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• Illinois Amtrak train hits 111 mph in test run

  Oct. 19, 2012 in Nation/World JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — For the first time on a key Midwestern route between Chicago and St. Louis, an Amtrak passenger train topped 110 mph Friday, ripping through fog-shrouded farm … 1

• Ill. Amtrak train set to hit 110 mph in test run

  Oct. 19, 2012 in Nation/World CHICAGO (AP) — In a modest milestone for President Barack Obama’s high-speed rail vision, test runs will start zooming along a small section of the Amtrak line between Chicago and …

• After uproar, Ga. officials back off archives plan

  Oct. 18, 2012 in Nation/World MORROW, Ga. (AP) — When Georgia officials announced plans to severely restrict public access to its state archives, it set off a firestorm not only among scholars and people tracing …

• Miss. says no thanks to Medicaid expansion dollars

  Oct. 18, 2012 in Nation/World JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and …

• Feds: NYC terror sting suspect picked hard target

  Oct. 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A Bangladeshi man snared in an FBI terror sting considered targeting a high-ranking government official and the New York Stock Exchange before authorities say he raised …

• Hawaii, NY women to be elevated to sainthood

  Oct. 17, 2012 in Nation/World HONOLULU (AP) — In life, Mother Marianne Cope was known for her strength and kindness, battling bureaucrats in Hawaii as she led a group of fellow Franciscan nuns to care …

• Friends memorialize ex-Sen. Arlen Specter in Pa.

  Oct. 16, 2012 in Nation/World NARBERTH, Pa. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was an “irreplaceable” force who approached politics — and life — with grit and determination, a who’s who of politicians and …

• Biden arrives at funeral for ex-Sen. Specter

  Oct. 16, 2012 in Nation/World NARBERTH, Pa. (AP) — A law school friend of Arlen Specter says the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania did not let his illness deter him from teaching law school students … 1

• Marijuana backers courting conservatives

  Oct. 16, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — It’s not all hippies backing November’s marijuana legalization votes in Colorado, Oregon and Washington. Appealing to Western individualism and a mistrust of federal government, activists have lined … 1

• Montana’s Gov. Schweitzer creates buzz his own way

  Oct. 15, 2012 in Nation/World MARYSVILLE, Mont. (AP) — A day spent with Montana’s Brian Schweitzer riding four-wheelers and talking politics makes it easy to understand why he’s one of the most unusual — and …

• For dollars’ worth of copper farmers out thousands

  Oct. 14, 2012 in Nation/World DOS PALOS, Calif. (AP) — Cannon Michael is a folk hero across California’s agriculture heartland, where these days the price of scrap metal influences a farmer’s bottom line as much … 1

• Brown’s Calif. tax initiative hit from both sides

  Oct. 11, 2012 in Nation/World SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After returning to the governor’s office, Jerry Brown criticized a political culture he said lacked a common purpose and warned of a “war of all against … 1

• Republicans hammer State witnesses on Libya attack

  Oct. 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Four weeks before the election, Republicans used a politically charged House hearing to confront State Department officials about security at the U.S. Consulate in Libya and assail … 3

• Hunters ready for 1st wolf hunts in Wis., Minn.

  Oct. 10, 2012 in Nation/World MADISON, Wis. (AP) — For years, vacationers and farmers across northern Wisconsin and Minnesota have heard the eerie howl of the gray wolf and fretted the creatures were lurking around … 1

• Mass. gov: Drug firm may have misled regulators

  Oct. 10, 2012 in Nation/World BOSTON (AP) — The specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak may have misled regulators and done work beyond the scope of its state license, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick …

• Judges OK SC voter law, say it must wait to 2013

  Oct. 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of three federal judges upheld a South Carolina law requiring voters to show photo identification, but delayed enforcement until next year, in a decision announced …

• Ryan prepares to take on skilled debater Biden

  Oct. 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — To prepare for his biggest test yet on the national stage, untested debater Paul Ryan has been hauling two thick briefing books around the country and intently …

• Tom DeLay to make case to appeals court

  Oct. 10, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former U.S. House Majority Leader and GOP heavyweight Tom DeLay is getting ready to make his case to an appeals court that his 2010 conviction for …

• Officials hope ‘winter-blend’ gas will drop prices

  Oct. 9, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — State leaders — and drivers — hope to see gasoline prices drop soon, now that California officials have approved the release of “winter-blend” fuel that is …

• Release of ‘winter-blend’ gas could reduce prices

  Oct. 8, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — State air pollution regulators said Monday that California’s air quality is not expected to worsen appreciably after the governor ordered the release of a dirtier blend …

• Ark. GOP calls candidates’ statements ‘offensive’

  Oct. 7, 2012 in Nation/World LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Republicans tried to distance themselves Saturday from a Republican state representative’s assertion that slavery was a “blessing in disguise” and a Republican state House …

• Ark. GOP calls candidates’ statements ‘offensive’

  Oct. 6, 2012 in Nation/World LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Republicans tried to distance themselves Saturday from a Republican state representative’s assertion that slavery was a “blessing in disguise” and a Republican state House … 1

• Fatal parasail accidents renew calls for rules

  Oct. 5, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Soaring high above the ocean, tethered to a boat, a parasail ride is at once exhilarating and peaceful, even quiet. But every year, there are …

• Idaho discovers it’s tough to return a mansion

  Oct. 5, 2012 in Nation/World BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The hilltop mansion was a gift to Idaho from potato magnate J.R. Simplot, meant as a residence befitting the governor. Instead, it’s become a money pit, …

• Texas agencies duel over Alamo commander’s letter

  Oct. 4, 2012 in Nation/World DALLAS (AP) — It’s a new Battle of the Alamo, with one Texas agency mounting pressure on another to loan out one of the state’s most sacred texts for display …

• Judge tosses Montana campaign finance limits

  Oct. 3, 2012 in Nation/World HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Montana’s campaign contribution limits as unconstitutional, a decision that comes less than a month before Election Day and marks …

• California wades into national labor debate

  Oct. 3, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — California voters are being asked to starve unions of the tens of millions of dollars they use to finance campaigns and political organizing, as the nation’s …

• Ore. pot measure struggles as Wash., Colo. thrive

  Oct. 3, 2012 in Nation/World PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As marijuana legalization efforts in Colorado and Washington pick up steam, a similar push in Oregon seems to be going up in smoke. More than $4 …

• Intelligence effort named citizens, not terrorists

  Oct. 2, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A multibillion-dollar information-sharing program created in the aftermath of 9/11 has improperly collected information about innocent Americans and produced little valuable intelligence on terrorism, a Senate report …

• Illegal immigrant in Fla. fights for law license

  Oct. 2, 2012 in Nation/World TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man’s bid to become the first illegal immigrant to obtain a law license in the United States met skepticism Tuesday from most of the … 2

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