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Federal investigators say they couldn't recreate the speeding scenario, and now have doubts about the driver's claims about his runaway car.
The Obama administration will ask Congress to toss out the two-tiered pass/fail school rating system of the No Child Left Behind education law and replace it.
The federal agency will have to cash in some IOUs to make payments.
Tremors rattled buildings. The country did not issue a tsunami warning, and there are no reports of damage or casualties.
Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend. The official time changes at 2 a.m. standard time on Sunday.
Police found the body of Chelsea King in a shallow grave after a massive search.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is voicing fresh confidence there are enough votes to pass sweeping health care legislation, saying lawmakers are "one day closer" to a historic achievement.
The woman who currently heads the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is reported to be in line to become vice chairman of the Fed.
The Labor Department says the unemployment rate for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was 21.1 percent last year.
A 47-year-old woman in Washington state has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping her 8-year-old daughter adopted from China.
Germany's top bishop has informed Pope Benedict XVI about cases of
clerical sex abuse in the pontiff's native Germany and said the pope
encouraged him to pursue the truth and assist the victims.
The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a dozen
states to consider freezing refunds, in one case for as long as five
months.
Drivers are battling an epidemic of teeth-rattling potholes, jarring
not only wheels and tires but also transportation departments trying to
pay for road fixes.
The deal still must be approved by a judge and the workers themselves.
President Barack Obama has announced which groups will get the $1.4 million he received for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
A police official says U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband.
The community organizing group ACORN has settled a lawsuit by agreeing to give up its Ohio business license and not return under another name.
Advocacy groups say President Barack Obama has assured them that he remains committed to a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration laws. But what can be accomplished on the issue this year remains unclear.
Police say a New York woman who claimed her Toyota Prius accelerated on its own was on her way to have its gas pedal checked at the time of the accident.
His father says Sharif Mobley is "no terrorist." But the FBI is looking into the case of the alleged al-Qaida member -- raised in New Jersey -- who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen.
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