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  • Gold nuggets stolen from $3M courthouse collection

    Investigators in a far Northern California town sought leads Thursday in the theft of large chunks of gold from the county courthouse's $3 million historical collection, as residents lamented the loss of an important piece of their cultural heritage.

  • Homeless NY science whiz isn't finalist in contest

    A New York high school student who attracted national attention after it was reported that she was living in a homeless shelter is not among the 40 finalists in the prestigious Intel Science contest.

  • Perry tries to reverse slide in national polls

    With less than two months before the first contest in the 2012 presidential race, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is still struggling to recapture the momentum that briefly propelled him to the top spot for the Republican nomination, according to two new national polls this week.

  • Military prepares for 'don't ask, don't tell' to end

    In less than four weeks, openly gay men and women will be able to serve in the U.S. military. At Fort Jackson, it's Capt. Guy Allsup's job to ensure that recruits in Charlie Company now realize a soldier is a soldier: gay or straight.

  • Nuke inspectors focus on `unusual' wear on tubes

    The integrity of some equipment installed in 2009 at Southern California's San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant is drawing concern after unusual wear was found on hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water.

  • Ex-CEO Scrushy gets prison sentence trimmed

    Disgraced health care executive Richard Scrushy has been re-sentenced to a reduced term of 70 months, or nearly six years, in prison.

  • Prosecution: Penn State execs hid child sex claims against football coach

    STATE COLLEGE, Penn. — Penn State coaching legend and Second Mile founder Jerry Sandusky was arraigned Saturday on more than 40 charges alleging sex crimes involving minors.

  • Plant nurseries wither in recession

    The trend is striking independent plant nurseries like caterpillars on cabbage: A combination of lingering recession, pressure from big box stores and back-to-back wet springs has swept countless small nurseries into a sea of debt the last four years.

  • California woman's small claims victory resonates

    Heather Peter's computer crashed under the onslaught of messages following her unique victory over Honda in small claims court - a win the California woman is hoping will lead other consumers to reject a class action settlement over defective hybrid cars.

  • APNewsBreak: No files on pardoned Miss. killers

    Pardon files are missing or don't exist for four convicted killers and another man who worked as trusties at the Governor's Mansion and were pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour during his final days in office.

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