Pot advocates: Looser guidelines leave questions
SAN FRANCISCO - A new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from federal agents but still left their suppliers to contend with a tangled mesh of state laws and regulations.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-19
Palin's resignation day arrives, future unclear
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin steps down Sunday giving few clues about her political future, which has been clouded by ethics probes, mounting legal bills and dwindling popularity.
Nations:U.S. People:Sarah Palin John McCain Ronald Reagan Source:(AP)
2009-07-26
Palin takes to Web for hints of political future
JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month.
Nations:U.S. People:Sarah Palin John McCain Source:(AP)
2009-07-05
Palin resigning as Alaska governor
WASILLA, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.
Nations:U.S. People:Sarah Palin Source:(AP)
2009-07-03
Scientists: Global warming has already changed oceans
WASHINGTON -- In Washington state , oysters in some areas haven't reproduced for four years, and preliminary evidence suggests that the increasing acidity of the ocean could be the cause. In the Gulf of Mexico , falling oxygen levels in the water have forced shrimp to migrate elsewhere.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Source:(McClatchy)
2009-06-09
Alaska volcano erupts twice, sends ash 12 miles up
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted several times Thursday, spewing a more than 12-mile-high cloud that could drop ash on Anchorage for the first time since the volcano began erupting Sunday night.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-03-26
Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupts 6 times
WILLOW, Alaska - Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted six times, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-03-23
Workers feel the brunt of health insurance woes
WASHINGTON - American workers -- whose taxes pay for massive government health programs -- are getting squeezed like no other group by private health insurance premiums that are rising much faster than their wages.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-03-23
Mexican drug violence spills over into the US
Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States.
Nations:U.S. Mexico
2009-02-09
Brrr, y'all: Temps startle South, blanket the East
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Miserable, lung-burning, face-numbing temperatures are one thing in the Midwest and Northeast. But the Deep South? Temperatures plummeted Friday across the Midwest and eastern U.S., and delivered a stinging slap to Southerners unaccustomed to the frigid weather. Schools were closed in a dozen states and homeless shelters were overcrowded. Those that did venture outside bundled up and made quick trips.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2009-01-16
Big chill clamps down on upper Midwest
CHICAGO - Forecasters say temperatures in the upper Midwest could be the coldest in years Friday as chilly Arctic air keeps spilling south from Canada.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2009-01-16
Bitter cold hits hard because of economic meltdown
ST. LOUIS - William Davis has lived on the streets since the recession cost him his job as a commercial painter. Over the last eight months, he's made it through heat waves, wind storms, rain, snow and ice.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2009-01-15
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