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Flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 in ND town

Flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 in ND town
By BLAKE NICHOLSON and DAVE KOLPACKAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A dam that threatened to give way and flood a North Dakota town was holding back the water on Wednesday, though the 1,300 residents of Cavalier were still being told to stay away from their homes. Steady rainfall between

Trial for captain in deadly shipwreck in Italy

Trial for captain in deadly shipwreck in Italy
By FRANCES D'EMILIOAssociated Press ROME (AP) - An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people. Judge Pietro Molino, at a closed-door hearing Wednesday in

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Why were a diplomatic

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Why was a diplomatic

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Why was a diplomatic

Los Angeles buildings emptied after devices found

Los Angeles buildings emptied after devices found
By TAMI ABDOLLAHAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A police bomb squad detonated 17 homemade explosive devices found in an apartment on Wednesday after officers spotted an explosive liquid in a man's car during a routine traffic stop, authorities said. Robert Wilson, 29, was booked on felony

Teacher removes explosive from Colorado school

Teacher removes explosive from Colorado school
By P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - A teacher removed a suspicious package left inside a northern Colorado school that was later determined to be an active explosive, authorities said Tuesday. However, police in Lafayette were cautious about calling the teacher a hero. "That would not

Police say NJ standoff resolved, 3 children safe

Police say NJ standoff resolved, 3 children safe
By REMA RAHMANAssociated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A standoff with an armed man who took multiple hostages inside a Trenton home has ended, and three children are safe, police said early Sunday. Word of the confrontation's conclusion came a short while after the standoff, which had had

One by one, homes in Calif. subdivision sinking

One by one, homes in Calif. subdivision sinking
By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) - Scott and Robin Spivey had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with their home when cracks began snaking across their walls in March. The cracks soon turned into gaping fractures, and within two weeks their 600-square-foot garage broke

Smoke forces evacuation of White House West Wing

Smoke forces evacuation of White House West Wing
WASHINGTON (AP) - Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room. President Barack Obama and his family were not affected by the incident, according to the White House. U.S