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5 climbers missing on world's 3rd highest mountain

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:42:03 -0400

KATMANDU, Nepal - A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world's third highest mountain.

NJ: Caramel-colored rubbing alcohol sold as scotch

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:02:07 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water - and apparently not even clean water at that.

Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:28:17 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two others injured by a landslide.

Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:59:41 -0400

YORBA LINDA, California - U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War.

Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:23:14 -0400

DENVER - In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

Nalen says he tried to hurt Olshansky in '06

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:30 -0400

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado - One of the quietest players in NFL history sure had a lot to say Thursday.

Coded goal: RG3 still aiming for Redskins' opener

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:46:11 -0400

ASHBURN, Virginia - Robert Griffin III's rehab started with a "cry festival." Then came a special new passcode for his cellphone and a chance to hash things out with coach Mike Shanahan.

Spa City Fever wins Belmont feature

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:17:25 -0400

NEW YORK - Spa City Fever easily beat two rivals Thursday in the $72,900 allowance feature at Belmont Park.

Endangered crane chick born at Seattle zoo

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:06:19 -0400

SEATTLE - The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle announces the birth of a red-crown crane chick.

$35M Margaritaville complex opens at AC's Resorts

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:21 -0400

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey - Mitchell Etess thinks he knows the biggest thing that was wrong with New Jersey's oldest casino.

Senate seeks 5 casinos, video slots on Long Island

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:11 -0400

ALBANY, New York - Closed-door negotiations to expand casinos in New York call for five upstate casinos, including up to three in the Catskills and two video slot machine sites on Long Island, according to the bill released Thursday by Senate Republicans.

Parents sue Pittsburgh Zoo in boy's mauling death

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:12:09 -0400

PITTSBURGH - The parents of a 2-year-old boy who was fatally mauled after falling into a wild African dogs exhibit last fall filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, claiming officials had ample warning that parents routinely lifted children onto a rail overlooking the exhibit so they could see better.

BYU museum hosts art about UT women by UT women

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:40 -0400

PROVO, Utah - On one side of a wall, the first side you encounter, white string hangs in a neat, orderly fashion. On the other, the strings twist and tangle, weaving themselves into a towering knot of rope.

SeaWorld: Penguins are coolest thing in Florida

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:31:14 -0400

ORLANDO, Florida - There comes a time in Central Florida - usually around mid-August, when you step outside and it feels like you're wearing a wet blanket inside an oven nestled in a sauna - that you start to dream of cold places and cold weather.

Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:26:19 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest - for now

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:03:30 -0400

KATMANDU, Nepal - An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him.

Parents sue Pittsburgh zoo in boy's mauling death

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:01:58 -0400

PITTSBURGH - The parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a wild African dogs exhibit and was mauled to death last fall have sued the Pittsburgh zoo.

Mount Washington museum to get major overhaul

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:53:52 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - A small museum atop the Northeast's highest peak is about to get a whole lot cooler.

Power boats to gather at W.Va.'s Bluestone Lake

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:18:26 -0400

HINTON, West Virginia - Power boats of all types will gather at Bluestone Lake next week for the Travis Pond Memorial Regatta.

Lake Travis levels down but not out since drought

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:16:48 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - Boater Roger Weil liked the buzz at last Sunday's grand opening of the Crosswater Yacht Club on Lake Travis.

Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:39 -0400

KATMANDU, Nepal - An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest - although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.

Moose hindquarter found under Cheyenne viaduct

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:01:57 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - A moose's hindquarter has turned up under a viaduct in Cheyenne, and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking for information about where it came from.

For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:01:31 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.

Omaha zoo has new Komodo dragon on display

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:52:22 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - The award-winning Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha has added a dragon to its array of exotic animals.

NM museums offer free admission for military

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:14:05 -0400

SANTA FE, New Mexico - New Mexico's 15 state-run museums and historic sites will be free this summer for active duty members of the military and their families.