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Zoos coping with damage, helicopter roar
Almost a week after Hurricane Katrina hit, the animal kingdom at the New Orleans zoo and the aquarium is struggling. Fish are dying by the hundreds, officials say, and some...
White House required prolific pen
What do Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and National Duck Stamp Week have in common? They were subjects of memos written by Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts Jr. when he...
Rekindling of faith in rugged town
At St. Patrick's Church, perched 200 feet above a canyon floor as a symbol of the steely determination of the copper miners who built this rugged town, Jim McEntee, 43,...
Rescue of missions stirs flap
For 39 years, Helen Nelson has stood jealous watch over the San Gabriel Mission, the longest tenure of any preservation activist at the 21 historic Spanish church compounds that run...
Absentee vote could stall count
Two hours after the polls were scheduled to close Tuesday, hundreds of voters were still in line waiting to cast ballots to determine the fate of New Mexico's five electoral...
Margin makes for a photo finish
SANTA FE--John Kerry and President Bush were running virtually neck and neck late Tuesday, with the challenger capturing 49.8 percent of the vote and the incumbent 49.1 percent with one-third...
Felons slip through the net of voter registration rules
Shuttling frenetically from desk to desk, Clark County election official Catherine Smith was racking up another 12-hour day during Nevada's early voting last week as an investigator on the front...
California court annuls gay unions
The California Supreme Court on Thursday voided about 4,000 marriage licenses issued earlier this year to same-sex couples in San Francisco, saying city and county officials stepped outside of legal...
Court sets release of Ryan’s divorce file
Dealing a blow to the U.S. Senate candidacy of Republican Jack Ryan, a California judge ruled that several sealed divorce records likely to embarrass the candidate and his ex-wife should...
40th president laid to rest in California
After a week of public mourning that stretched across the nation, former President Ronald Reagan was laid to rest behind his presidential library in the Simi Hills. Reagan's casket was...