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Dozens of inmates ran whooping from a small town jail into the sunshine Wednesday after a cash-strapped county in Oregon's timber region was forced to release them amid budget cuts.The sheriff's... more

Lena Greenberg was in constant motion as she stood waiting for her turn at the microphone at the National Spelling Bee _ arms waving, feet dancing, head bobbing."It calmed me down," Greenberg said... more

A gunman who opened fire at a Seattle cafe Wednesday, killing three people, critically wounding two others and setting off a citywide manhunt apparently shot himself as officers closed in on him,... more

Alaska wildlife biologists are warning about the dangers of moose calving season after several people were injured in the past week by protective cows, including a 6-year-old girl who was stomped... more

Search crews have found the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in southeast Oregon last week.Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger says the plane and the body of pilot Tony Nicholls were found... more

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's administration says job-growth numbers he made public earlier than normal have been verified by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Walker faces a recall election... more

Mitt Romney says he believes in America. For a while, his campaign's new app touted "A Better Amercia."Ooops. That typo distracted from the rollout Tuesday of a Romney campaign app designed to run... more

A Boston University student has come out of a medically induced coma more than two weeks after a car crash that killed three college classmates in New Zealand.Meg Theriault was put in a coma after... more

Blue the dog doesn't have a home. And he apparently doesn't want one. But the blue-eyed Australian cattle dog has $1,800 in savings, a Facebook page and an air-conditioned dog house.He also has a... more

The stepmother of three children taken by their father to the Bahamas on a sailboat against custody orders has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge under an agreement with Montana... more