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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Weather scientists are retracing the footprints of this week's monstrous tornadoes the way detectives would investigate a crime scene: talking to witnesses, watching surveillance video and even taking the measurements of the trees ripped from the ground. Full Story »
SALT LAKE CITY - The state of Utah filed a lawsuit Friday against the federal government over an Obama administration plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection. Full Story »
People who overuse credit have very different beliefs about the products they buy than those who spend within their budget, new research suggests. Full Story »
AP TAIPEI, Taiwan - About 2,000 protesters are demanding that Taiwan scrap plans to operate a newly built nuclear power plant and turn the facility into a museum to highlight the dangers of nuclear power. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said on Thursday he supports cutting tax breaks for the oil industry as lawmakers search for ways to battle rising gasoline prices. Full Story »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA called off its attempt to launch the final voyage of the space shuttle Endeavour today (April 29) because of a malfunction in one of the spacecraft's critical power units. Full Story »
A divided federal appeals court handed the Obama administration a significant victory on Friday when it reversed a judge’s ruling that sought to block government funding of human embryonic stem cell research. Full Story »
TACOMA, Wash. - The weekly gold fish races at a Tacoma bar are canceled after it received complaints from animal rights activists. Full Story »
SYDNEY (AFP) - Mining giant Rio Tinto weighed into the debate over Australia's proposed carbon emissions tax Saturday, urging Canberra not to rush into a decision while major polluters such as China and the United States held back. Full Story »
AP A low pressure system was bringing more rain to the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest on Saturday, while the East Coast remained dry and sunny. Full Story »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Despite a grounded space shuttle that won't be launching today (April 29) after all, President Obama and his family visited NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) here as planned. Full Story »
AP WASHINGTON - Opponents of taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research lost a key round Friday in a federal appeals court ruling that gives support to the Obama administration's expansion of the promising but disputed approach to finding disease cures. Full Story »
COMMENTARY | A new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis titled "The Fiscal Impact of the Offshore Drilling Moratorium" confirms that Obama administration "War on Oil" policies are widening the federal budget deficit. Full Story »
Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's lower house of parliament passed an emergency budget on Saturday worth 4 trillion yen ($48.5 billion) for rebuilding after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, a downpayment on the country's biggest public works effort in six decades. Full Story »
Professional golfer Notah Begay III is fighting the growing problem of diabetes among Native-American youth, saying the disease could ultimately cost tribes their future leaders if nothing is done. Full Story »
Stocks rose on Friday on strength from Caterpillar and other industrials, lifting the Dow and Nasdaq to their best monthly performance since December. Full Story »
Consumer technology companies reporting financial results this week are looking like rowboats bobbing in the wake of Apple Inc.'s supertanker. Full Story »
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