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28 injured as tornados rip through southern Miss.

Published March 26, 2009

MAGEE, Miss. (AP) âÄî Residents in a tornado-ravaged community took advantage of clearing skies Thursday to collect family keepsakes and begin cleaning up from a storm that left 28 injured and...

Mortgage rates drop to record low

Published March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Rates on 30-year mortgages fell this week to the lowest level on record after the Federal Reserve launched a new effort to assist the staggering U.S. housing market. Mortgage...

Alaska volcano erupts twice, sends ash 12 miles up

Published March 26, 2009

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) âÄî Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted twice Thursday, spewing a more than 12-mile-high cloud that could drop ash on Anchorage for the first time since the volcano began erupting...

House, Senate budget outlines close to Obama plan

Published March 25, 2009

Budget director Peter Orszag said the companion fiscal blueprints in the House and Senate would bolster administration efforts.

Minnesota’s Promise envisions progress for high school students

Published March 25, 2009

School administrators from across the state discussed strategies for getting K-12 children ready for college.

Blagojevich says he was ‘hijacked’ from office

Published March 25, 2009

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich filled in as a radio talk show host Wednesday, using the mike to complain.

With 12 months secured, Liberian community looks forward

Published March 25, 2009

While Liberian refugees now have another year in the United States, some fear there will be no permanent solution.

Stocks climb as economic data again top forecasts

Published March 25, 2009

Stocks rose more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which jumped 130 points.

Parolee in Oakland police shootings linked to rape

Published March 24, 2009

Problems involving parolees from California's overcrowded prison system have long beset state officials.

VA hires vets to go find comrades who need help

Published March 24, 2009

100 former service members were hired nationally as outreach specialists.