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Cargo ship adrift in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 740-foot cargo ship is disabled and floating adrift in the ocean 544 nautical miles southwest of Adak, Alaska Sunday afternoon. It is encountering 30-foot seas and winds higher than 60 mph, the U.S. Coast Guard reports...
Napolitano responds to surge of home-based terrorism, deploys more analysts
WASHINGTON — Responding to a surge of terrorism cases involving Americans, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano...
Senate passes $636-billion defense bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Saturday passed a $636-billion defense appropriations bill that includes money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a 3.4 percent pay increase for the military and a two-month extension of unemployment benefits...
Ethnic groups say ‘white’ isn’t enough on the 2010 cens
DETROIT — With her light-brown skin and Islamic headscarf...
Milwaukee school board approves free condoms for students
MILWAUKEE — Without discussion, the Milwaukee School Board...
GM to discontinue Saab after deal talks collapse
DETROIT — General Motors Co. announced Friday it will begin...
GM closing Saab operations
DETROIT — General Motors Co., after failing to get a deal to sell off its Saab operations, announced Friday it would begin winding down its premium Swedish division...
Would a Google purchase of Yelp draw regulatory interest?
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.'s reported plans to acquire local-listings service Yelp may face difficulties, with regulators attuned to the Mountain View, Calif.-based company's established dominance of the Internet-search and advertising markets, observers say...
Santa promotes unhealthy lifestyle, public health doctor says with twinkle in...
Though he has a few billion houses to visit, Santa...
One man’s rocky journey chasing down a dream
He removes his cap; fingers brush past his left ear and instinctively find the scar at the base of his skull. It’s much smaller now, about the size of a half-dollar coin, and much more manageable. There are other scars: two incisions along the base of his neck, and ...
