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Feds look for temporary fix after bridge collapse MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Federal officials were searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collaps...

Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout

NEW YORK – This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places such as nearby campgrounds. The good n...

Syrian regime OKs peace talks amid skepticism

BEIRUT – Syria’s government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending t...

Judge: Ariz. sheriff’s office profiles Latinos

PHOENIX – A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the firs...

Ill. House approves guns plan opposed by governor

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing ...

Afghan Taliban attack aid group, 2 guards killed

KABUL, Afghanistan – In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international aid group’s compound on Friday, killing two ...

Natural disasters hit Okla. all too frequently

WASHINGTON – Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central. The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74t...

After attack, Britain worries about copycats

LONDON – Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the brutal slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving famil...

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Mexico revises total of disappeared MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s top security official said Friday that far fewer people disappeared during Mexico’s drug war than were feared when the g...

Two arrests made after U.K. jet diverts plane

LONDON – Two men have been arrested after a Royal Air Force fighter jet was forced to escort a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan bound for the United Kingdom to Sta...

Truck in Wash. span collapse hauled drilling equipment

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – A truck hauling a too-tall load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span an...

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Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff TOKYO – Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousa...
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