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Family transformed three years after bridge disaster
July 31, 2010For 13-year-old Arrianna Merritt, the words mother and hero go hand in hand.
Court denies request for expedited Ariz. immigration law appeal
July 31, 2010A federal appeals court has denied Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's request for an expedited hearing on the state's controversial immigration law. Instead, the case has been scheduled for a hearing during the first week in November.
Third blaze ignites in CA wildfires
July 31, 2010Hundreds of firefighters battled a third wildfire in the Los Angeles area early Friday as two more raged within 60 miles of one another.
Russian boy rejected in U.S. is back in orphanage
July 31, 2010A Russian boy who was sent back to Moscow, Russia, by his adoptive mother in the United States has been returned to an orphanage, an attorney of the World Association for Children and Parents said Friday.
Obama says U.S. auto industry 'growing strong' after bailout
July 31, 2010President Barack Obama, speaking at a Chrysler plant here Friday, praised the recovery of the embattled U.S. auto industry and celebrated the tough choices he says made a comeback possible.
No charges for Gore over alleged sexual assault
July 31, 2010Former Vice President Al Gore will not face prosecution on an allegation of sexual assault from 2006, according to the Multnomah County district attorney's office.
Grizzly that fatally mauled 3 people euthanized
July 31, 2010A grizzly bear was euthanized Friday after a DNA test determined that it mauled three campers -- one of them fatally -- in a remote area of Montana, an attack that has perplexed wildlife experts.
Airmen killed in Alaska plane crash identified
July 31, 2010The Air Force has identified four airmen who died Wednesday when a cargo plane crashed during a training mission near Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska.
'Significant progress' in cleaning Michigan oil spill
July 31, 2010Michigan's governor and the boss of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency planned Friday to fly over the location of an oil spill on the Kalamazoo River.
Several people injured in Massachusetts explosion
July 31, 2010An explosion erupted shortly after noon Friday in an unoccupied portion of a condominium complex that was under construction in Norfolk, Massachusetts, injuring a number of people, an official said.
