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BOSTON (AP) — The Cape Wind offshore wind project has secured a $200 million investment from a Danish pension fund in what the wind farm's president said Tuesday is a milestone for the long-delayed project.In a statement announcing the commitmen ...more

MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park grew into a blaze that led to the evacuations of 1,500 people from 800 homes, but nearly half were allowed to return as firefighters gained ground late Tuesday ...more

ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" — then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along with her y ...more

SEATTLE (AP) — An indication of an oil filter problem prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, a United Airlines spokeswoman said.Flight 139 landed norm ...more

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV. ...more

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago.James Lewis DeRosa was killed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, bec ...more

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to eight days in jail for stealing a former "American Idol" contestant's iPhone while the singer was performing at a California elementary school.City News Service reports 47-year-old Bertha Al ...more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters.Albert White Hat, who was instrumental in teaching and preserving the American Indian language and translated the Hollywood movie "Dances with Wolves ...more

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's Softbank.<p ...more

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:1. TALIBAN, US AGREE TO PEACE TALKSObama cautions, though, that the process won't be quick or easy.2. WHO'S TAKING A SWIPE A ...more