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Unusual respite from surging health care costs
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans kept health care spending in check for three years in a row, the government reported Monday, an unusual respite that could linger if the economy stays soft or fade like a mirage if job growth comes roaring back.
Gov't spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration spent more money on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to a report on the government's enforcement efforts from a Washington think tank.
Harlem Globetrotters win basketball game on ice
PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) - The Harlem Globetrotters say they hope that deprived NHL fans have taken some comfort in watching basketball on ice.
Calif. serial killer gets prison for NYC slayings
NEW YORK (AP) - A California serial killer who left a trail of brutalized women's bodies in his wake was sentenced Monday in New York to an additional 25 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering two young women here in the 1970s.
Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Calif. school
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) - A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of hundreds of children from a Southern California elementary school Monday while police searched buildings to make sure the campus was safe.
UPDATE: Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
ADDS QUOTES FROM CONGRESSMAN BUCK MCKEON WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite Republican misgivings, President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him "the leader our troops deserve." He also chose White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. Controversy surrounds both choices, but the president called on the Senate to quickly confirm both. "The work of protecting our nation is ...
CHP advises teen drivers to Start Smart
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Traffic collisions are the leading cause of death of teenagers across the
Oregon man makes brew for dogs
BEND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man who loves beer and loves his dog has concocted some hooch for the pooch.
Coast Guard: Tanker strikes San-Oakland Bay Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A tanker struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of leaking oil and the bridge was open to traffic. officials said.
NHL headed to 48-game season
The NHL appears headed toward a 48-game season for the second time in two decades. "I think 48 is most likely at this point, unless the players can expedite their ratification process," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote in an email Monday to The Associated Press. The NHL shortened its 82-game slate to 48 games during the 1994-95 season after a 103-day lockout. A 301-day lockout in 2004-05 made the NHL the first major ...
Mayor suggests naming school for Sandy Hook hero teacher
STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) - The mayor of a city near Newtown, Conn., on Monday proposed naming a school after Victoria Soto, a teacher who was killed in last month's elementary school massacre and hailed as a hero.
Oscar nominations to be announced on Thursday
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For the first time in 40 years, the host of the Academy Awards will help announce the Oscar nominations.
Letterman says he sees psychiatrist weekly
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - David Letterman says he sees a psychiatrist once a week, part of his attempt to be the person he once believed he was.
Kodak to license brand to JK Imaging, no terms
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Eastman Kodak Co. said Monday that it agreed to license its brand to JK Imaging for certain consumer products, including digital cameras, pocket video cameras and portable projectors.
Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Glendale school
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) - A bomb threat has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of children from a Southern California elementary school until police can make sure the campus is safe.
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Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decades
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter and the bustle of reporters and onlookers.
LA City Council votes to ban plastic bags
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles City Council has given initial approval to an ordinance banning stores from providing customers single-use plastic bags.
Unattended campfire caused Calif. fire
MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) - An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park has grown into a blaze that has led to the evacuations of 800 homes and 1,500 people, officials said Tuesday.
San Jose sues MLB over A's proposed move
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire
DETROIT (AP) - Chrysler abruptly agreed to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps Tuesday, reversing a defiant posture and avoiding a possible public relations nightmare over fuel tanks that can catch fire in a rear-end collision.
Diving great Greg Louganis to marry in fall
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis plans to get married this fall.
Ed Koch's tombstone engraved with wrong birth date
NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date.
House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change federal abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks.
Chrysler expected to formally refuse Jeep recall
DETROIT (AP) - In one of the biggest-ever showdowns between an automaker and the government, Chrysler on Tuesday is expected to file papers explaining its refusal to recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs that are at risk of catching fire in rear-end collisions.
Military leaders plan for women in combat
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines.
LA council to vote on banning plastic bags
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles may be joining the battle against the bag.
Port of LA unveils plan for marine research center
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles port officials on Monday unveiled plans to create a $500 million marine research center called AltaSea.
Bieber's car hits photographer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren't life-threatening.
Serial murder suspect delivers opening remarks
SAN RAFAEL (AP) - Serial murder suspect Joseph Naso delivered an hours-long personal history Monday replete with childhood photos, as he launched his defense, denied the decades-old slayings of four women and claimed he is not the "monster" prosecutors have made him out to be.
Obama: NSA secret data gathering 'transparent'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent - even though they are authorized in secret.
