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Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds Walker anti-union lawThe law, which Republican Gov. Scott Walker pushed for, went into effect three years ago. The end of collective bargaining was approved by the state's highest court Thursday.
San Diego parking lot plane crash: Bystanders rescue pilot, passengerA single-engine 1988 Mooney M-20L went down Wednesday in a parking lot that serves a Costco and a Target store. The passenger dies, and the pilot was hospitalized after being pulled from the burning plane by bystanders.
- What did Lois Lerner say about Republicans? IRS emails released
Lois Lerner, the former IRS official, referred to some right-wing Republicans as "crazies" and used an expletive. The emails add fuel to GOP claims of a political conspiracy at the tax agency to target conservative groups.
Pat Roberts confronted by tea party challenger in surprise attackSenator Pat Roberts was interrupted at a campaign stop by tea party challenger Milton Wolf, who accused the three-term senator of refusing to debate him before the Kansas Republican primary.
Boulder gay marriage licenses halted in Colo. court judgementBoulder gay marriage: The court ruling was in response to an appeal from Republican Attorney General John Suthers, who has been trying for several weeks to get Boulder's clerk to stop giving marriage licenses to gay couples until there's a definitive ruling on same-sex unions from the US Supreme Court.
Spectacular video of water main break that flooded UCLA campusThousands of gallons of water inundated parts of the University of California at Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon. Students and staff were forced to walk through ankle-deep water in some areas.
Camaro drives off New York bridge, driver dies. Was he drag racing?A 2010 Chevy Camaro driver took an exit off the Saw Mill River parkway and drove off the Ashford Avenue Bridge in Dobbs Ferry at around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. Expect traffic delays on the Saw Mill River parkway as traffic is diverted around the bridge.
US appeals court blocks Mississippi's anti-abortion law, keeps clinic openA federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that a Mississippi law that would close the state’s only abortion clinic is unconstitutional.
Pipe flooding UCLA will continue flooding for hours, say officialsThe 93-year-old water main that has been spewing water for two hours will take another two hours to shut off, says Los Angeles Water and Power spokeswoman Michele Vargas.
NCAA settles concussion lawsuit by creating $70 million fundCritics are already coming out against this decision, saying the settlement didn't push the NCAA far enough.
How a three-hour whale watching voyage became a overnight ordealSome 157 passengers spent the night on a whale-watching ship stranded 15 miles off the Massachusetts coast. The ship was snagged by a lobster trap rope.
- Why flying on commercial airlines keeps getting safer
While the number of people flying worldwide has doubled since 1999, fewer people are dying in commercial aviation crashes. But Africa's safety record is five times worse than the global average.
US says Russia violated 1987 nuclear missile treaty with new cruise missileUS officials accuse Russia of testing a new ground-launched cruise missile in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that President Ronald Reagan signed with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
NC attorney general won't defend his state's gay marriage banNC Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Monday that his office will no longer support a legal ban on same-sex marriage: 'It is time to stop making arguments we will lose.'
- Ebola poses little threat to US, say CDC officials
Health officials monitoring an Ebola outbreak in Africa say the risk to the United States is remote and there continue to be no travel restrictions to West Africa.
What's on The Sarah Palin Channel?Sarah Palin promises that her new subscription TV channel will talk about "the issues that the mainstream media won't talk about." The $9.95 per month online Sarah Palin Channel debuted Sunday.
Ohio amusement park ride cable snaps, injures two peopleTwo people were injured at Ohio's Cedar Point amusement park after a cable snapped on a large swing ride, just three weeks after a fallen tree stranded roller coaster riders at a California Six Flags.
US releases images of rockets fired from Russia into UkraineA four-page document from the US State Department seems to show blast marks from where rockets were launched in Russia and Ukraine, and craters where they landed in Ukraine.
Pennsylvania man charged with murder in hospital shootingThe man accused of fatally shooting his caseworker and grazing a psychiatrist was charged with murder late Saturday.
NYPD arrests 'Spider-Man' for assaulting a police officerNew York Police officers arrested a man dressed as Spider-Man after he allegedly assaulted an officer in Times Square.
