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Prayer ritual item mistaken for bomb; jet lands in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — A teenager strapping Jewish religious ritual prayer boxes to his head and arm caused a scare on a plane from New York to Kentucky Thursday, prompting the pilot to land in Philadelphia, officials said...
Controversial Proposition 8 backer is grilled on beliefs about gays
SAN FRANCISCO — A leading proponent of California's...
University president urges increased efforts at finding missing Americans
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Find the Americans missing in Haiti and bring them home, Lynn University's president told Congress on Thursday...
Floods, tornadoes batter Southern California; mudslides feared
LOS ANGELES — The last of the major storms to batter Southern California this week packed a wallop Thursday, with high winds forcing Southwest Airlines to cancel dozens of flights, twisters tossing vehicles and ripping through structures and 20-foot waves pounding ...
Court rejects limits on medical-marijuana possession
In a unanimous decision filed Thursday, the...
At Hulu, ‘free’ may soon turn into ‘fee’
LOS ANGELES — Hulu soared to popularity by offering free online viewing of popular TV shows. Now that free ride may soon end...
Neurosurgeons going paperless at convention
PHILADELPHIA — As Michael Oh watched his daughter easily navigate her iPod touch, he had an epiphany...
U.S. ‘nuclear renaissance’ started under Bush administration
WASHINGTON — The "nuclear renaissance," hailed in many headlines and speeches over the last few years, started under President George W. Bush...
Intelligence chief rips handling of accused plane bomber
WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair told senators Wednesday that it was a mistake for authorities to give the accused bomber in the attempted Christmas Day...
New Senate math challenges Obama’s agenda
WASHINGTON — From health care to job creation and from bank reform to climate change, President Barack Obama's agenda is facing a new and serious challenge after the upset victory by Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special senatorial election on Tuesday...
