Israel opens border clinic for Gazans

Israel opened a small field clinic on the Gaza border Sunday to treat sick and wounded Gazans, but a human rights group said the move on the day a fragile truce took hold after a bloody three-month offensive was "too little, too late".

Alaska trooper says politics slowed drug arrest

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 presidential candidate, a newspaper reported.

Government makes decision on gray wolves

President George W. Bush's administration says it is removing gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains from the federal endangered species list.

Gaza civilians left exposed in Israeli invasion

With booms from artillery and airstrikes keeping them awake, the 10 members of Lubna Karam's family spent the night huddled in the hallway of their Gaza City home.

Lawsuits begin over spill of coal ash sludge

A group of land owners sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for $165 million on Tuesday over a dike burst that spilled more than a billion gallons of coal ash sludge.

Bad weather delays frustrated holiday travelers

Colleen Stone's family left their Illinois home Saturday to fly to Seattle and spend Christmas with her parents. But two days, two canceled flights, a car ride and $600 later, they weren't even close.

O.J. Simpson sentenced to long prison term

A weary and beaten-looking O.J. Simpson was put away Friday for at least nine years - and perhaps the rest of his life - for an armed robbery in a hotel room.

Few job prospects for those deported to Mexico

Experts and immigration officials aren't certain whether deportations - which affect less than 3 percent of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. this year -really work.

Community torn apart by S.C. immigration raid

When Magdalana Domingo Ramirez Lopez moved to this South Carolina city nearly two years ago to work at the chicken processing plant, she felt at home.

Wildlife group expands reach of anti-Palin wolf ad

A wildlife group is expanding the reach of an advertisement that denounces in graphic form the aerial hunting of wolves in Alaska, a practice Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has supported as governor of that state.

Jury watches video of suspect hit by trooper

A federal jury that must decide whether a South Carolina state trooper deliberately rammed a fleeing suspect with his patrol car watched a video of the incident Tuesday.

Judge overturns decision on gray wolves

A federal court Monday overturned the Bush administration's decision to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the endangered species list.

Alaska Natives question Palin's support

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin routinely notes her husband's Yup'ik Eskimo roots. But those connections haven't erased doubts about her in a community long slighted by the white settlers who flocked to Alaska and dominate its government.

Ike aftermath lays bare immigration paradox

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, America's ongoing debate over U.S. immigration policy is again aflame as undocumented workers make themselves available to rebuild ravaged areas.

Alaska legislator accused of causing flight ruckus

An Alaska state senator caused a disturbance on an Alaska Airlines flight, including throwing a glass of water when flight attendants refused to serve her alcohol, but will not be charged with a crime, authorities said.

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