Zimmerman protected by bodyguards
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin is in a safe house that is being protected by his security team. George Zimmerman was released Friday...
View ArticleTens of thousands still without power
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — About 77,000 homes and businesses in West Virginia are enduring another oppressively hot day without electricity.State officials are urging residents of the affected areas to...
View ArticleTeen on trial for attempted murder
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The insanity defense takes center stage as trial begins for a Florida teenager accused in the brutal 2010 attack on a girl outside a middle school. Defense lawyers say...
View ArticleSharks seen off Cape Cod in search of seals
ORLEANS, Mass. (AP) — A local man had a close encounter with a great white shark off the coast of Cape Cod but there were no beach closures as a result of any shark sightings.Nauset Beach in Orleans...
View ArticleTrial set for suspect in deadly 2003 fire
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Trial is set to begin for a man charged with setting a Southern California wildfire that destroyed 1,000 homes and caused five deadly heart attacks nearly a decade ago....
View ArticleDeath toll rises in heat wave
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A cold front moving southward through the eastern half of the country is finally cooling things off after nearly a week of deadly heat that claimed at least 45 lives.But the...
View ArticleFeds name four suspects linked to Fast and Furious
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have made a rare disclosure linked to the botched gun-smuggling investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious, revealing the identities of four men accused of...
View ArticleMalware deadline passes
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you're reading this online, you're fine. The day that was supposed to see thousands of people knocked off the Internet has arrived, but only a few people were affected.Thousands...
View ArticleObama wouldn't sign partial extension
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says if Congress sends him a bill to extend tax cuts for everyone -- even households making more than $250,000 a year -- President Barack Obama wouldn't sign it.Obama...
View ArticleProgress made against western fires
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Wind-fanned wildfires in southern Idaho are proving stubborn, but across the West as a whole, firefighters are gaining ground and keeping an eye on the weather.A fast-moving blaze...
View ArticleCDC: West Nile season off to an early start
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say West Nile virus season is off to a menacing start, with more serious illnesses reported so far this year than any since 2004.Through the end of July, 241 human...
View ArticleIllinois employers can't ask for Facebook logins
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is making it illegal for employers to ask job-seekers to hand over passwords to their social networking accounts.Gov. Pat Quinn signed the measure into law Wednesday during an...
View ArticleFed takes no new steps
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says the economy is losing strength and repeated a pledge to take further steps if the job market doesn't show sustained improvement.The Fed took no new action...
View ArticleDrought: Half of U.S. counties now disaster areas
ST. LOUIS (AP) — More than half of U.S. counties now are classified by the federal government as natural disaster areas mostly because of the drought.The U.S. Agriculture Department on Wednesday added...
View ArticleLost northern fur seal shows up on Hawaii beach
HONOLULU (AP) — A seal that would normally live in waters around the Aleutian Islands and California has shown up thousands of miles away on a beach in Hawaii.David Schofield, a marine mammal response...
View ArticleCourt blocks Arizona 20-week abortion ban
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court is temporarily prohibiting Arizona from enforcing its new ban on abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy.A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued its...
View ArticlePeterson judge to decide on mistrial motion
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge will decide whether to put an end to a former suburban Chicago police sergeant's murder trial just days after it began.Thursday's expected ruling on a defense motion for a...
View ArticleReport: Three jets avoid midair collision near D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — US Airways says it is working with federal officials to investigate a newspaper report that three commuter jets narrowly averted a midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington...
View ArticleSan Bernardino files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — San Bernardino officials say they've filed an emergency petition for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in response to the $45.8 million budget shortfall the California city faces this...
View ArticleUnemployment aid applications rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose last week, though the data was likely skewed higher by seasonal factors.The Labor Department says weekly applications...
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