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Numb, hopeful, families endure post-Sandy recovery

Numb, hopeful, families endure post-Sandy recovery
By By KATIE ZEZIMA, MEGHAN BARR and HELEN O'NEILLAssociated Press It's been more than a month since Sandy, the superstorm combining a hurricane, a nor'easter and surging full-moon tides, tore through the Northeast, leaving billions of dollars in damage in the New Jersey-New York-

Romney's '47 percent' chosen as year's best quote

Romney's '47 percent' chosen as year's best quote
By By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's comments about 47 percent of the population dependent on the government and "binders full of women" topped this year's best quotes, according to a Yale University

Last no-alcohol Ala. county votes dry, drinks wet

Last no-alcohol Ala. county votes dry, drinks wet
By By JAY REEVESAssociated Press LINEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Clay County has almost 14,000 residents, around 100 churches and not a single place where you can buy a beer legally. There's no Bud Light in the cooler at the corner convenience store and no fine wine for sale at the Piggly Wiggly

New Charity Helping Local Families Dealing With Hard Times

New Charity Helping Local Families Dealing With Hard Times
SPOKANE, Wash. - A new charity in town is setting out to help sick kids and their families dealing with life altering conditions. Operation Gift means giving inspiration, fun and toys. The group has been and will be collecting toys and donations at area Albertsons throughout December. Families

New Charity Helping Local Families Dealing With Hard Times

New Charity Helping Local Families Dealing With Hard Times
SPOKANE, Wash. - A new charity in town is setting out to help sick kids and their families dealing with life altering conditions. Operation Gift means giving inspiration, fun and toys. The group has been and will be collecting toys and donations at area Albertsons throughout December. Families

New Charity Helping Local Families Dealing With Hard Times

New Charity Helping Local Families Dealing With Hard Times
SPOKANE, Wash. - A new charity in town is setting out to help sick kids and their families dealing with life altering conditions. Operation Gift means giving inspiration, fun and toys. The group has been and will be collecting toys and donations at area Albertsons throughout December. Families

Nuclear industry plans rescue wagon for disasters

Nuclear industry plans rescue wagon for disasters
By By RAY HENRYAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - If disaster strikes a nuclear power plant in the U.S., the utility industry wants the ability to fly in heavy-duty equipment that could avert a meltdown. That capability is part of a larger industry plan being developed to meet new rules that

Hope and fear in gay marriage cases at high court

Hope and fear in gay marriage cases at high court
By By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the Supreme Court's decision to take up the case of California's ban on same-sex unions. While nine states allow same-sex partners to marry, or will soon, 41 states do not. Of those

Hope and fear in gay marriage cases at high court

Hope and fear in gay marriage cases at high court
By By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the Supreme Court's decision to take up the case of California's ban on same-sex unions. While nine states allow same-sex partners to marry, or will soon, 41 states do not. Of those

Israel grows jittery of new Palestinian uprising

Israel grows jittery of new Palestinian uprising
By By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - The rising confidence and bellicosity of Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, combined with rapidly deteriorating relations with Israel's would-be peace partner in the West Bank, are raising jitters in Israel that a new Palestinian