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Woman recounts bear attack as caught grizzly ID'd
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AP - One of the survivors of a deadly grizzly bear attack said Thursday she realized her only hope was to play dead after feeling the bear's jaw clamp onto her arm in the middle of the night.
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New brush fires erupt in rural Los Angeles County
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AP - New brush fires swept over rural hills in Los Angeles County on Thursday, while good weather to the north aided firefighters building containment lines around two wildfires that destroyed homes in remote mountain communities earlier in the week.
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Ellen DeGeneres out as 'American Idol' judge
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AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season, leaving Fox's hit show with two vacancies on its judging panel.
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Past problems for company at heart of oil spill
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AP - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river boasts on its website of being "an industry leader in pipeline safety and integrity."
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Police: Gunman kills stepfather, 2 others in Texas
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AP - On a leafy cul-de-sac in a gated Texas community, a man walked inside his stepfather's home with a briefcase. A teenage boy at the house didn't recognize him but could tell he was angry. He took his young siblings outside, and moments later heard gunfire.
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Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep
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AP - The showdown over Arizona's immigration law played out in court and on Phoenix's sun-splashed streets on Thursday, as the state sought to reinstate key parts of the measure and angry protesters chanted that they refused to "live in fear." Dozens were arrested.
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Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger
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AP - Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.
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Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law
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AP - More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation's new health care law.
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Less oil on surface means less work for fishermen
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AP - Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen.
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A $3M Clinton wedding? Not out of the question
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AP - Imagine spending $250,000 on flowers. Or $20,000 on a cake. How does $15,000 to $20,000 for toilets sound?
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Feds OK project to drill under, not on, wild areas
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AP - An energy company received federal approval Thursday to take natural gas from a largely untouched, picturesque region of Utah by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas instead of on top of them.
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Aid options dwindle for sick 9/11 responders
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AP - A bill that would provide up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust was in danger of stalling in Congress on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.
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