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SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic flight....
Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove
LIVERMORE, Colo. (AP) -- Hundreds of firefighters are battling a blaze fueled by warm, dry weather in northern Colorado that federal officials say started with a camp stove....
3 charged with terror conspiracy ahead of NATO
CHICAGO (AP) -- Three men arrested earlier this week when police raided a Chicago apartment were being held on terrorism conspiracy charges Saturday stemming from allegations that they tried to make Molotov cocktails ahead of the NATO summit, but the first major dress rehearsal of this weekend's large-scale protests was relatively peaceful....
LA police arrest 2 in killings of Chinese students
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Police arrested two young men in the shootings deaths of two graduate students from China last month near the University of Southern California, an attack that stunned a school that has more international students than any other U.S. university....
In Colorado, same-sex marriage remains a hot issue
DENVER (AP) -- Minutes after President Barack Obama announced he supported gay marriage, the Democratic governor of Colorado choked back tears in Denver as he ordered state lawmakers to reconsider a civil-unions measure that Republicans had defeated the day before....
G-8 leaders put focus on European financial crisis
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- Drawn together in this serene mountain outpost, leaders of the major industrialized nations are prodding Germany to balance its push for European fiscal austerity with doses of stimulus spending to avoid an economic calamity that could reverberate worldwide....
Jurors in Edwards trial will resume talks Monday
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Jurors in the John Edwards' campaign corruption trial are taking a break for the weekend and their requests for evidence and office supplies may be a sign that they are in for detailed discussions when they reconvene on Monday....
Clemens lawyer attacks key piece of evidence
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attacking key prosecution evidence, Roger Clemens' lawyer went through the items in a Miller Lite beer can one at a time and tried to cast doubt on the syringes and medical waste allegedly used to inject the famous pitcher with performance-enhancing drugs....
'Coal Miner's Daughter' Lynn married at 15, not 13
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13 in "Coal Miner's Daughter," documents obtained by The Associated Press show....
Amid apparent rift, kin mourn Mary Kennedy
BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Mary Richardson Kennedy had been close to the Kennedys for much of her life, as a teenage friendship led to a marriage into one of America's most famous families....
