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Stella! Ornery dog leads to $1M Idaho lottery win
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A group of blue collar University of Utah workers will split $1 million in lottery winnings thanks to a set of keys left in a truck and an ornery little dog named "Stella."
Coal sales investigated by feds; no violations yet
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Interior is investigating whether mining companies are skirting royalty rules as they increase exports of coal to Asia, federal officials disclosed Friday.
Ohio Amish beard-cutting ringleader gets 15 years
CLEVELAND (AP) - Denying he ran an Amish cult, the 67-year-old ringleader of hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow members of his faith in Ohio was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, while family members convicted of carrying out his orders got one to seven years.
White House outlines deep cuts it may have to make
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trying to ratchet up pressure on Congress, the White House on Friday detailed what it said would be the painful impact on the federal workforce and certain government assistance programs if "large and arbitrary" scheduled government spending cuts are allowed to take place beginning March 1.
Black Keys ready for Grammys with 5 nominations
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Black Keys still feel like the black sheep of the Grammy Awards. "It's unexpected. I don't think we'll ever get used to this stuff," singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach said Friday. "I don't think we ever will either," added drummer Patrick Carney. "It's more surreal now kind of being here and seeing all the musicians gathering for their annual 'pat on the back.'" The bluesy Ohio-based rockers are nominated for ...
Watson's medical expertise offered commercially
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Dr. Watson is accepting new patients. IBM says two medical applications using the Watson supercomputer are being offered for commercial use. One application helps assess treatments for lung cancer. The other helps manage health insurance decisions and claims. Both applications take advantage of the speed, huge database and language skill the computer has already demonstrated. It defeated the best human "Jeopardy!" players on television two years ago. Watson's medical training ...
Ex says LA ex-cop was disturbed, self-obsessed
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - Court documents show an ex-girlfriend of a former Los Angeles police officer suspected of three murders called him "severely emotionally and mentally disturbed" after the two split in 2006.
Calif. wine grape growers set 2012 record
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California vintners have something to celebrate. Both the tonnage of grapes harvested and the prices recorded for them set records in 2012.
Calif proposing new flame retardant regulations
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California proposed regulations on Friday that would set new flammability standards and allow furniture and some children's product manufacturers to stop using chemical flame retardants.
NYC, New England brace for 1 to 3 feet of snow
BOSTON (AP) - A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books began battering the New York-to-Boston corridor Friday, grounding flights, closing workplaces and sending people rushing to get home ahead of a possible 1 to 3 feet of snow.
Bay Area leaders consider merging region
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hundreds of business and political leaders gathered in San Jose to consider the advantages of merging the nine-county San Francisco Bay area and Silicon Valley into a single region, sharing everything from city dumps to water treatment plants as communities sprawl across borders.
Earth-observing satellite to launch from California
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA is set to launch a new Earth-observing satellite designed to carry on the tradition of documenting changes to the planet's glaciers, forests and coastlines.
FBI: No weapons found in ex-LA cop's Vegas home
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Authorities say no weapons were found in a search of the Las Vegas home of a former Los Angeles police officer wanted in three killings in Southern California.
Jets roar as US, Japan, Australia drill in Pacific
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AP) - Fighter jets from the U.S. and two key allies roared into western Pacific skies in the combat phase of annual exercises that have gained importance as the region responds to the rise of China and other potential threats.
Scouts face pressure before vote on no-gays policy
It promises to be a campaign as passionate and dramatic as any big election. For the next 14 weeks, the Boy Scouts of America will be the focus of prayers, petitions and pressure tactics aimed at swaying a vote on whether to ease its ban on gays as Scouts or adult leaders.
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Maldonado launches drive to repeal inmate shift
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Potential GOP candidate for governor Abel Maldonado is leading a campaign to ask voters to repeal a law that has shifted responsibility for tens of thousands of criminals from state prisons to county jails.
Puppy survives nearly a month in impounded car
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas City animal shelter is caring for a puppy that authorities say survived in a locked car that was impounded for nearly a month in a city lot.
Study: Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks
Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found.
Hot spots still seen at Southern California fire
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - Southern California firefighters continue to patrol the big wildfire burn area near Camarillo and Thousand Oaks.
Jodi Arias convicted of first-degree murder
PHOENIX (AP) - Jodi Arias has been convicted of first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing and shooting death of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona.
Rural California man killed wife, 2 girls
SHINGLETOWN, Calif. (AP) - Authorities in rural Northern California were searching on Wednesday for a man suspected of killing his wife and two young daughters.
2 Cleveland victims arrive home; charges awaited
CLEVELAND (AP) - Two of the women held captive for a decade at a run-down Cleveland house were welcomed home by jubilant crowds of loved ones and neighbors with balloons and banners Wednesday as police built a case against the three brothers under arrest.
Dow average holds on to 15,000 with a small gain
NEW YORK (AP) - The Dow Jones industrial average held above 15,000 a day after it closed above the landmark level for the first time.
Jodi UPDATE:Arias convicted of first-degree murder
PHOENIX (AP) - Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the gruesome killing of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona after a four-month trial that captured headlines with lurid tales of sex, lies, religion and a salacious relationship that ended in a blood bath.
Former U.S. official describes Libya attack
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday described a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the middle of the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, amid confusion about the fate of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and fears about the safety of additional American personnel.
A bit slimmer: Christie has weight-loss surgery
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie, who once famously called himself "the healthiest fat guy you've ever seen," disclosed Tuesday he had secretly undergone weight-loss surgery, a major new step by the potential Republican presidential contender to address both his health and a political vulnerability.
Singer arrested in murder for hire
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) - The lead singer of the Grammy-nominated metal band As I Lay Dying was arrested Tuesday in Southern California over allegations he tried to hire an undercover detective to kill his estranged wife.
Despite scandal, Ex-SC Gov. Sanford back in office
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Four years after scandal derailed his political career, ex-Republican Gov. Mark Sanford once again holds a South Carolina political office, winning back his old congressional seat Tuesday after a race in which he battled his past and an opponent who outdid him in fundraising.
Bangladesh garment disaster death toll reaches 761
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The death toll from a collapsed building housing five garment factories rose to 761 on Wednesday as authorities started disbursing salary and other benefits to the survivors in the country's deadliest industrial disaster.
Calif. birth records found in unsecure location
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - State health officials are investigating a possible security breach involving 2,000 California birth records.
