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• Clinton urges ASEAN unity on South China Sea

  September 3, 2012 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asian states must present a united front to the Chinese in dealing with territorial disputes in the South China Sea to “literally calm the waters,” …

• Days after Isaac, thousands still in the dark

  September 3, 2012 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly a week after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a deluge …

• Convention eve: Obama consoles storm victims

  September 3, 2012 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama consoled victims of Hurricane Isaac along the Gulf Coast on Monday and stoked the enthusiasm of union voters in the industrial heartland, blending …

• Obama: Help is on the way to hurricane zone

  September 3, 2012 LaPLACE, La. (AP) — President Barack Obama insisted on Monday that the federal government can help Americans in crisis, whether they’re autoworkers fearful that their company will disappear or Gulf …

• In Chicago, lifeline schools brace for strike

  September 3, 2012 CHICAGO (AP) — Elfega Cazares isn’t taking sides in the standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools over contract talks. Like many of the immigrant parents in …

• Labor Day marked with parades, political speeches

  September 3, 2012 TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Parades, picnics and politicians celebrated the American worker on Labor Day, with President Barack Obama seeking votes from Ohio union members and rivals for Senate seats …

• Marchers lament NC union stance but support Obama

  September 3, 2012 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Union activists walked a political tightrope on Monday — voicing support for President Barack Obama’s re-election bid while lamenting adversarial attitudes toward organized labor in the …

• Obama says Romney would bring a ‘losing season’

  September 3, 2012 TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama warned union workers in football-crazy Ohio on Monday that Republican Mitt Romney would guide the nation to a “losing season,” imploring voters in …

• Clinton to urge ASEAN unity on South China Sea

  September 3, 2012 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Monday for Southeast Asian states to present a united front to the Chinese in dealing with territorial disputes …

• Biden to organized labor: We’re with you

  September 3, 2012 DETROIT (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden had a simple Labor Day message for unionized workers: Stick with President Barack Obama because the other guys are worse. Biden told about …

• Medical marijuana backers seek inroads in South

  September 3, 2012 in Health LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The home state of the president who didn’t inhale has become an unlikely front in the battle over medical marijuana. This fall, Arkansas will be …

• Clinton decries violence in northwestern Pakistan

  September 3, 2012 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on an Asian tour, condemned a suicide bomber for ramming his car into a U.S. government vehicle in northwestern Pakistan …

• Some Nebraska wildfire evacuation orders lifted

  September 3, 2012 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have lifted an evacuation order for some northwest Nebraska residents whose homes had been threatened by wildfire. The Rocky Mountain Area Incident Management Team C …

• Flooding, power outages persist after Isaac

  September 3, 2012 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say a quarter of a million customers are still without power in Louisiana and Mississippi, days after Isaac struck the Gulf Coast. Most of those …

• Another disaster brings candidates to Gulf Coast

  September 3, 2012 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mitt Romney wasted no time after accepting the GOP presidential nomination in heading to Louisiana to see the damage from Hurricane Isaac, changing his schedule on …

• Obama’s Labor Day: Politics, presence in the Gulf

  September 3, 2012 TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Barreling through the presidential campaign’s competitive states, President Barack Obama will detour deep in the South on Labor Day, long enough to offer a presence and …

• NJ police seek answers in attack on sleeping kids

  September 2, 2012 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — With his mother in the hospital and his father out of state, a 6-year-old boy and his siblings were under the care of a teenager when …

• Actor Crowe gets lift after getting lost kayaking

  September 2, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe lost his way kayaking in the waters off New York’s Long Island and was picked up by a U.S. Coast Guard boat …

• Clinton to urge ASEAN unity on South China Sea

  September 2, 2012 BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for Southeast Asian states to present a united front to the Chinese in dealing with territorial disputes …

• Neb., SD wildfires grow with help of strong wind

  September 2, 2012 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Wildfires in northwestern Nebraska tripled in size in less than 24 hours, as strong winds pushed flames through the rugged, rural terrain. More than 285 square …

• Days after Isaac, flooding and outages remain

  September 2, 2012 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Much of a finger-shaped parish southeast of New Orleans was still covered with floodwater Sunday and more than 200,000 people across Louisiana still didn’t have any …

• Texas pilot killed in Iowa air show crash

  September 2, 2012 DALLAS (AP) — Glenn Smith left a lucrative job at a Dallas-area technology firm for an early retirement of restoring Soviet fighter jets and flying to exhibitions across the country. …

• DNC kickoff protest lively but largely uneventful

  September 2, 2012 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The kickoff protest ahead of the Democratic National Convention had the benefit of sunny skies, pent-up demand from demonstrators who were rained out in Florida and …

• Dems seek to exploit advantage on foreign policy

  September 2, 2012 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democrats sought to push foreign policy, one of President Barack Obama’s strengths, to the forefront of the White House campaign Sunday, casting Republican Mitt Romney as … 3

• Son says author Richard Bach improving

  September 2, 2012 in Health SEATTLE (AP) — Best-selling author Richard Bach remained in serious condition Sunday, recovering from injuries suffered when his small plane clipped power lines and crashed. But his son said he …

• Romney campaign defends omission of war talk

  September 2, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s campaign is defending the Republican presidential nominee’s decision to make no mention of the politically unpopular 11-year-old war in Afghanistan in his speech last week …

• Forget Marcus Welby: Today’s docs want a real life

  September 2, 2012 in Health CHICAGO (AP) — Don’t call today’s young doctors slackers. True, they may shun a 24/7 on-call solo practice and try to have a life outside of work.

• Pilot killed in Iowa air show crash

  September 2, 2012 DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A pilot was killed when his plane crashed during an air show in eastern Iowa, authorities said Saturday. The Soviet-era retired military jet was performing in …

• Monster truck mishap in Ore. sends 3 to hospital

  September 2, 2012 HARRISBURG, Ore. (AP) — A monster truck lost traction on a dirt Oregon race track Saturday before hitting a barrier and crossing into the spectator area, where three people were …

• In Florida, Medicare is not a senior-only issue

  September 2, 2012 in Health WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For Bruce Cargill, an 87-year-old retiree, Medicare is a “glorious program” that, along with Social Security, keeps millions of older Americans out of poverty. … 1

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