Quakes shake loose fears about Yellowstone volcano
By MEAD GRUVER
Associated Press Writer
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Run for your lives ... Yellowstone's going to explode!
Hundreds of small earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park in recent weeks have been an unsettling reminder for some people ...
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US strike kills 2 key al-Qaida operatives
By PAMELA HESS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. strike inside Pakistan's tribal region has killed two Kenyans said to be among al-Qaida's top operatives on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list, a U.S. counterterrorism official said.
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Rifts show as Obama urges quick action on stimulus
By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are under orders to finish action on President-elect Barack Obama's nearly $800 billion economic recovery plan by mid-February. But already it is plain that a set of seriou ...
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Union soldier's bones found at Md. Civil War site
By DAVID DISHNEAU
Associated Press Writer
SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) -- Cutting through a cornfield where soldiers were literally blown to bits on the bloodiest day of the Civil War, a hiker spied something near a groundhog hole: fragments of bone a ...
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Police: Teen planning school shooting in custody
BREVARD, N.C. (AP) -- A teenager who authorities say was plotting to "shoot up" a North Carolina high school is in custody because of a tip from a teen who chatted with the suspect online, investigators said Thursday.
Investigators took a 15-year ...
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Illinois House on verge of impeaching Blagojevich
By CHRISTOPHER WILLS
Associated Press Writer
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich faces almost certain impeachment by the Illinois House, a historic step that would trigger a trial to determine whether the Democratic governor should ...
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Quake rattles Southern Calif.; no damage reported
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- A moderate earthquake rattled much of Southern California on Thursday, with shaking felt from north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border. No damage or injuries were reported.
The U.S. Geological Survey measure ...
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Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says
By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
ATLANTA (AP) -- Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new federal report says.
Mississippi's rate was more than 60 percent high ...
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Stores' dismal December means prices should fall
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dismal sales figures for the holiday shopping season are probably a sign of worse to come for merchants in 2009 -- not only more sharp discounts and cheaper groceries but probably fewer sto ...
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Obama names Virginia Gov. Kaine new DNC chief
By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama named Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine the next Democratic National Committee chairman on Thursday, pledging that the party would reflect their shared "pragmatic, progres ...
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Health secretary pick seeks health care overhaul
By KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tom Daschle told former Senate colleagues on Thursday that as health secretary he would learn from former President Bill Clinton's failed attempt to overhaul health care, an effort cri ...
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Obama: Congress must act boldly and now on economy
By DAVID ESPO and JENNIFER LOVEN
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama implored Congress to "act boldly and act now" on Thursday to fix an economy growing perilously weaker, and leading lawmakers set an info ...
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Obama plans to overhaul counterterrorism apparatus
By EILEEN SULLIVAN and PAMELA HESS
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama is considering dissolving a White House-based homeland security panel created in the wake of 9/11 and will restructure counterterroris ...
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Smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks
By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
ATLANTA (AP) -- A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations within three years, a sign of just how serious a health threat secondhand smoke is, government researche ...
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New jobless claims drop unexpectedly
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week while the number of people continuing to seek aid rose sharply, the government said Thursday.
The Labor Department report ...
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Obama warns of dire consequences without stimulus
By JENNIFER LOVEN
AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that the nation's recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump unprecedented sums from Washington into the U.S. eco ...
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Wildfires trigger evacuations near Boulder, Colo.
By JUDITH KOHLER
Associated Press Writer
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Wind-driven wildfires swept across Boulder County grasslands Wednesday, destroying at least four structures and prompting mandatory evacuations of almost 900 homes.
Officials sa ...
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Fatal Calif. train station shooting sparks anger
By TERRY COLLINS
Associated Press Writer
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night with windows broken, fires set and train stations clos ...
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Ore. teens largely ignoring cell phone driving ban
By WILLIAM McCALL and BRAD CAIN
Associated Press Writers
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The chances that a teenager will be cited for talking on a cell phone while driving are pretty much zero in Oregon, a consequence of the way the law is written an ...
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Rain and melting snow bring floods to Washington
By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. (AP) -- More than 30,000 people were urged to leave their flood-endangered western Washington homes as swollen rivers, mudslides and avalanches engulfed neighborhoods and roadways.
Ris ...
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