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Tax on tanning crosses the line, salons say
LOS ANGELES — The tanning industry is worried about getting burned by the health-care overhaul...
Apple’s tablet: Why you’ll want one
There's one big question remaining about the mythical tablet device that Apple is expected to unveil Wednesday...
Expert testifying for Proposition 8 backers says gays are making political...
SAN FRANCISCO — Proposition 8 supporters on Monday formally began their legal defense of California's...
Obama called for jury duty
WASHINGTON — If Cook County, Ill., had had its druthers, President Barack Obama would have shown up Monday for jury duty...
Bin Laden takes credit for airline bombing plot
BEIRUT — Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the Christmas Day attempt to blow up an American civilian jet in an audiotape broadcast Sunday on Arab television...
Biden promises U.S. will appeal dismissal of Blackwater case
BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden...
Apparent suicide of 9-year-old in Texas raises questions
FORT WORTH, Texas — What could cause a 9-year-old to take his own life...
Medical pot user claims discrimination
Jason Lauve’s life began changing dramatically for the worse...
Proposition 8 opponents welcome Cindy McCain’s support of same-sex marriage
LOS ANGELES — Gay rights supporters in California say they have found an unlikely ally in Cindy McCain, the wife of Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who lent her name this week to the cause of same-sex marriage...
Haitian children unite with adoptive families
LOS ANGELES — A harrowing effort to evacuate dozens of Haitian orphans to the United States started with some unexpectedly good news in those first terrible hours after the massive earthquake...
Boulder store owner spins story of success
When Narayan Shrestha left Nepal for New York City in 1977, he says he had $300 in his pocket, spoke almost no English and had only a couple of friends in America — one in Chicago and one in Dallas...
