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Wildfire Burning in Arizona Forces Evacuations

3 hours 10 minutes ago |AP

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (June 20) -- Crews worked through the night against a 600-acre wildfire burning near downtown Flagstaff that prompted evacuations of homes and a hotel, officials said today. The fire ...

BP CEO's Yacht Outing Infuriates Gulf Residents

3 hours 45 minutes ago |AP

Chris Ison, PA / AP

EMPIRE, La. (June 20) -- It could have been a turnaround week in BP's campaign to convince the public that it's doing everything possible to contain the damage from the worst offshore oil spill in U. ...

Woods Surges Into Contention at US Open

12 hours 20 minutes ago |AP

Eric Risberg, AP

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (June 19) -- Forget fist pumps. When Tiger Woods watched a long putt on No. 17 roll in, he raised his right arm and extended his index finger high in the air.

Oil Spill Forces Oyster Company to Halt Business

12 hours 51 minutes ago |Politics Daily

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(June 19) -- Louisiana's oyster industry took another major hit as the AmeriPure Processing Co. announced a temporary halt in operations, and the layoff of forty employees. The company, in Franklin, ...

Obama Says GOP Making Life Harder for the Jobless

13 hours 30 minutes ago |AP

WASHINGTON (June 19) -- President Barack Obama on Saturday pinned blame on Republicans for making life harder for the unemployed and for those who could lose their jobs without new federal interventi ...

Man Shoots 4 People, Self at Calif. Fast Food Restaurant

13 hours 33 minutes ago |AP

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (June 20) -- A gunman attacked his stepdaughter's family as they ate lunch at a California restaurant, killing her husband and 6-year-old son, wounding the woman and another ch ...

Father's Day: Celebrating Dad for 100 Years

13 hours 44 minutes ago |AOL News

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(June 19) -- You could call Sonora Smart Dodd the "Mother of Father's Day." After all, the holiday, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, was inspired by her. Dodd's mother died in 1898 during ...

Kagan Unscathed After Revelations From Past

15 hours 51 minutes ago |AP

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WASHINGTON (June 19) -- Tens of thousands of pages worth of documents from Elena Kagan's past have left President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee relatively unscathed and important details about ...

Zappos CEO Loves Pickles, Is Not Really Into Shoes

16 hours 1 minute ago |AOL News

Ethan Miller, Getty Images

(June 19) -- Tony Hsieh is the CEO and leader of the cult that is Zappos. He's turned the online shoe retailer into a curiosity in the business world thanks to his endless chanting of "customer servi ...

Woman's Letter to Obama Leads to Husband's Arrest

16 hours 4 minutes ago |AP

(June 19) - A woman who wrote President Barack Obama, asking for help resolving her husband's immigration problem got a response she didn't expect: Federal agents turned up at her New York City home ...

Rising World Cup Ratings: Soccer Fever Hits US

17 hours 11 minutes ago |DailyFinance

Tina Fineberg, AP

(June 19) -- Morning rush hour is in full swing in suburban Denver and there's an unusual number of cars parked in front of C.B & Potts in Greenwood Village. The restaurant and brewery opened fou ...

Former NBA Player Manute Bol, 47, Dies

18 hours ago |FanHouse

Ed Zurga, AP

(June 19) -- Manute Bol was known for being one of the tallest NBA player in the history of the game at 7-foot-7. The only thing that he was known better for -- and perhaps the only characteristic th ...