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Floods, tornadoes batter Southern California; mudslides feared
LOS ANGELES — The last of the major storms to batter Southern California this week packed a wallop Thursday, with high winds forcing Southwest Airlines to cancel dozens of flights, twisters tossing vehicles and ripping through structures and 20-foot waves pounding ...
Court rejects limits on medical-marijuana possession
In a unanimous decision filed Thursday, the...
At Hulu, ‘free’ may soon turn into ‘fee’
LOS ANGELES — Hulu soared to popularity by offering free online viewing of popular TV shows. Now that free ride may soon end...
House bill would let Haiti donations appear on 2009 tax returns
MIAMI — Under a bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, taxpayers would be able to write off cash donations made to relief efforts in Haiti on their 2009 income tax returns...
Thousands in the dark due to storm damage along California’s central...
BEN LOMOND, Calif. — Heavy wind and rain had knocked out power to more than 21,000 homes and businesses in Santa Cruz County, Calif., by Wednesday afternoon...
Neurosurgeons going paperless at convention
PHILADELPHIA — As Michael Oh watched his daughter easily navigate her iPod touch, he had an epiphany...
U.S. ‘nuclear renaissance’ started under Bush administration
WASHINGTON — The "nuclear renaissance," hailed in many headlines and speeches over the last few years, started under President George W. Bush...
Intelligence chief rips handling of accused plane bomber
WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair told senators Wednesday that it was a mistake for authorities to give the accused bomber in the attempted Christmas Day...
New Senate math challenges Obama’s agenda
WASHINGTON — From health care to job creation and from bank reform to climate change, President Barack Obama's agenda is facing a new and serious challenge after the upset victory by Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special senatorial election on Tuesday...
