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NY pols seek to make business signs mostly English
Family slayings leave police grappling for answers
Storm cleanup continues in rural Wisconsin
Flights show radiation normal near Los Alamos fire
States cracks down on unemployment insurance fraud
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Ohio Turnpike lease plans bring toll hike fears
Donations help Texas ex-cheerleader in legal fight
In Strauss-Kahn case, DA weighs limited options
Biden seeks reelection support from teachers union
Graham, Lieberman express concern on Iran actions
Authorities: Man kills 4 in SC, then kills himself
New US policy aids workers abused by diplomats
New type of commander may avoid Katrina-like chaos
Debate over wolves unfolds in Pacific Northwest
4 under age 18 die in suburban Philly car crash
Mom: Boy begged Mass. guards to aid sinking woman
Anti-tax diehard looms large in spending showdown
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McCain: Afghan drawdown unnecessary risk

NY pols seek to make business signs mostly English

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT

The teeming streets of Flushing, Queens, can feel like a different country. A booming Chinese population exists alongside a longtime Korean enclave. On a recent afternoon, the sidewalks were jammed with shoppers browsing and haggling in stores offering everything from iPhones to herbal remedies. Stalls selling fragrant dumplings and tea shops did a brisk business.

Family slayings leave police grappling for answers

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT

Detective Jeff Hobson stared at the suburban townhome's front door for a moment and breathed in to steel his mind for the kind of horror he'd never seen in 11 years on the job -- an entire family slain by one of its own.

Storm cleanup continues in rural Wisconsin

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Local officials are assessing the storm damage in Burnett County and residents are cleaning up after a fierce thunderstorm swept through the area that was packed with holiday campers on Friday.

Flights show radiation normal near Los Alamos fire

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:00 PM PDT

An aircraft monitoring the area near Los Alamos where a huge wildfire has been burning has picked up no sign of unusual radiation levels.

States cracks down on unemployment insurance fraud

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT

A nationwide crackdown is coming for people fraudulently drawing unemployment payments -- those who were never eligible and workers who keep getting checks after they return to work -- a $17 billion benefits swindle last year alone, say federal officials.

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Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Ohio Turnpike lease plans bring toll hike fears

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Leasing Ohio's busy toll road that links the East Coast with the Midwest has the potential to bring billions of dollars to the cash-strapped state. It also could bring higher tolls and drive more traffic onto routes that meander through small towns, opponents say.

Donations help Texas ex-cheerleader in legal fight

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Rakheem Bolton approached the free-throw line as his school's cheerleading squad rooted for him to hit the shot during a 2009 playoff game.

In Strauss-Kahn case, DA weighs limited options

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT

At first, prosecutors said their sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn was growing more formidable by the day. Six weeks later, they said his accuser's history of lying raised major red flags, but they weren't dropping the case, at least for now.

Biden seeks reelection support from teachers union

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:20 AM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden says the "new Republican party" fundamentally doesn't believe in public education the way Democrats do.

Graham, Lieberman express concern on Iran actions

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 09:20 AM PDT

Sens. Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman are expressing concern that Iran is aggressively extending its support for anti-democracy forces wherever they appear.

Authorities: Man kills 4 in SC, then kills himself

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 09:10 AM PDT

A man killed four people in South Carolina, then took his own life after leading a police chase back to the scene where three of the bodies were found, authorities said Sunday.

New US policy aids workers abused by diplomats

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 09:10 AM PDT

Employed by a Kenyan diplomat, Beatrice Oluoch followed her boss to America expecting to continue her comfortable nanny position at reasonable pay. Instead, Oluoch says she was made to work 13-hour days, denied overtime pay and barred from leaving the house. She cooked and cleaned during the day and says she was on-call round-the-clock for her employer's two young children.

New type of commander may avoid Katrina-like chaos

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT

The Defense Department is grooming a new type of commander to coordinate the military response to domestic disasters, hoping to save lives by avoiding some of the chaos that plagued the Hurricane Katrina rescue effort.

Debate over wolves unfolds in Pacific Northwest

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT

The wolves came within howling distance of the house, but were gone by the time Kim Jacobs found dead lambs on her family's eastern Oregon ranch.

4 under age 18 die in suburban Philly car crash

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 08:30 AM PDT

Authorities say four people under the age of 18 have died in a car crash in suburban Philadelphia.

Mom: Boy begged Mass. guards to aid sinking woman

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 08:20 AM PDT

A mother says her 9-year-old son told two lifeguards that a woman had not resurfaced after going underwater last weekend at a murky public swimming pool in Massachusetts.

Anti-tax diehard looms large in spending showdown

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:59 AM PDT

If Congress and President Barack Obama don't reach a deal to raise the government's borrowing cap and a recession results, some people will blame a bearded, slightly disheveled man barely known outside Washington political circles.