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AP: Top Ten Stories Out Of Washington In 2012

SEATTLE (AP) - People in Washington decided that marijuana, long derided as a dangerous drug that could lead to more harmful addictions, wasn't so bad after all. Initiative 502, legalizing pot for adults, was easily approved in November and that sweeping change to drug policy was voted the

Hero dog missing snout seems to have beaten cancer

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) - A veterinarian at the University of California, Davis, has some good news about a dog from the Philippines who became an international hero after sacrificing her snout to save two young girls. After completing six weekly intravenous chemotherapy infusions, Kabang appears to

Officials: NY gunman set 'trap' for firefighters

By JOHN KEKISAssociated Press WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) - A man who set his house on fire then lured firefighters to their deaths in a blaze of flames and bullets had attracted little attention since he got out of prison in the 1990s for killing his grandmother, authorities said. But two months ago,

2 NY firefighters who survived gun ambush thankful

By GEORGE M. WALSHAssociated Press Two firefighters wounded by a gunman who set his upstate New York house ablaze and killed two of their colleagues in an ambush with weapons he wasn't allowed to own were on the mend Wednesday and said they were thankful for the support they've received.