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NEWBERRY, Mich. -- Homes and cabins make up a third of the nearly 100 structures destroyed by a wildfire burning across more than 30...
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ATLANTA — A young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease was able to speak Sunday for the first time since she was taken to...
By Matea Gold and Joseph Tanfani, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — The financial firepower that fueled the rise of a network of conservative advocacy groups now pummeling Democrats with...
By Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cameras can't bring back the dead — or can they?
By Ken Dilanian and Rebecca Keegan
WASHINGTON — Some Republican lawmakers were outraged when federal records released last week showed that the White House, CIA and...
By Lisa Mascaro
— If it sounds like the debates in Congress have devolved into those of teenagers, it's because they have.
By David Kelly
David Badner rushed from his car, shook hands and immediately started talking.
By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
LA JOLLA — David and Cristina Sear were walking their Doberman pinschers in this seaside neighborhood when a big U-Haul truck pulled...
By Alison Knezevich
ROCKVILLE, Md. The fliers first showed up in March, dropped on doorsteps of the big homes in Todd Stave's quiet cul-de-sac. They compared...
By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
Is Bob your uncle? Probably depends on what language you're speaking. In Urdu, if Robert's your father's brother, he's your chacha ...
By Jean Merl, Los Angeles Times
Daniel Mintz recently had a chance to see California's new election system up close, and it was an eye-opener.
By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK — A man who claims to have abducted and strangled Etan Patz, who vanished 33 years ago Friday, has suffered from bipolar...
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
CAMP PENDLETON — Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Fankhauser had been inAfghanistan'svolatile Helmand province for barely two weeks when he...
By Brian Bennett, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — In an aggressive effort to boost deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun to increase by nearly...
By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner
ORLANDO, Fla. — Evidence released last week in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman shows four key witnesses made...
By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The federal judge in the John Edwards trial closed her courtroom Friday afternoon to deal with what she called a...
By Lisa Mascaro, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics Committee publicly admonished Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) for improperly meeting with a lobbyist and...
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times
Silicon-based computers are fine for typing term papers and surfing the Web, but scientists want to make devices that can work on a far...