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• Evacuation order lifted after Ind. chemical fire

  September 15, 2012 MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — Hundreds of northern Indiana residents returned home Saturday after spending the night at shelters, hotels or with relatives after a chemical fire at a vacant plant …

• Young illegal immigrants may get driver’s licenses

  September 15, 2012 FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — When 17-year-old Alondra Esquivel needs to get from her rural central California home to classes at Fresno State University 20 miles away, she must rely on … 2

• Neil Armstrong, 1st to walk on moon, buried at sea

  September 14, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The first man to walk on the moon has been buried at sea. NASA says Neil Armstrong’s cremated remains were buried in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday …

• Administration warns of ‘destructive’ budget cuts

  September 14, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House report issued Friday warns that $109 billion in across-the-board spending cuts at the start of the new year would be “deeply destructive” to the …

• Vegas bus stop crash kills 4, injures 8

  September 14, 2012 LAS VEGAS (AP) — A car went out of control near a Las Vegas intersection and rolled as it slammed into a bus stop, killing four pedestrians and injuring several …

• Calif. art work emerges from Solyndra’s bankruptcy

  September 14, 2012 BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A small building tucked in the hills of Northern California shines with an unusual green glow from hundreds of glass tubes jutting out from one side …

• 4 dead, 8 injured after car hits bus stop in Vegas

  September 13, 2012 LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas man faces four counts of driving under the influence resulting in death after his car rolled over Thursday and plowed into a Las … 1

• NASA’s retired shuttle Endeavour heads west Monday

  September 13, 2012 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The baby of NASA’s space shuttle fleet is about to leave home — for good. At sunrise Monday, Endeavour will depart Kennedy Space Center for …

• NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavour headed west

  September 13, 2012 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour has just a few more days left to call Cape Canaveral home. At sunrise Monday, Endeavour will depart NASA’s Kennedy Space Center …

• APNewsBreak: BPI sues ABC News for defamation

  September 13, 2012 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Beef Products Inc. filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against ABC News for its coverage of a meat product that critics have dubbed “pink slime,” alleging that …

• Rain eases drought as Midwest corn harvest unfolds

  September 13, 2012 ST. LOUIS (AP) — The latest update on the nation’s worst drought in decades shows that farmers bringing in their weakened corn crops caught some relief with recent rains that …

• J&J taps Bayer exec for new post over 3 divisions

  September 13, 2012 in Health TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is hiring a Bayer Group executive for a new position overseeing J&J’s troubled consumer health and manufacturing operations, as new CEO Alex Gorsky …

• NYC big-soda crackdown plan goes to vote Thursday

  September 12, 2012 in Health NEW YORK (AP) — One of New York City’s most ambitious efforts to prod residents to live healthier appears poised to pass as a health panel takes up a plan …

• Teen boy, Pa. Hershey school settle AIDS bias case

  September 12, 2012 in Health HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy and his mother will receive $700,000 from the settlement of an AIDS discrimination lawsuit against a private boarding school that refused to enroll … 1

• Ind. farm linked to salmonella pulls watermelons

  September 12, 2012 in Health INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana farm linked to a deadly outbreak of salmonella in cantaloupes said Wednesday it had voluntarily withdrawn its watermelons from the market and was working with …

• CDC reports incidents of tainted ricotta cheese

  September 12, 2012 in Health WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials say ricotta cheese tainted with listeria bacteria is linked to 14 illnesses including at least one death. The imported Italian ricotta salata cheese distributed …

• Problems dogging new high-tech air traffic system

  September 12, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-tech overhaul to the nation’s air traffic control system is mostly on track to completion, but has yet to produce the benefits that airlines and passengers …

• McDonald’s new menu item: Calorie counts

  September 12, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S. will soon get a new menu addition: The number of calories in the chain’s burgers and fries. The world’s biggest hamburger …

• US Navy medical care boosts ties, image in Asia

  September 12, 2012 in Health PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Navy is spending more than $20 million each year sending ships to poorer nations in the Asian-Pacific region to provide cataract surgery, dental …

• White House Big Dig ending, but what comes next?

  September 11, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Big Dig is finally wrapping up, but the Big Reveal is proving to be a pretty big letdown. After nearly two years and $86 …

• Lawyers: Iowa CEO to plead guilty to $200M fraud

  September 11, 2012 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The founder of an Iowa brokerage has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in which he admits to carrying out a $200 million fraud …

• Studies: Alzheimer drug may stabilize brain plaque

  September 11, 2012 in Health An experimental drug that failed to stop mental decline in Alzheimer’s patients also signaled potential benefit that suggests it might help if given earlier, fuller results of two major studies …

• Two-thirds of Indonesian men smoke, tops in world

  September 11, 2012 in Health JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian men rank as the world’s top smokers, with two out of three of them lighting up in a country where cigarettes cost pennies and tobacco …

• Baseball coach gets help with cancer fight

  September 10, 2012 in Health AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As a minor league baseball coach, Brian Rose has always been a competitor and tries to imbue his players with the same fire. Now, the bench …

• Foul smell reported across Southern California

  September 10, 2012 SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A strong rotten egg smell had Southern Californians plugging their noses and crying foul Monday as air quality investigators scrambled to determine if the sulfurous … 2

• Florida firm is source of Apple data in breach

  September 10, 2012 A Florida company said Monday that the database of Apple device information that hackers stole and posted on the Internet last week came from a file the firm had in …

• US watchdog questions spending for Afghan army

  September 10, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The watchdog for U.S. spending in Afghanistan says lax accountability in a $1.1 billion program supplying fuel to the Afghan National Army needs “immediate attention” before control …

• US watchdog questions spending for Afghan army

  September 9, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The watchdog for U.S. spending in Afghanistan says lax accountability in a $1.1 billion program supplying fuel to the Afghan National Army needs “immediate attention” before control …

• Girl golfer in Idaho fights to play with the boys

  September 9, 2012 BUHL, Idaho (AP) — For a golf ball waiting to be clubbed, physics are everything. Swing outside-in and the dimpled sphere slices into the rough. Hit it too high and … 1

• Shell begins petroleum drilling off Alaska coast

  September 9, 2012 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea, a company vessel on …

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