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8 dead, 1 hurt after chopper crashes in Louisiana marsh

GIBSON, La. - Authorities in a dozen boats searched through wreckage from a helicopter crash in a southern Louisiana marsh Monday, turning up evidence that could help investigators figure out why the ...

TV retail network QVC will sell memorabilia at Obama inauguration

NEW YORK - QVC is travelling to Washington to mark president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration this month - and is bringing along plenty of coins, stamps, jewelry and even a small handbag to sell. ...

Gaza civilian toll rises; diplomats seek truce as Israel's offensive continues

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel's expanding ground and air offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers took a heavy civilian toll Monday, including three young brothers reported killed by a crashing shell an...

Barack Obama predicts quick approval of his economy rescue plan

WASHINGTON - U.S. president-elect Barack Obama declared the U.S. economy was "bad and getting worse" Monday as he began crisis talks with congressional leaders on emergency action. He predicted lawmak...

Obamas take up residence in D.C. with two weeks to go until inauguration

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama and his family are now full-fledged D.C. residents, moving into a grand downtown hotel over the weekend so that Sasha and Malia Obama could start their first ...

Bush OKs airlift of equipment and vehicles to aid Darfur peace efforts

WASHINGTON - U.S. President George W. Bush has announced the airlift of equipment and vehicles for the humanitarian effort in Darfur, the violence-plagued western Sudan region where millions of civili...

John A. 'Junior' Gotti seeks bail in New York racketeering case

NEW YORK - John A. "Junior" Gotti has asked to be freed on bail while he awaits a New York trial on racketeering charges. Gotti's lawyers submitted papers today in Manhattan federal court saying he...

Al Franken on top in Minnesota recount, but lawsuit looms

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota board has certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, but a legal challenge probably will keep the...

Alaska trooper says politics slowed drug arrest

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A drug investigator says authorities delayed the arrest of a woman tied to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election, in which Palin was the Republican vice-presi...

Obama picks former Clinton White House chief of staff for CIA

WASHINGTON - Two U.S. Democratic officials say president-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA. Panetta was a surprise pick for the pos...

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