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Oscar-nominated set decorator Garrett Lewis dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The set decorator who earned Oscar nominations for his work on "Beaches," ''Glory," ''Hook" and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" has died.
Despite horror, Ala. child hostage seems OK
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) - By all accounts, a 5-year-old in Alabama endured an unforgettable horror: Held for a week in a closet-size bunker underground, a captive of a volatile killer, his only comforts a Hot Wheels car and other treats passed to him by officers.
Obama seeks to avoid sequester with short-term fix
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is asking Congress for a short-term deficit reduction package of spending cuts and tax revenue that will delay the effective date of steeper automatic cuts now scheduled to kick in on March 1. Obama said the looming cuts would be economically damaging and must be avoided.
British Museum puts art from the Ice Age on show
LONDON (AP) - The art world loves hype. Works are touted as the biggest, the rarest, the most expensive.
Ohio man recovers stolen 300-year-old family Bible
MARYSVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A central Ohio man's heart sank when he realized that burglars had broken in and stolen a safe holding his most prized possession - a 300-year-old family Bible.
'Warm Bodies' tops box office with $20.4 million
NEW YORK (AP) - The zombie romantic-comedy "Warm Bodies" topped the box office with a debut of $20.4 million.
NFL says it was ready with backup power system
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - NFL officials were sure they'd get the Super Bowl finished on Sunday night.
Hillary Clinton has more tests, 'is much better'
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton says his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, has undergone more medical tests but is "doing much better."
Catholic hospital takes surprise stance in lawsuit
DENVER (AP) - It was a startling assertion that seemed an about-face from church doctrine: ACatholic hospital arguing in a Colorado court that twin fetuses that died in its care were not, under state law, human beings.
Postal Service honors Rosa Parks with new stamp
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Hundreds of people, including some of Michigan's political elite, gathered Monday to celebrate the late Rosa Parks on what would have been her 100th birthday by unveiling a postage stamp in her honor steps from the Alabama bus on which she stared down segregation nearly 60 years ago.
Obama stands firm on gun control despite long odds
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - President Barack Obama declared Monday on his first trip outside Washington to promote gun control that a consensus is emerging for universal background checks for purchasers, though he conceded a tough road lay ahead to pass an assault weapons ban over formidable opposition in Congress.
LA teacher charged with child molestation
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles middle school teacher has been arrested and charged for allegedly molesting three teenage girls.
7 dead in tour bus crash were man, boy, 5 women
YUCAIPA, Calif. (AP) - Coroner's officials say the seven people killed when a tour bus crashed with two vehicles on a mountain highway in Southern California were five women, a man and a boy.
Calif. AG sues BP over Arco storage tanks
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris and prosecutors in eight counties are suing oil company BP over alleged environmental violations involving the underground storage tanks at hundreds of Arco stations.
Judge upholds removal of Calif. oyster farm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Monday denied a Northern California oyster farm's request to have its removal from Point Reyes National Seashore overturned, and ruled against allowing it to continue doing business in the park while its lawsuit is being heard in court.
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Drought looming for Oregon farmers
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - With drought looming, the state of Oregon is preparing for the likelihood it will have to shut off irrigation to many of the 200 farms and ranches in the upper Klamath Basin as the Klamath Tribes take control of senior water rights in the region for the first time in a century.
New stock market milestone: Dow 15,000
NEW YORK (AP) - Just two months after recovering the last of its losses from the financial crisis, the Dow Jones industrial average punched through another milestone Tuesday, closing above 15,000 for the first time.
Calif. home prices up 17.2 pct. in past year
WASHINGTON (AP) - A survey shows U.S. home prices rose 10.5 percent in March compared with a year ago, the biggest gain since March 2006.
Colorado shootings suspect to enter insanity plea
DENVER (AP) - The man accused in the deadly Colorado theater shootings wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, his lawyers said Tuesday.
Critter cams provide peek into the lives of bears
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Biologists at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are getting a peek into what city bears do all day.
Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported
WASHINGTON (AP) - Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele's last words were over a cellphone to a friend: "I'm going to crash!" The car she was driving had clipped a snow bank and spun into oncoming traffic, where it was T-boned by an SUV. She died at a hospital without regaining consciousness.
Frantic 911 call leads to 3 missing women in Ohio
CLEVELAND (AP) - The woman's voice was frantic and breathless, and she was choking back tears. "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she told a 911 dispatcher. "I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."
'Iron Man 3' finishes with $174.1M opening weekend
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Disney's Marvel Studios continues to mine precious metal with a $174.1 million opening weekend for "Iron Man 3," the second-biggest domestic debut ever behind the $200-million-plus launch of "The Avengers" a year ago.
Groups want details on license plate readers
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two privacy rights groups questioning law enforcement's use of automated license plate readers asked a judge Monday to order the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to provide more details on how they use the technology.
Limo driver: Fire took 3 minutes to claim 5 lives
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - First came the tapping. Over the blasting music, limo driver Orville Brown heard someone in the backseat knock on the partition behind him, saying something about smoke. No smoking allowed, he told the crowd of partying women.
Mass. funeral director chasing burial offers
BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts funeral director said Monday he has received burial offers for more than 100 out-of-state graves for the body of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed in a gun battle with police but none are panning out, even as Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother told him she wants the body returned to Russia.
UPDATE:Senate passes bill letting states tax online sales
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping - for many a largely tax-free frontier - to state sales taxes.
Former Calif. mortician gets 25-to-life sentence
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former mortician was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life in prison for plotting to kill a funeral business rival in a decades-old case that initially resulted in an unusual sentence of lifetime probation.
Calif. crews mop up wildfire as rain falls
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - Rain showers moved across Southern California on Monday, dousing remnants of a wildfire that blackened thousands of acres in coastal mountains and bringing much-needed moisture to a region left parched by a dry winter.
Calif agency says PG&E should pay $2.25B for blast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California agency investigating the deadly 2010 gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood recommended Monday that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pay a $2.25 billion fine for its negligence leading up to the blast.
