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Feinstein beats Emken
Voters have decisively endorsed long-serving U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, sending the powerful Democrat back to the nation's capital for a fourth full term.
GOP drives toward renewed control of House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans drove toward renewed control of the House on Tuesday as Democrats failed to make any significant inroads into the GOP's delegations from the East, South and Midwest.
McCaskill defeats Akin in Missouri
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Claire McCaskill has won re-election in Missouri, holding off Rep. Todd Akin who came under fire for saying women had ways of preventing pregnancies in the case of "legitimate rape."
UPDATE: Romney leading in popular vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama captured hard-fought New Hampshire Tuesday night in a tense duel for the White House with Mitt Romney, claiming the first of the pivotal battleground states in a close election shadowed by a weak economy and high unemployment.
UPDATE: Tense duel for White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama won the reliably Democratic Northeast, and Republican Mitt Romney secured his Republican conservative base Tuesday night in a tense duel for the White House shadowed by a weak economy and high unemployment.
Obama? Romney? Nation decides after long campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney dueled for the White House on Tuesday in a tight-to-the-finish election shadowed by a weak economy and high unemployment that crimped middle class dreams for millions.
Exit poll shows economy still the top concern
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rising prices and unemployment were heavy on the minds of voters Tuesday even as a glimmer of optimism peeked through, with 4 in 10 saying the nation's economy is getting better.
Ex-martial arts teacher molested 11 kids
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former martial arts instructor is facing up to 255 years in a California prison for molesting 11 students.
Good news for coast: Nor'easter to weaken
NEW YORK (AP) - Weather experts had good news for beleaguered northeast coastal residents Tuesday: A new storm that threatened to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts on Wednesday now looks like it will be weaker than expected.
Stolen Mojave Desert cross turns up in Bay Area
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) - A controversial cross honoring war dead that was stolen from its Mojave Desert perch two years ago has been discovered hundreds of miles away in the San Francisco Bay area.
Stocks rise as investors wait for a winner
NEW YORK (AP) - Major stock-market indexes climbed Tuesday as investors waited for the finish of a closely fought U.S. presidential election.
Fire breaks out above tony Calif community
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - Fire officials say a blaze has broken out in the hills above the tony community of Montecito, near Santa Barbara.
Death toll rises to 3 in Fresno workplace shooting
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say two more people have died after being shot at a California chicken processing plant, bringing the death toll to three.
Autistic boy left alone on school bus all day
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - A severely autistic Southern California teenager was left inside a school bus alone for nearly seven hours.
San Bernardino may disband Police Department
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - San Bernardino may be forced to disband its Police Department while the Southern California city makes its way through bankruptcy proceedings.
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Feds donate $5M toward Calif. quake alert system
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - California's prototype earthquake warning system is getting a $5 million boost from the federal government.
Frugal pope nixes bonus for Vatican employees
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The global economic crisis is hitting Vatican employees in their cassock pockets.
Settlement reached in high-speed rail lawsuit
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A group representing Central Valley farmers said Thursday it reached a settlement with the California High-Speed Rail Authority in a lawsuit that was one of the biggest obstacles to the state's $68 billion bullet train project.
California college aid scam defendant pleads guilty
SAN PABLO, Calif. (AP) - Court records show campus administrators were suspicious of the alleged ringleader of a college aid scam at Contra Costa College months before police launched an investigation.
Report: Lawsuit over Lap-Band ads is settled
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A company that promoted Lap-Band weight-loss surgery has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a false-advertising lawsuit, with some of the money going to billboards warning the public about the risks of weight-loss surgery, a newspaper reported Thursday.
Kerry disappointed by recent talks with Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State John Kerry called for patience despite widespread frustration with the recent failure of negotiations between six world powers and Iran over its disputed nuclear program and growing fears of Tehran developing a weapon of mass destruction.
UPDATE: Rescue workers search rubble of plant
WEST, Texas (AP) - Rescue workers searched the smoldering ruins of a fertilizer plant Thursday for survivors of a monstrous explosion that leveled homes and businesses in every direction across the Texas prairie. As many as 15 people were feared dead and more than 160 others injured.
Rock Hall set to induct 2013 class at LA ceremony
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Hudson are among the singers set to pay tribute to this year's eclectic group of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
Husband describes night wife cut off penis
SANTA ANA (AP) - The estranged husband of a woman charged with severing his penis said it was as though his life ended the evening of the attack.
Downtown LA fabric company burns
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities are investigating a fire that roared through a fabric company in downtown Los Angeles.
Obama attends service in Boston
BOSTON (AP) - President Barack Obama sought to soothe a nervous nation Thursday and draw attention to those killed and gravely wounded in what he called an "act of terror" at the Boston Marathon.
Assad accuses West of backing al-Qaida in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's president accused the West on Wednesday of backing al-Qaida in his country's civil war, warning it will pay a price "in the heart" of Europe and the United States as the terror network becomes emboldened.
Media hits and misses in coverage of marathon investigation
NEW YORK (AP) - For about an hour Wednesday afternoon, people could flip through different television channels and hear completely different accounts of the investigation into the Boston Marathon explosions: Some news organizations reported the arrest of a suspect and then took those claims back.
UPDATE: Number of injured or killed unknown in explosion at Texas fertilizer plant
WEST, Texas (AP) - A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco on Wednesday night injured dozens of people and sent flames shooting into the night sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin following a blast that damaged buildings for blocks in every direction.
Miss. man arrested in ricin letters
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A man in Mississippi has been arrested and accused of sending letters with suspected ricin poison to President Barack Obama and other leaders.
