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Investigation delayed flights at Dulles airport

CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) - Officials say an investigation into a bomb threat at Washington Dulles International Airport delayed several arriving flights, but no bomb was found. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokeswoman Kimberly Gibbs said early Tuesday that authorities conducted an

Obama administration warns hospitals on fraud

WASHINGTON (AP) - Computerized medical records were supposed to cut costs. Now the Obama administration is warning hospitals that might be tempted to use the technology for gaming the system. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) and Attorney General Eric Holder

Washington state's first 'zombie bees' reported

SEATTLE (AP) - The infection is as grim as it sounds: "Zombie bees" have a parasite that causes them to fly at night and lurch around erratically until they die. And experts say the condition has crept into Washington state. "I joke with my kids that the zombie apocalypse is starting at my house,"

ND Senate: Booming economy, close race

By HENRY C. JACKSONAssociated Press MAYVILLE, N.D. (AP) - Off a dirt road a mile-and-a-half from the nearest town, Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp is standing in the loft of a barn, giving a campaign pitch heavy on personal appeal: She talks about her independent voice and a work