Rangers rescue 2 climbers on Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier National Park rangers have rescued two climbers who called for help after falling near Camp Muir, which is at about the 10,000-foot level of the 14,410-foot mountain.
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WA Lottery
These Washington lotteries were drawn Tuesday:
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Hawaii seeks to ban harvesting of shark fins
Hawaii is attempting to ban the practice of killing sharks for the purpose of making shark-fin soup.
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Judge: Univ. of Wyo. must allow Ayers' speech
A judge who served as a Marine in Vietnam ruled Tuesday the University of Wyoming must allow William Ayers to speak on campus, but also expressed disdain for an anti-war group co-founded by the former radical that claimed responsibility in the 1960s for a series of nonfatal bombings.
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HI lawmakers vote to limit Obama document requests
Hawaii legislators have passed a measure allowing a state agency to ignore repeated requests from a person or organization for President Barack Obama's birth certificate.
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Source: Man cites explosives, jet diverts to Maine
The former Air Force member who was detained Tuesday on a trans-Atlantic flight after allegedly claiming he had explosives in his luggage and a fake passport lives a "squeaky clean" life and has never been in trouble before, his father told The Associated Press.
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Feds: 69 illegal immigrants found at AZ drop house
Federal authorities say 69 suspected illegal immigrants, including two children and an infant, have been rescued from a drop house in Phoenix.
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Senator solicits input on Indian trust settlement
The vice chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee said Tuesday he is concerned about the fairness of a proposed $3.4 billion settlement against the government for mismanaging Indian trust funds and is suggesting some revisions.
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Palin's lawyer: Another ethics complaint dismissed
Sarah Palin's attorney says another ethics complaint against the former Alaska governor has been dismissed.
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Judge: Grandparents can't take toddler left in NYC
A 3-year-old boy abandoned at St. Patrick's Cathedral will return to Florida but must remain in the care of child-welfare officials because the case needs further investigation, a family court judge in New York City ruled Tuesday.
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