Girl, 6, blows kiss to camera after being rescued from well
GREENE COUNTY, Miss. -- A wave of emotion that included cheers and cries overcame emergency crews Thursday afternoon after they pulled a young girl from an abandoned well.
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Obama pitches new health care law in California
SAN JOSE, Calif.-- President Barack Obama on Friday encouraged the uninsured or those paying high prices for health insurance to sign up for coverage under his health care law and urged...
CPR training helps boy, 11, save baby brother
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- A Kansas boy was saved the life of his little brother because he knew CPR, something 70 percent of the public doesn't know how to do.
Transgender former Navy SEAL: 'I want some happiness'
NEW YORK -- For 20 years, Christopher Beck lived the secretive, intense life of a Navy SEAL on the same Team 6 that raided Osama bin Laden’s compound just months after his retirement.
Password saves Iowa child from attempted kidnapper
ROLAND, Iowa -- Having a secret password that only you and your child knows isn’t a game. It could save your child from being abducted.
Whole Foods reviewing language policy amid NM flap
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Whole Foods Market is reviewing its employee language policy after two of its Spanish-speaking workers in New Mexico said they were suspended after complaining about it, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
Police in Vegas clear Canseco in sex assault case
LAS VEGAS -- Police in Las Vegas won't seek criminal charges against former major league slugger Jose Canseco after an investigation of a woman's rape claim, a department spokesman said Friday.
APNewsBreak: Plan lifts Lower 48 wolf protections
BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Obama administration on Friday proposed lifting most of the remaining federal protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would end four decades of recovery efforts but has been criticized by some scientists as premature.
Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies
LOS ANGELES-- Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer who left satantic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims' bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, died early Friday in a hospital, a prison official said.
Pa. jail offers tourists a taste of prison food
PHILADELPHIA -- In a city that has become renowned for its hip and innovative restaurant scene, a local tourist attraction is offering decidedly different fare: prison food.
NASA's veteran Mars rover driving to new spot
LOS ANGELES -- NASA's Opportunity rover is still on the move after years on the surface of Mars.
Calif. utility will close troubled nuclear plant
LOS ANGELES-- The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant on the California coast is closing after an epic 16-month battle over whether the twin reactors could be safely restarted with millions of people living nearby, officials announced Friday.
Tropical Storm Andrea zipping up the East Coast
RALEIGH, N.C.-- After bringing rains, heavy winds and even tornadoes to parts of Florida, Tropical Storm Andrea moved quickly across south Georgia and was leaving the Carolinas waterlogged on Friday while sparing the area any serious damage.
Victims of Philadelphia building collapse
PHILADELPHIA -- Six people were killed when a building being demolished collapsed Wednesday and nearly obliterated an adjacent Salvation Army thrift store.
Medical helicopter crash kills 3 crewmembers
MANCHESTER, Ky.-- A medical helicopter crashed in the parking lot of an elementary school eastern Kentucky, killing all three crewmembers aboard. Witnesses described heavy fog at the time, though forecasters said there was no severe weather.
Lawsuit gains speed after Philly building collapse
PHILADELPHIA -- A worker at a Salvation Army store adjacent to a building in the process of being torn down was sorting clothes when she heard rumbling and was suddenly buried, a lawyer for her said Friday as a shopper joined the woman in her lawsuit against the demolition contractor.
8 hurt in vehicle pileup on I-64 bridge in W.Va.
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. -- Eight people have been hurt, two critically, after more than three dozen vehicles were involved in an early-evening pileup on an Interstate 64 bridge.
Stock market has best day in nearly 3 weeks
NEW YORK -- An afternoon rally on Wall Street gave the stock market its best day in nearly three weeks Thursday.
14th person pulled out alive from PA building collapse
PHILADELPHIA -- Rescue crews in Philadelphia combed through the wreckage of Wednesday’s deadly building collapse and 14 people were pulled out alive.
Philly officials look for cause of deadly collapse
PHILADELPHIA -- The search for victims of a building collapse that killed six people wound down Thursday amid mounting questions about whether the demolition company that was tearing down the structure caused the tragedy by cutting corners.
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