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Downtown Seattle shut over bomb threat

Seattle police have closed part of the city's downtown while they deal with a man who may have a bomb taped to his body.

New tool shares tweeting locations

Twitter can now let the world automatically know your whereabouts as well as your thoughts and activities.

Pot growing next to census building

A medical marijuana growing site turned out to be the source of an unusual odor floating through a Census Bureau office in Colorado, police say.

Court upholds 'under God' in pledge

An appellate court has upheld references to God on U.S. currency and in the Pledge of Allegiance, rejecting arguments they violate the constitutional

Autopsy: Animal fatally mauled teacher

A teacher jogging along a rural Alaskan road was killed in an animal attack and authorities say wolves are the chief suspects.

Pilot dies in plane crash at AZ airport

A World War II-era plane crashed Thursday while attempting to land at a small suburban Phoenix airport, killing the pilot and starting a hangar on fire,

Man convicted in slaying of NFL player

Suspected gang member Willie Clark was found guilty of murder Thursday in the drive-by shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams.

Car plows off CA bridge; woman rescued

A woman whose car plunged off a bridge into the murky Los Angeles River was fighting for her life Thursday after being submerged for nearly a half-hour,

NFL star, TV actor Merlin Olsen dies

Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" who followed up football with a successful television

I-70 set to reopen after rock slide

Workers are getting ready to reopen Interstate 70 in western Colorado, three days after a rock slide tore gaping holes in an elevated section and littered the

Corey Haim prolonged tragic tradition

Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as

Boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher

A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher

Chef charged with serving illegal whale

Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale

60 dogs seized from home

A California woman has been arrested after animal control officers found 60 dogs in crates inside her small Lakeside home east of San Diego.

Robber holds up 11 people, gets $6

They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did -- but not much.

Trial begins over death of US activist

The family of an American activist who was fatally crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza accused the Israeli military of whitewashing its investigation into

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