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Secret Service probing Facebook poll on Obama

By The Associated Press
September 27, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.The poll, posted...

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow warms up prior to his team's NCAA college football game against Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.

Meyer: Tebow improving, could be ready for LSU

By The Associated Press
September 27, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow could be back in the huddle in time for Florida's biggest game of the season.Coach Urban Meyer said Monday that his star quarterback was feeling better and eating...

Gates does not support setting dates for Afghanistan withdrawal

By The Associated Press
September 26, 2009

 WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it's a mistake to set a deadline to end American military action, as some liberals have sought, and that a defeat would be disastrous for...

This frame grab taken from security video released by the FBI and provided to The Oklahoman shows people moving through a nearby building shortly after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The tapes were obtained by an attorney and provided to The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman, the newspaper reported Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.

Attorney: Oklahoma City bombing tapes appear edited

By The Associated Press
September 26, 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building are blank in the minutes before the blast and appear to...

Iran’s second uranium enrichment site to be operational soon

By The Associated Press
September 26, 2009

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Saturday it will allow U.N. nuclear inspectors to examine its newly revealed, still unfinished uranium enrichment facility as world criticism mounted over the underground...

Philippine storm leaves 106 dead or missing

By The Associated Press
September 26, 2009

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Many Filipino villagers managed to save only the clothes on their backs but began to rebuild Sunday as the flood waters receded from a tropical storm that set off the worst...

Study shows hurricanes growing more frequent, not larger

By
September 23, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new study says between 1851 and 2008, the number of hurricanes in the North Atlantic increased, but that the severity of storms has not. The study was done by researchers at...

Water gushes down streets in drought-stricken LA

By
September 23, 2009

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Not a drop of rain has fallen on Los Angeles in nearly four months, and the main river that runs through the city looks more like a rain-starved trickle these days. But you wouldn't...

USDA to fund conservation effort in 12 states

By
September 23, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department is pouring $320 million into efforts to improve water quality in the Mississippi River basin. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced in a speech...

Obama’s US rejoins UN nuclear treaty conference

By
September 23, 2009

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rejoined a U.N. conference on the nuclear test-ban treaty Thursday after a 10-year U.S. absence from the biennial meeting. She reported...

La. state revenue drops $2 billion in two years

By
September 23, 2009

(AP) — Louisiana's revenue estimates have plunged by more than $2 billion over two years. The state's income forecasting panel received updated revenue figures Wednesday that showed the state's general...

Panel advises spending more on national parks

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September 23, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spending on national parks should be increased by at least $700 million over the next seven years, an independent panel urged Congress on Thursday. The additional spending should...