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CALEXICO, Calif. — A man has been charged with trying to sneak a Brazilian man into the United States from Mexico by hiding him in the gasolin…
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Gov. Matt Mead has signed into law a measure designing the Wyoming big sagebrush as the official state shrub.
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FLAGSTAFF — The U.S. Forest Service has dealt a huge blow to a company that wants to build hundreds of homes, retail shops and hotels outside …
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal prosecutors say four shops catering to Alaska cruise ship visitors illegally sold bone carvings portrayed as works…
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PLEASANTON, Calif. — A 20-year-old San Francisco Bay Area babysitter charged with felony child abuse has pleaded not guilty to the crime.
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POCATELLO, Idaho — A mural of horses on the side of a historic building in downtown Pocatello gets to stay thanks to intervention from the Cit…
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DENVER — Colorado is closer to removing a loophole that allowed two prison inmates to be exonerated of killing a fellow prisoner by invoking a…
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EUGENE, Ore. — More than two dozen people gathered in an Oregon hotel parking lot, hoping to catch a glimpse of Justin Bieber.
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SITKA, Alaska — Archaeologists want to pay another visit this summer to a more than 200-year-old shipwreck near Sitka in a push to uncover mor…
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BURLINGAME, Calif. — A 97-year-old San Francisco Bay Area woman whose fight against being evicted from her home of 66 years drew international…
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ANTIOCH, Calif. — A security guard who saw a woman drive off a San Francisco Bay Area marina helped pull her to safety and then watched her ge…
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — An Oregon county is asking a judge to throw an inmate's lawsuit, arguing that his professed Jewish beliefs are not sincere.
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Military officials plan to move more than a thousand desert tortoises to keep them safe from training exercises in …
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LOS ANGELES — Authorities say a 21-year-old Oakland man has been found guilty of killing his puppy by setting it on fire.
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BOZEMAN, Mont. — A pipe below a holding pond in Big Sky has released an estimated 35 million gallons of sewage water into the West Fork of the…
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SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico is allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections as long as they turn 18 by the date of general elections.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. — It was a good year for New Mexico's chile farmers.
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FLORENCE — A Pinal County sheriff's deputy has been indicted on charges accusing him of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy a decade ago.
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WASHINGTON — Former Idaho Sen. Larry E. Craig must pay $242,533 to the Treasury Department for using campaign money on legal representation in…
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BOZEMAN, Mont. — Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating after human remains were found in the northwestern corner of the park.
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