiles, ATVs, lobster boats used for census
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Census workers are using snowmobiles, airplanes, all-terrain vehicles - even lobster boats - to visit the most far-flung, hidden-away dwellings when counting the nation's populace....
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Census workers are using snowmobiles, airplanes, all-terrain vehicles - even lobster boats - to visit the most far-flung, hidden-away dwellings when counting the nation's populace....
2 Baltimore officers shot during traffic stop
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Two police officers who had pulled over a suspicious vehicle were shot and wounded by the driver, and the suspect was killed when the officers returned fire, Baltimore police said Sunday....
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Two police officers who had pulled over a suspicious vehicle were shot and wounded by the driver, and the suspect was killed when the officers returned fire, Baltimore police said Sunday....
Former Interior Secretary Udall dies at age 90
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Stewart Udall, an elder in a famed political family who led the Interior Department as it promoted an expansion of public lands and helped win passage of major environmental laws, has died at the age of 90....
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Stewart Udall, an elder in a famed political family who led the Interior Department as it promoted an expansion of public lands and helped win passage of major environmental laws, has died at the age of 90....
Clinton pokes fun at Dems, GOP and himself
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton poked fun at Republicans, Democrats, his own health and his audience of reporters Saturday night, telling the Gridiron Club's annual dinner he was there because "I really didn't have anything much better to do tonight."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton poked fun at Republicans, Democrats, his own health and his audience of reporters Saturday night, telling the Gridiron Club's annual dinner he was there because "I really didn't have anything much better to do tonight."...
Thousands rally to pull troops from 2 war zones
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of protesters - many directing their anger squarely at President Barack Obama - marched through the nation's capital Saturday to urge immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of protesters - many directing their anger squarely at President Barack Obama - marched through the nation's capital Saturday to urge immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan....
Struggling town turns out to bury fallen soldier
COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Residents from the small communities just outside the mountains of Glacier National Park buried one of their own Saturday, a young soldier from Hungry Horse killed by Afghan insurgents earlier this month....
COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Residents from the small communities just outside the mountains of Glacier National Park buried one of their own Saturday, a young soldier from Hungry Horse killed by Afghan insurgents earlier this month....
Large brush fire burning in southern NJ
BARNEGAT, N.J. (AP) -- A large brush fire has burned about 100 acres in southern New Jersey....
BARNEGAT, N.J. (AP) -- A large brush fire has burned about 100 acres in southern New Jersey....
SoCal restaurant accused of serving whale closes
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Santa Monica sushi restaurant accused of serving illegal and endangered whale meat is closing its doors....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Santa Monica sushi restaurant accused of serving illegal and endangered whale meat is closing its doors....
New threat puts Calif. police on heightened alert
HEMET, Calif. (AP) -- The tense atmosphere surrounding a California police department plagued by booby trap attacks has been stepped up a notch following the latest threat against officers....
HEMET, Calif. (AP) -- The tense atmosphere surrounding a California police department plagued by booby trap attacks has been stepped up a notch following the latest threat against officers....
Boy Scouts sex abuse files now evidence in lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America call them "perversion files," internal documents used to track Scout leaders suspected of sexually abusing young boys....
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America call them "perversion files," internal documents used to track Scout leaders suspected of sexually abusing young boys....
Texas church bans child's photograph of Passion
DALLAS (AP) -- Some find Jackson Potts II's photograph of a nightstick-wielding policeman beating a fallen, bleeding child violent and offensive, conjuring images of police brutality and child abuse....
DALLAS (AP) -- Some find Jackson Potts II's photograph of a nightstick-wielding policeman beating a fallen, bleeding child violent and offensive, conjuring images of police brutality and child abuse....
Former press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson dies
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Liz Carpenter, an author and former press secretary to first lady Lady Bird Johnson, died Saturday at an Austin hospital after contracting pneumonia earlier in the week, said her daughter, Christy Carpenter. Carpenter was 89....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Liz Carpenter, an author and former press secretary to first lady Lady Bird Johnson, died Saturday at an Austin hospital after contracting pneumonia earlier in the week, said her daughter, Christy Carpenter. Carpenter was 89....
3 killed after small planes collide over Fla.
WILLISTON, Fla. (AP) -- A single-engine plane and a kit-built aircraft collided in clear, sunny skies Saturday over central Florida, killing three people, authorities said....
WILLISTON, Fla. (AP) -- A single-engine plane and a kit-built aircraft collided in clear, sunny skies Saturday over central Florida, killing three people, authorities said....
Black support high for Obama's race-neutral stance
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- In this banking center walloped by the Great Recession, where unemployment just hit a 20-year high and as many as one in three black people are out of work, blacks could easily be frustrated with President Barack Obama's insistence that a rising economic tide for all will lift African-American boats....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- In this banking center walloped by the Great Recession, where unemployment just hit a 20-year high and as many as one in three black people are out of work, blacks could easily be frustrated with President Barack Obama's insistence that a rising economic tide for all will lift African-American boats....
California traffic citation fees at a glance
Fees paid by California drivers for traffic citations in addition to the base fine:...
Fees paid by California drivers for traffic citations in addition to the base fine:...
Tight for cash, governments raise traffic fees
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shomari Jennings was willing to pay the $70 ticket he received for driving without a seatbelt, but not the slew of tacked-on fees and penalties that ballooned the cost more than tenfold....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shomari Jennings was willing to pay the $70 ticket he received for driving without a seatbelt, but not the slew of tacked-on fees and penalties that ballooned the cost more than tenfold....
Colombian narco-terrorist gets 20 years
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former leader in the Colombian guerrilla group FARC has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former leader in the Colombian guerrilla group FARC has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison....
Man wanted for Detroit slayings nabbed near LA
DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. Marshals using information from Detroit police have arrested in California a man wanted in a double slaying reported by the 8-year-old daughter of one of the victims....
DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. Marshals using information from Detroit police have arrested in California a man wanted in a double slaying reported by the 8-year-old daughter of one of the victims....
Expected Red crest down another half-foot at Fargo
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The projected crest of the Red River at Fargo, N.D., has dropped another half-foot....
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The projected crest of the Red River at Fargo, N.D., has dropped another half-foot....
Va. Tech police say threats do not pose danger
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech police are saying that a person sending threatening e-mails and Internet posts is not a danger to the university's campus....
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech police are saying that a person sending threatening e-mails and Internet posts is not a danger to the university's campus....
Bloated lake haunts North Dakota town again
KATHRYN, N.D. (AP) -- Almost a year after worried authorities went door to door warning residents to flee as water carved through a nearby dam, this tiny North Dakota town is facing the possibility of having to evacuate again because of flooding....
KATHRYN, N.D. (AP) -- Almost a year after worried authorities went door to door warning residents to flee as water carved through a nearby dam, this tiny North Dakota town is facing the possibility of having to evacuate again because of flooding....
The nation's weather
A major storm was expected to strengthen over the South on Saturday, pulling in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and contributing to a system that could drop 2 to 5 inches of snow on Oklahoma and northern Texas....
A major storm was expected to strengthen over the South on Saturday, pulling in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and contributing to a system that could drop 2 to 5 inches of snow on Oklahoma and northern Texas....
Hundreds vow to finish Chelsea King's SoCal run
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- More than 250 people are expected at a San Diego park where 17-year-old murder victim Chelsea King was attacked in a tribute that's being called "Finish Chelsea's Run."...
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- More than 250 people are expected at a San Diego park where 17-year-old murder victim Chelsea King was attacked in a tribute that's being called "Finish Chelsea's Run."...
NYC cops sorry for pounding couple's door 50 times
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cheesecake in hand, the police commissioner personally apologized Friday for the 50 or so mistaken, door-pounding visits that police have made to the home of a bewildered elderly Brooklyn couple in the past eight years....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cheesecake in hand, the police commissioner personally apologized Friday for the 50 or so mistaken, door-pounding visits that police have made to the home of a bewildered elderly Brooklyn couple in the past eight years....
7th anniversary of Iraq War passes, little noticed
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- It was a day like any other day - except that it was the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. And, for the most part, that was forgotten....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- It was a day like any other day - except that it was the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. And, for the most part, that was forgotten....
Chief: SD Police followed rules in AF sgt's outing
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Rapid City's police chief said in a report released Friday that he regrets his department's outing of a lesbian Air Force sergeant led to her military discharge, but that his officers followed department protocol....
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Rapid City's police chief said in a report released Friday that he regrets his department's outing of a lesbian Air Force sergeant led to her military discharge, but that his officers followed department protocol....
Medical examiner: Boy found on Wash. beach drowned
SEATTLE (AP) -- A day after a boy's body was found on an island beach in Puget Sound, authorities searched unsuccessfully for his missing mother....
SEATTLE (AP) -- A day after a boy's body was found on an island beach in Puget Sound, authorities searched unsuccessfully for his missing mother....
Member of Texas polygamist sect sentenced 75 years
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) -- The latest member of a polygamist group whose sprawling West Texas ranch was raided in 2008 has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for sexual assault of a child....
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) -- The latest member of a polygamist group whose sprawling West Texas ranch was raided in 2008 has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for sexual assault of a child....
Arizona state employee fired over jaguar capture
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Game and Fish Department has fired an employee based on results of an internal investigation into the capture and death of what was the only known wild jaguar in the U.S....
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Game and Fish Department has fired an employee based on results of an internal investigation into the capture and death of what was the only known wild jaguar in the U.S....
Nevada wild-horse roundup death toll rises
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Activists in Nevada are questioning the rising death toll from a government roundup of wild horses from the range north of Reno....
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Activists in Nevada are questioning the rising death toll from a government roundup of wild horses from the range north of Reno....
Ind. man sentenced for 1985 killing of Calif. mom
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- An Indiana man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in California prison for the 1985 murder of a single mother in Anaheim....
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- An Indiana man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in California prison for the 1985 murder of a single mother in Anaheim....
Skydiver dies in Florida after parachute problems
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- A man died while skydiving in Florida after authorities say he had problems with his parachute....
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- A man died while skydiving in Florida after authorities say he had problems with his parachute....
Car collides with NJ school bus; Camry driver dies
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. (AP) -- A car has collided head-on with a school bus in central New Jersey, killing the car's driver and wounding three people, including two high school students....
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. (AP) -- A car has collided head-on with a school bus in central New Jersey, killing the car's driver and wounding three people, including two high school students....
Charges filed against Utah man in kidnapping case
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A 31-year-old man who allegedly held his girlfriend against her will in a Utah apartment for three weeks has been charged....
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A 31-year-old man who allegedly held his girlfriend against her will in a Utah apartment for three weeks has been charged....
Man pleads not guilty to Calif. movie stabbing
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) -- A Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to stabbing a moviegoer in the neck with a meat thermometer during a screening of the film "Shutter Island."...
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) -- A Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to stabbing a moviegoer in the neck with a meat thermometer during a screening of the film "Shutter Island."...
Texas gov. gives copy of pardon to man's family
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The family of a Texas man who died while imprisoned for a rape he didn't commit cried and hugged at his graveside Friday with a framed copy of the state's first posthumous pardon - a document that finally proves his innocence....
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The family of a Texas man who died while imprisoned for a rape he didn't commit cried and hugged at his graveside Friday with a framed copy of the state's first posthumous pardon - a document that finally proves his innocence....
Report: Nurse assistants rehired after misconduct
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A state Senate report released Friday said nurse assistants who lost their certification over abuse, negligence or theft in nursing homes were able to go to work as caregivers in assisted living facilities because of a computer tracking loophole....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A state Senate report released Friday said nurse assistants who lost their certification over abuse, negligence or theft in nursing homes were able to go to work as caregivers in assisted living facilities because of a computer tracking loophole....
Evidence found rotting in closed police department
CHICAGO (AP) -- A suburban police department left behind a roomful of evidence when it closed two years ago - including a moldy sexual assault kit that authorities said linked a man to the 2006 rape of a 13-year-old girl, nearly 200 guns and hundreds of bags of narcotics, officials said Friday....
CHICAGO (AP) -- A suburban police department left behind a roomful of evidence when it closed two years ago - including a moldy sexual assault kit that authorities said linked a man to the 2006 rape of a 13-year-old girl, nearly 200 guns and hundreds of bags of narcotics, officials said Friday....
DA: Utah officer justified in standoff shooting
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Prosecutors say a police officer was justified in firing his gun during a standoff with a Utah man who worked as an undercover informant during an investigation into American Indian artifact looting....
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Prosecutors say a police officer was justified in firing his gun during a standoff with a Utah man who worked as an undercover informant during an investigation into American Indian artifact looting....
Wash. man charged in ex-wife's killing at church
SEATTLE (AP) -- A Washington man accused of shooting his ex-wife to death during a counseling session at a Federal Way church has been charged with first-degree murder....
SEATTLE (AP) -- A Washington man accused of shooting his ex-wife to death during a counseling session at a Federal Way church has been charged with first-degree murder....
APNewsBreak: Calif boosts sex offender tracking
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California parole officials said Friday they have ordered increased monitoring of all sex offenders after recent high-profile lapses, most notably in the case of a young woman who was held captive for 18 years by a convicted rapist....
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California parole officials said Friday they have ordered increased monitoring of all sex offenders after recent high-profile lapses, most notably in the case of a young woman who was held captive for 18 years by a convicted rapist....
185 drug cases dropped after Camden police probe
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Charges have been dropped or convictions vacated in 185 drug cases in one of the nation's most crime-ridden cities because information gathered in a criminal investigation of five police city officers suggests evidence could have been tainted, a prosecutor announced Friday....
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Charges have been dropped or convictions vacated in 185 drug cases in one of the nation's most crime-ridden cities because information gathered in a criminal investigation of five police city officers suggests evidence could have been tainted, a prosecutor announced Friday....
American released from Myanmar returns to US soil
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) -- A pro-democracy activist jailed for months in Myanmar after trying to visit his sick mother in prison arrived home in the United States on Friday, capping weeks of discussions between the ruling military junta and the U.S. State Department....
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) -- A pro-democracy activist jailed for months in Myanmar after trying to visit his sick mother in prison arrived home in the United States on Friday, capping weeks of discussions between the ruling military junta and the U.S. State Department....
580 pounds of pot seized at Calif.-Ariz. border
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) -- U.S. Border Patrol agents say they seized 45 bundles of marijuana found inside a tractor-trailer at the Arizona-California border....
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) -- U.S. Border Patrol agents say they seized 45 bundles of marijuana found inside a tractor-trailer at the Arizona-California border....
Suspect in teen murder had run-ins with police
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A convicted sex offender charged with murdering a 17-year-old California girl was repeatedly fined for drug and driving offenses following his 2005 release from prison - once while driving a car similar to one later used during an attempted child kidnapping, records show....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A convicted sex offender charged with murdering a 17-year-old California girl was repeatedly fined for drug and driving offenses following his 2005 release from prison - once while driving a car similar to one later used during an attempted child kidnapping, records show....
LA thief steals truck as 5-year-old sleeps inside
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California authorities say a thief in the Hollywood Hills stole a truck with a 5-year-old boy sleeping inside but the child was found safely soon after....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California authorities say a thief in the Hollywood Hills stole a truck with a 5-year-old boy sleeping inside but the child was found safely soon after....
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