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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it will spend millions of dollars to help farmers and ranchers improve pastures ...

LAKE OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (AP) — In the marshes along the western edge of Florida's largest freshwater lake, the water is clear, wading birds burst into t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Obama administration raced to meet its self-imposed deadline for online health insurance markets, security experts working fo...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the first penalty of its kind, federal transportation officials on Tuesday docked Asiana Airlines $500,000 for failing to prompt...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has ordered the Pentagon to plan for a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year shou...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's push for a smaller, nimbler military must now face the scrutiny of a Congress that has spent years battli...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators issued an emergency order Tuesday requiring tests of crude oil before shipment by rail to determine how susceptib...

TOKYO (AP) — A major bitcoin exchange has gone bust after secretly racking up catastrophic losses, other virtual currency companies said Tuesday — a p...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence fell slightly in February over concerns about the near-term outlook for business conditions and jobs. The C...

FORT ERIE, Ontario (AP) — U.S. customs officers began inspecting U.S.-bound cargo trucks in Canada Monday under a pilot program intended to relieve co...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to vote against veterans these days. Majority Leader Harry Reid is counting on voters as well as lawmakers feeling that wa...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Kerry Kennedy swerved her Lexus into a truck, damaging the car and blowing a tire, but kept driving and later was slumped at...

DENVER (AP) — Denver on Monday formally submitted its bid to host the 2016 Republican National Convention, arguing that its success with the 2008 Demo...

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — An ex-Marine from Virginia was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life in prison for killing a New York school superintendent over ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The government's largest-ever study of Hispanics' health may help answer why they live longer than other Americans but the first result...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The cost of going to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World just got more expensive. Disney World has raised the one-day...

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Gov. Jan Brewer faced intensifying pressure Monday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Bernanke, who stepped down last month after eight years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, is planning a memoir. Bernanke told Th...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For women who carry a notorious cancer gene, surgery to remove healthy ovaries is one of the most protective steps they can take. Ne...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday over the sole Obama administration program already in place to limit power plant and fa...