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California city building "tsunami-resistant" port

By JEFF BARNARDAssociated Press CRESCENT CITY, California (AP) - It doesn't matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any tsunami surges at the tiny California port town of Crescent City. Churning water

10 Things to Know for Friday

By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. WHY BLACK FRIDAY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER Americans' growing comfort with online shopping puts more pressure on brick-and-mortar stores, which depend so heavily

Woman dies after dive boat capsizes off Fla. coast

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - One woman has died and another person has been hospitalized after a dive boat carrying 23 people was hit by a massive wave and capsized off Florida's Atlantic coast. The Sun-Sentinel newspaper of Fort Lauderdale reports (http://sunsent.nl/UVnFfl ) that the boat

5 people die in apartment fire in SW Missouri

WHEATON, Mo. (AP) - Five people including a 7-year-old child died after a fire broke out at an apartment building in southwest Missouri, authorities said. Bob Lombard, chief of the Wheaton Fire Department, told The Associated Press the fire was reported about 3:20 a.m. Thursday. Fire crews arrived