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• Christopher Dorner’s license found in burned cabin

  February 13, 2013 in Nation/World BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — As police scoured mountain peaks for days, using everything from bloodhounds to high-tech helicopters, the revenge-seeking ex-cop they wanted was hiding among them, holed … 18

• Experts find remains of England’s King Richard III

  February 4, 2013 in Nation/World LEICESTER, England (AP) — He wore the English crown, but he ended up defeated, humiliated and reviled. Now things are looking up for King Richard III. Scientists announced Monday that … 3

• GOP proposes smaller, $24B Sandy aid package

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday proposed a $24 billion emergency aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims, less than half of what Democrats hope to pass by Christmas. The …

• High winds, mountain snows hits Northwest

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — The strongest Northwest storm of the season blew in early Monday on winds that gusted to more than 80 mph on the coast, knocking out power in …

• Obama request for Sandy aid could face hurdles

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s proposal for $60.4 billion in federal aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy adds a huge new item to an end-of-year congressional agenda already …

• Obama asks Congress for $60.4B in Sandy aid

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. …

• Congressional aides: Obama asks $60.4B Sandy aid

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. …

• Iowa girls’ families, community reel over bodies

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — The families of two young cousins missing for five months still were hoping the girls would come home, maybe even for Christmas, until the sad news …

• Families, community reeling from discovered bodies

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — The families of two young cousins missing for five months still were hoping the girls would come home, maybe even for Christmas, until the sad news …

• Police scour Iowa park after hunters find 2 bodies

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — Investigators scoured a rural wildlife area in northeastern Iowa for clues Thursday after hunters found dead bodies believed to be those of two young cousins who …

• Hunters find bodies believed to be 2 Iowa cousins

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — Hunters discovered two bodies Wednesday believed to be the young Iowa cousins who vanished five months ago while riding their bikes, authorities said. The families of …

• Rescue effort as 2 fall into empty Pa. water tank

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World EAGLEVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Emergency crews are trying to rescue two people who reportedly fell 100 feet into an empty water tank in suburban Philadelphia. Emergency dispatchers in Montgomery County …

• Authorities don’t think missing Colo boy ran away

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — Dylan Redwine went to visit his dad for Thanksgiving — not because he wanted to but because a court ordered it as part of his parents’ divorce. …

• N. California community mourns family swept to sea

  November 26, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon beach, playing fetch with their dog Fran as …

• Northern CA community mourns family swept to sea

  November 26, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon beach, playing fetch with their dog as 10-foot …

• Search ends for boy swept to sea in California

  November 26, 2012 in Nation/World EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — The Coast Guard ended a search Monday for a teenager whose parents were killed when the three family members tried to rescue their dog from powerful …

• Co. looks for worker after oil rig fire in Gulf

  November 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The owner of an oil platform that caught fire after an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last week said Sunday that it has expanded its …

• Company continues search; 1 hospitalized man fair

  November 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As crews searched Sunday for a worker still missing after an oil platform explosion and fire, doctors said one of four men burned in the blaze …

• Correction: Gulf Rig Fire story

  November 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a story Nov. 17 about an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico, The Associated Press erroneously described the Bureau of Safety and Environmental …

• Company vows continued search near burned Gulf rig

  November 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Doctors say one of four men burned in an oil platform explosion and fire has improved to fair condition. But two remain in critical condition and …

• Coast Guard: Body found near burned Gulf oil rig

  November 17, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Divers hired by the owner of an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico that caught fire recovered a body in the waters near the site …

• Coast Guard ends search for 2 after oil rig fire

  November 17, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard on Saturday evening called off its search for two workers missing after a fire broke out on an oil platform in the Gulf …

• Coast Guard searches for 2 after oil platform fire

  November 17, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two oil workers remained lost at sea Saturday, a day after a torch being used to cut an oil pipe ignited a blaze that severely burned …

• Coast Guard searches for 2 after Gulf rig fire

  November 17, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The eruption of a fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico — which left two workers missing and four others badly burned — …

• 2 missing, 4 badly burned in Gulf platform fire

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard was searching late Friday for two workers missing after a fire erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, sending an …

• Obama vows not to forget storm victims rebuilding

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to stick with New Yorkers still struggling 17 days after Superstorm Sandy “until the rebuilding is complete” after getting an up-close …

• Obama views Sandy recovery in tour of NYC

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to stick with New Yorkers still struggling 17 days after Superstorm Sandy “until the rebuilding is complete” after getting an up-close …

• Obama views Sandy recovery in aerial tour of NYC

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama got his first look Thursday at the devastation that Superstorm Sandy waged on New York City, with a helicopter tour above flood-ravaged and …

• Amid political storm, Obama to view Sandy recovery

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — In the midst of a political tempest that has engulfed his former CIA director and his top military commander in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama traveled Thursday …

• Indy neighborhood devastated by explosion, 1 dead

  November 11, 2012 in Nation/World INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A roaring explosion that leveled two homes and set two others ablaze in a huge fire forced about 200 people from a devastated Indianapolis neighborhood where at …

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