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Selling Obamacare shapes up as challenge

Martin Upshaw discusses his need for health insurance during an interview in Chicago. As President Barack Obama’s health-care law moves…

15-year-old boy grows hair to donate to children

DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) – For 15-year-old James Dean Johnson II, leaving his hair long is not a sign of rebellion…

FEMA denies aid to religious groups

Hurricane Sandy victims can’t use taxpayer dollars

Ariz. focuses on using less

The environmentalist’s chant – reduce, reuse, recycle – for more than 30 years has guided the management of water in…

Purple? Pink? Chevrolet bets on wacky car colors

There’s something about the smallest of cars that lend themselves to wild paint jobs. But purple? And pink? When it…

Survey: What car brands make owners happiest?

Porsche leads in satisfaction

Ault father hopes for son’s recovery

13-year-old suffers brain injury in Wyo. snowmobile crash

State drought plan up for revision

DENVER – Droughts come and go, but the state government has been trying to find ways to cope with them…

‘Summer Camp’ no picnic for local man

Justin Jackson, who owns a house in Bayfield, is a reality television star on “Summer Camp,” a USA Network game…

Why you don’t need to worry about getting the plague

The discovery of one plague-infected squirrel in Southern California is not the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. It’s merely an…

Training wheels

Burning Man grows

RENO, Nev. – The largest outdoor arts festival in North America is about to become bigger. Federal land managers have…

A Western state of mind

Durango Fiesta Days celebrates diverse cultural roots

Internet buy lands undersheriff in hot water

Montezuma County officer bought automobile chip online, DA says

Kansas at crossroads of marijuana trafficking

State cracking down on pot coming from other states

Starting high school later might help sleepy teenagers

Severna Park High School students arrive for class in Anne Arundel County, Md. Some schools are opting to start the…

Should feds start regulating amusement parks?

Safety experts wondering after Six Flags death

Air show leads fight against federal fees

Government now charging events for air traffic control

Washington’s newest odd couple

Obama, McCain forge bipartisan partnership

Some gay-rights activists regret focus on marriage

Demonstrators march last month in Seattle to increase lesbian visibility and activism without focusing on labels, such as bisexual, intersex…

Ups, some downs for NYC bike sharing

NEW YORK – Citi Bike, the nation’s largest bike-sharing program, appears to be popular, in spite of a few inaugural…

Police: Gunman in Fla. standoff lived in building

Miami-Dade morgue workers carry out a body Saturday at the scene of a fatal shooting in Hialeah, Fla. A gunman…

Dozens killed in Egypt violence

Security forces fire on Morsi supporters

Syrian refugees face suspicion in Lebanon

Roberta Russo, a communication officer for the United Nations refugee agency, shows a new a prefabricated house designed by the…