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Rising Mississippi River threatens towns
Judge accepts Holmes' insanity plea
Blacks more likely to get busted for pot than whites
Defiant Chrysler refuses to recall vehicles
Report: Top 'American Idol' producers fired
Tea party groups blame inability to raise funds on IRS practices
Obama ‘deadly serious’ about cutting veterans benefits backlog
FHA may need $1B bailout for reverse mortgage losses
Review justifies firing of ex-LAPD officer Dorner
Lawmakers look to Supreme Court to fix immigration bill’s gay rights gap
U.S. still not ready to say Syria used chemical weapons
Christie sets October election to fill Lautenberg seat
Ohio State president to retire because of Notre Dame remarks
Senator blasts generals for not doing more to stop sexual assaults
Prof feels the heat over tweet to PhD applicants
What we lost the day Robert Kennedy died
Obama to GOP: My court nominees aren’t ‘slouches’ or ‘hacks’
Boston bomb suspect gets donations

Rising Mississippi River threatens towns

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:00 PM PDT

More rains won't slow the potential retreat of the renegade river.

Judge accepts Holmes' insanity plea

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:10 AM PDT

But the accused Colo. theater gunman's lawyers are dealt a major setback.

Blacks more likely to get busted for pot than whites

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:08 AM PDT

Even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, a new report shows arrests are not the same.

Defiant Chrysler refuses to recall vehicles

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:59 PM PDT

The government says 2.7 million Jeeps are at risk of a fuel tank fire in a rear-end collision.

Report: Top 'American Idol' producers fired

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:42 PM PDT

Insiders say Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick are out, as part of a shake up of the show.

Tea party groups blame inability to raise funds on IRS practices

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:54 AM PDT

The agency's methods discouraged supporters from donating to their causes.

Obama ‘deadly serious’ about cutting veterans benefits backlog

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:55 AM PDT

One group cites hundreds of thousands of claims that have yet to be addressed.

FHA may need $1B bailout for reverse mortgage losses

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:36 PM PDT

The Federal Housing Administration may need as much as a $1 billion rescue package before the end of the year to bolster its reserves despite efforts to shore up its finances with higher mortgage insurance ...

Review justifies firing of ex-LAPD officer Dorner

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:46 PM PDT

The department concluded that Christopher Dorner was justifiably fired.

Lawmakers look to Supreme Court to fix immigration bill’s gay rights gap

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:49 PM PDT

Democrats hope the high court will strike down a federal law to usurp the issue.

U.S. still not ready to say Syria used chemical weapons

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Officials have repeatedly cited the need to be absolutely certain that they were used.

Christie sets October election to fill Lautenberg seat

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 01:56 PM PDT

The New Jersey governor's own race will remain atop of the ballot in November.

Ohio State president to retire because of Notre Dame remarks

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:34 PM PDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University President Gordon Gee abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday after he came under fire for jokingly referring to "those damn Catholics" at Notre Dame and poking fun at the academic quality of other schools.