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Trains halted on NY's huge Long Island Rail Road

By COLLEEN LONG | Posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:14 am A fire in a Long Island Rail Road switching station knocked out train service for more than four hours Monday, leaving passengers on the nation's largest commuter rail line to contend with delays into the evening commute and beyond. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

AP IMPACT: Katrina a tale of SBA failure

By MITCH WEISS | Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 11:06 pm Five years after Hurricane Katrina, Jay Young is still haunted by the desperate voices on the other end of the telephone crying and begging for help. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

An NYC icon cries foul over proposed rival nearby

By VERENA DOBNIK | Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 10:54 pm Look at Manhattan from afar, and the first thing you notice is the Empire State Building, spiking like a needle above the carpet of skyscrapers that coats Manhattan from tip to tip. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Ammonia leak at Ala. plant sickens at least 120

By MELISSA NELSON | Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 8:00 pm An ammonia leak at a coastal Alabama chicken distribution plant sent more than 120 people to the hospital on Monday, including four patients in intensive care, and forced residents to hide in their homes while warning sirens blared. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Are the eggs sold at my supermarket safe to eat?

By STEPHANIE NANO | Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:55 pm Two large Iowa farms have recalled 550 million eggs because of possible contamination with salmonella. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Gulf residents struggle in aftermath of oil spill

By KEVIN McGILL and TOM BREEN | Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:40 pm The oil has stopped flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, and that should be a relief. » read more
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Anxiety still rampant in Katrina kids, study says

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and LINDSEY TANNER | Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:39 pm A startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems five years later, a new study found. » read more
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Prosecutors: Prison escapees, former Hammond resident, had grisly crime spree

BY TIM KORTE Associated Press Writer | Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:21 pm ALBUQUERQUE, N. » read more
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Firm to pay $52.4M in Minneapolis bridge collapse

By BRIAN BAKST | Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 3:53 pm After enduring countless surgeries and hours of court hearings, victims of the deadly 2007 Minneapolis Interstate 35W bridge collapse reached the end of their legal fight after an engineering firm agreed to pay $52. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Hearings into cause of oil spill begin in Houston

By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 9:45 am Federal investigators are hearing testimony from BP executives in a joint probe into the cause of the explosion that led to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

For Gulf tourism, problem is perception _ not oil

By NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted: Sunday, August 22, 2010 12:51 pm On the great yawning porch that once belonged to Confederate president Jefferson Davis, two women sit in rockers listening to the cicadas and looking out over Mississippi Sound as they wait for their tour to begin. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

ACLU questions 'enhanced patdown' of air travelers

Posted: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:17 pm The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is questioning the propriety of stepped-up security checkpoint procedures at airports in Boston and Las Vegas. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

GOP candidate in Conn. hammers Democrat on honesty

By SUSAN HAIGH | Posted: Saturday, August 21, 2010 8:34 pm Richard Blumenthal's words are haunting him again. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

NY candidate: Prison dorms for welfare recipients

By BETH FOUHY | Posted: Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:19 pm Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they could work in state-sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in "personal hygiene. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Rural California county seeks bailout for hospital

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ | Posted: Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:13 pm Modoc County is wedged into California's far northeastern corner, a land apart from much of the rest of the nation's most populous state. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

US golf clubs in the rough as members drop away

By JIM FITZGERALD | Posted: Saturday, August 21, 2010 11:18 am A few weeds have popped up on the fairways, and summer's heat has scorched the grass here and there, but the golf course at the Hampshire Country Club is still tidy and scenic, its little waterfall still burbling through the rocks. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Officials vow tighter scrutiny of off-road racing

By OSKAR GARCIA | Posted: Friday, August 20, 2010 6:49 pm Federal officials promised tighter scrutiny of off-road racing Friday, expanding a review of the sport run on public lands nationwide even as tricked-out trucks raced through the Nevada desert less than a week after a deadly accident in California. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Recall expands to more than half a billion eggs

Recall expands to more than half a billion eggs By Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press Writer | Posted: Friday, August 20, 2010 5:40 pm WASHINGTON | Half a billion eggs have been recalled in the nationwide investigation of a salmonella outbreak that has already sickened more than 1,000 people. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Convicted Jordan killer believes he will go free

By MIKE BAKER | Posted: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:18 pm A man convicted of killing Michael Jordan's father said in an interview Friday that he will one day walk free from prison, contending a new report on mistakes at North Carolina's crime lab shows the evidence against him is falling apart. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Billionaire Donald Bren testifies in lawsuit

By GREG RISLING | Posted: Thursday, August 19, 2010 9:09 pm Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Bren testified Thursday in the child support case brought by his two adult children, saying he was shocked when his then-lover told him decades ago that she was pregnant with their first child. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Mazda recall to cover vehicles in Asia, Europe

By KEN THOMAS | Posted: Thursday, August 19, 2010 3:23 pm Mazda Motor Corp. » read more
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Muslims pray daily at Pentagon's 9/11 crash site

By ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 5:38 pm While Americans are bitterly debating the proposed building of a mosque near New York's ground zero, Muslims have been praying for years less than 80 feet from where another hijacked jetliner struck. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

It's up to Pa. brewery to can a bottling tradition

By JOE MANDAK | Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:03 am For years, it was the way breweries did business: sell bottles, then take back the empties. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Poll: Hispanic immigrants hopeful about life in US

By NANCY BENAC and ILEANA MORALES | Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 3:23 pm Daily life for Marlen Lopez sounds anything but easy: The undocumented worker cleans offices to pay her bills and hasn't seen her 8-year-old son since she left El Salvador three years ago. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Holy month, hot days mean football nights in Mich.

By JEFF KAROUB | Posted: Monday, August 16, 2010 6:28 am Illuminated by the night lights on the football field, Adnan Restum joined a scrum of teammates at the end-zone water fountain, taking a break from a grueling preseason football workout to guzzle a drink. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Fishing legacy fades from some New England ports

By JAY LINDSAY | Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010 11:26 am Mike Secondo remembers the days when Plymouth's docks outshone its rock. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Feds, Massey dispute what caused W.Va. mine blast

By VICKI SMITH | Posted: Friday, August 13, 2010 6:51 pm A 36-foot crack in the Upper Big Branch mine isn't venting methane and didn't contribute to a blast in April that killed 29 men, a federal official said Friday, disputing a company's claim that the crack could have caused the blast. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

JetBlue flight diverted over unruly passenger

By NAFEESA SYEED | Posted: Friday, August 13, 2010 6:31 pm A JetBlue Airways flight from Boston to the Dominican Republic had to land in the Washington, D. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

JetBlue memo questions flight attendant's motive

By SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted: Friday, August 13, 2010 12:13 pm A rogue JetBlue flight attendant's explanation that an uncooperative passenger caused him to melt down and slide down a parked plane's emergency chute may not hold water, the airline says in an internal memo. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Flight attendant's grand exit is a dream for some

By SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted: Friday, August 13, 2010 9:28 am Hasn't everyone thought about doing it? » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Auction offers pieces of country for conservation

By JOHN CURRAN | Posted: Friday, August 13, 2010 4:57 am For $275, you can bid to adopt a purebred ram from Fat Rooster Farm and help its owners for a day during lambing season. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Analysis: Debate grows over keeping troops in Iraq

By LARA JAKES | Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010 2:46 pm As the U. » read more
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Money fair showcases $100,000 bills, rare coins

By RODRIQUE NGOWI | Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:28 am In an economic downturn, it might be tough to get your head around this: rare sheets of $100,000 bills, fabulous gold treasures dating back to the California Gold Rush era, rare coins including those tied to the first stirrings for America's independence and federal government securities worth more than a billion dollars. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Observing Ramadan? There's an app for that

By SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 12:28 pm The most ancient traditions of Islam are going high-tech, with a slew of modern offerings for those observing the holy month of Ramadan, which begins this week. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Obama signs emergency bill to halt teacher layoffs

Obama signs emergency bill to halt teacher layoffs By Jim Abrams Associated Press Writer | Posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 10:00 pm WASHINGTON | Summoned back from summer break, the House on Tuesday pushed through an emergency $26 billion jobs bill that Democrats said would save 300,000 teachers, police and others from election-year layoffs. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Tropical depression forms in Gulf, heads for spill

Posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:50 pm The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is headed toward the oil spill site off the coast of Louisiana. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

US govt sending ground zero mosque imam to Mideast

By MATTHEW LEE | Posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:08 pm The imam behind controversial plans for a mosque near the site of the Sept. » read more
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Captured Arizona inmate from Hammond waives extradition fight

By The Associated Press | Posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 5:00 pm CODY, Wyo. » read more
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New Orleans judge to handle most Gulf spill suits

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:32 pm A federal judge in New Orleans was picked Tuesday to preside over more than 300 lawsuits filed against BP PLC and other companies over the Gulf oil spill, in a move that should please many of the plaintiffs' lawyers and their clients. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens dies in plane crash

Official: Stevens believed aboard crashed airplane BY BECKY BOHRER Associated Press Writer | Posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:45 pm JUNEAU, Alaska | A plane carrying former Sen. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Stealth expert guilty of selling secrets to China

By MARK NIESSE | Posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 6:17 am A former B-2 bomber engineer who marketed and sold his stealth expertise to China is facing life in a federal prison following his conviction for bartering U. » read more
Keywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 08-24-2010

Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban

BY LISA LEFF Associated Press Writer | Posted: Thursday, August 5, 2010 12:00 am SAN FRANCISCO | A federal judge overturned California's gay marriage ban Wednesday with an unequivocal ruling that could eventually force the U. » read more
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Many desperate Pakistanis still wait for flood aid

By RAVI NESSMAN | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 5:31 pm Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be. » read more
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Salvadoran police find over $9M in cash in drums

Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 5:15 pm Police in El Salvador have found two buried oil drums stuffed with millions of dollars in cash possibly linked to the illegal drug trade, authorities said Saturday. » read more
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'Alive' survivors to Chilean mining kin: Be strong

By PETER PRENGAMAN | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 3:24 pm Former rugby players from Uruguay who survived more than two months of isolation in the snow-covered Andes met on Saturday with some of the relatives of 33 trapped miners and urged them to stay strong. » read more
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Thousands protest French crackdown on Gypsies

By JAMEY KEATEN | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 12:44 pm Thousands of people marched in Paris and around France on Saturday to protest expulsions of Gypsies and other new security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. » read more
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Robbers burn clothing store, 6 die in Barbados

Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 12:41 pm Robbers set a clothing store ablaze, killing at least six people in the normally peaceful capital of Barbados, police said Saturday. » read more
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