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Hiker caught in avalanche uses cell phone to call for help
SEATTLE — A hiker who used his cell phone to call for help despite being at least partially buried by an avalanche near Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state Saturday afternoon was found alive about 7:30 p.m. PDT...
GOP: Pick a fringe nominee for Supreme Court get filibuster
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Sunday declined to rule out a filibuster to block President Barack Obama's next nominee for the Supreme Court, but they said it will only happen with an extremist pick...
With legalization a possibility, California marijuana enclave ponders its future
GARBERVILLE, Calif. — In this region renowned for potent marijuana buds, many in Humboldt County long accepted that legalizing the weed was the right thing to do...
Michelle Obama makes first solo international trip to Mexico
WASHINGTON — Almost 50 years ago, a first lady seized Mexico City's heart: the beautiful, chic, multilingual Jackie Kennedy, to whom Michelle Obama draws comparisons...
Rally, march call for equal Social Security benefits for same-sex couples
LOS ANGELES — California and local officials joined hundreds of people outside of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center in Hollywood on Sunday morning to kick off a national grass-roots campaign demanding equal Social Security benefits for same-sex couples...
2012 preview? Obama, Palin trade insults on nuclear policy
NEW ORLEANS — President Barack Obama and potential rival Sarah Palin...
Activision blasts ex-developers as ‘self-serving schemers’
LOS ANGELES — Activision Blizzard Inc...
Search, and rescued
Search, and rescuedDeputies from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Flagstaff Road in Boulder County about a search and rescue case at approximately 2:30 p.m. on April 8, responding to the report of a suicidal female. The 19-year-old woman was ...
Stevens’ retirement sets up battle over Supreme Court choice
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens...
