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Colorado wildfire expands viciously, Obama plans visit
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Firefighters struggled on Wednesday to beat back a wildfire raging at the edge of Colorado Springs that doubled in size overnight, forced more than 32,000 people from their homes and was nipping at the edges of the U.S. Air Force Academy. | Video
Bernard Madoff's brother to plead guilty, U.S. says
- Peter Madoff, the brother of Bernard Madoff and former chief compliance officer of the imprisoned swindler's firm, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy and falsifying records, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday.
U.S. seizes cargo ship in search for stowaways
NEWARK, New Jersey - A cargo ship believed to be carrying stowaways was seized at a New Jersey port on Wednesday after it arrived in the United States following stops in India and Egypt to pick up freight, the U.S. Coast Guard said. | Video
U.S. court: OK for jurors to take indictment home
A federal appeals court in New York refused to overturn the conviction of a man who claimed he was denied a fair trial because jurors were allowed to take his indictment home to read after deliberations had begun.
Miami face-eating attacker had marijuana in his body
MIAMI - A Miami man killed by police after he chewed off a big chunk of the face of a homeless man had marijuana in his system but no other drugs, authorities said on Wednesday.
Former storm Debby churns away from sodden Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Florida - The remnants of Tropical Storm Debby moved out into the open Atlantic on Wednesday and rains finally eased over Florida but the state was struggling to clean up the soggy mess left behind. | Video
Arizona executes killer who fought clemency board
PHOENIX - A convicted murderer who challenged the fairness of Arizona's clemency board and won a temporary reprieve was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for raping, beating and stabbing a woman to death in 1986.
U.S. recovery varies greatly by state, county, city
- In a twist on the old aphorism about real estate, the three most important factors for the current U.S. economic recovery seem to be location, location, location.
California's Stockton rating cut to default: S&P;
- Standard & Poor's downgraded Stockton, California to default from selective default on Wednesday, citing expectations that the city will not pay "substantially" all of its obligations as they come due.
Chicago decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana
CHICAGO - People caught with small amounts of marijuana in Chicago will be ticketed instead of arrested under a new ordinance passed by the city council on Wednesday, as the third largest U.S. city became the latest to support more lenient penalties for using the drug.
DNC to GOP on healthcare: Bring it on
The Democrats have an answer for the Republicans if the U.S. Supreme Court throws out President Barack Obama's healthcare law on Thursday: Good luck with that.