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- Huntsman ends campaign decrying 'toxic' politics
Category: US News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 08:31 AM -0800
First Read: Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman ended his campaign for president and backed Mitt Romney in the GOP primary. He bemoaned the negative state of politics in his exit speech.[more]
- Fuel transfer to snowed-in Alaska town to begin
Category: US News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 03:00 AM -0800
Officials hope to see the transfer of much-needed fuel from a Russian tanker to the snowed-in Alaskan town of Nome as early as Monday.
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- 'Bad year for ice': Snowmobile in lake tragedy
Category: US News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 02:25 AM -0800
Divers recovered the bodies of two men Sunday whose snowmobile sank on a lake, the first thin-ice related deaths in Minnesota in a mild winter that has left ice unreliable.[more]
- Huntsman to drop out, endorse Romney
Category: US News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 12:38 AM -0800
The former Utah governor's decision comes on the eve of a round of debates and primary voting in South Carolina and Florida, in which his longtime rival is poised to lock up the Republican...[more]
- Keystone XL pipeline would be hard to kill, analysts say
Category: US News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 12:00 AM -0800
Even if the Obama administration rejected it on environmental grounds, demand for oil and jobs means an alternative probably would emerge.A provision attached to the recent payroll tax bill...[more]
- More South Carolinians wary of Mitt Romney's corporate side
Category: US News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 12:00 AM -0800
It's unclear whether charges that Bain Capital buyouts cost too many jobs will hurt him in the primary, but unease is evident among Republican voters.Jim Buchanan winced as he explained why Mitt...[more]
- Climate change skepticism seeps into science classrooms
Category: US News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 12:00 AM -0800
Some states have introduced education standards requiring teachers to defend the denial of man-made global warming. A national watchdog group says it will start monitoring classrooms.A flash point...[more]
- Stop-Romney conservatives face a tough climb in South Carolina
Category: US News
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 08:37 PM -0800
Evangelicals and tea party backers remain sharply split among his rivals, giving him an advantage similar to the one he had in Iowa.Evangelicals and tea party backers remain sharply split among his...[more]
- Perry calls Obama response to Marine video 'over the top'
Category: US News
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 07:24 PM -0800
The Texas governor says the four Marines caught urinating on Afghan corpses had made a 'stupid mistake,' but it was not a criminal act.Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has been campaigning furiously in...[more]
- Mount Rainier rangers search for missing snowshoer
Category: US News
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 06:43 PM -0800
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Park rangers and volunteer mountaineers searched Mount Rainier National Park with snowshoes, skis and dogs for a second day on Sunday looking for a missing 66-year-old snowshoe...[more]
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