1,500 homes under evacuation orders in LA County
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2010-07-30T04:05:40Z
PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) -- An out-of-control wildfire burning north of State Route 14 is closing in on homes in the hills around Palmdale in northern Los Angeles County....
Woman recounts bear attack as caught grizzly ID'd
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2010-07-30T03:40:35Z
COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) -- One of the survivors of a deadly grizzly bear attack said Thursday she realized her only hope was to play dead after feeling the bear's jaw clamp onto her arm in the middle of the night....
Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep
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2010-07-30T03:17:16Z
PHOENIX (AP) -- The showdown over Arizona's immigration law played out in court and on Phoenix's sun-splashed streets on Thursday, as the state sought to reinstate key parts of the measure and angry protesters chanted that they refused to "live in fear." Dozens were arrested....
Air show to go on despite deadly crash
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2010-07-30T03:15:38Z
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A popular air show will be held this weekend, days after four people were killed when a military cargo plane crashed at an Anchorage base during a training demonstration for the event, military officials said Thursday....
House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders
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2010-07-30T03:05:39Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bill that would have provided up to .4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts....
Past problems for company at heart of oil spill
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2010-07-30T02:41:12Z
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) -- A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river has experienced leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations in the past decade throughout the Great Lakes region and elsewhere in the U.S....
Less oil on surface means less work for fishermen
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2010-07-30T02:22:25Z
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen....
A M Clinton wedding? Not out of the question
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2010-07-30T01:55:03Z
RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) -- Imagine spending 0,000 on flowers. Or ,000 on a cake. How does ,000 to ,000 for toilets sound?...
Feds OK project to drill under, not on, wild areas
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2010-07-29T22:29:59Z
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- An energy company received federal approval Thursday to take natural gas from a largely untouched, picturesque region of Utah by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas instead of on top of them....
Colo. pot shops face closure under tough new rules
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2010-07-29T22:22:30Z
DENVER (AP) -- Nearly a fifth of Colorado's medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say....
