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1 day 5 hours ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police shot and killed a mountain lion that somehow made its way through an urban landscape before it was found early Tuesday in a downtown Santa Monica office building courtyard near an outdoor mall and a bluff-top park that offers tourists views of the ocean and the city's fa

1 day 6 hours ago

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A married lesbian couple living in Vermont who were threatened with being separated by federal immigration authorities have been granted a reprieve.

1 day 7 hours ago

BALTIMORE (AP) — Deteriorating water quality and summer heat combined to kill off more than a third of seagrasses in coastal bays along the Eastern Shore, Maryland and Virginia officials announced Tuesday.

1 day 8 hours ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rockin' good time is planned next month when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulls the covers off artist Michael Heizer's latest creation — a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it's floating in mid-air.

1 day 8 hours ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to the Statue of Liberty can now get a free audio tour with their ferry tickets.

1 day 14 hours ago

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The latest plan for Ballpark Village in St. Louis is far less ambitious than previous proposals, but the Cardinals say it is far more likely to succeed.

1 day 14 hours ago

ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — Local environmental groups are fighting the possible lease of land in the Talladega National Forest to the oil and gas industry, and the Alabama Senate is on their side.

1 day 16 hours ago

MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — More than 450 judges across Ohio will participate in a fall leadership training program focusing on the Holocaust and the failures of German police and judges in the Nazi era.

2 days 7 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is developing its first major exhibit on the human genome with a $3 million pledge announced Monday from a biotechnology company.

2 days 22 hours ago

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto hovered off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.

Tue, 2011-11-01 16:04