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I-5 bridge collapse caused by truck hitting span
24 mins ago
The Washington State Patrol chief says the Interstate 5 bridge collapse into the Skagit (SKA'-jiht) River at Mount Vernon was caused by an oversize truck.
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Brewers team up on beer to help military families
26 mins ago
Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime _ baseball bats.
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
35 mins ago
After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from over.
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Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states
63 mins ago
After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery _ for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tore through their neighborhood.
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10 Things to Know for Today
63 mins ago
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout
1 hour 52 mins ago
The forecast for summer travel, 2013: Partly sunny.
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Bail hearing set in Pa. baby's faith-healing death
1 hour 57 mins ago
A bail hearing is scheduled for a Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and are charged with third-degree murder in the April death of their 8-month-old son.
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5.7-magnitude quake widely felt across N. Calif.
2 hours 42 mins ago
An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage.
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Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball
It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself.
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Earthquake hits Russia's Far East
A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers (4,400 miles) west of the epicenter.
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Politics
Obama's drone policy at a glance
President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out for ...
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