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OROVILLE - Crews Wednesday reopened a state highway in north central California that had been blocked for a day after steel supports for a new overpass collapsed; investigators studied why the structure toppled.

A construction worker who fell 50 feet to the ground with a tumbling steel beam remained hospitalized in fair [...]

MINNEAPOLIS - An interstate highway bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed during the evening rush hour Wednesday, dumping dozens of vehicles into the water and onto the land below, creating a horrific scene of damage, fire, smoke, injuries and frantic rescues.

The eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, was in [...]

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama issued a pointed warning Wednesday to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf by saying, as president, he would be prepared to order U.S. troops into that country unilaterally if it failed to act on its own against Islamic extremists.

In his most [...]

TIMELINE

Key events in the weeks following Pat Tillman’s friendly fire death in Afghanistan in 2004:

April 22: Tillman is shot and killed during a patrol in Afghanistan.

April 23: White House press aide seeks information on Tillman’s death from Defense Department.

April 28: White House speechwriter drafting speech for President Bush seeks additional [...]

WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and three top generals expressed regrets to a House committee today over a “screw-up” in how the military handled the death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, but denied a cover-up occurred.

Rumsfeld, in his first appearance in Congress since President Bush replaced him in December, said [...]

WASHINGTON - Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld defended himself and took no personal responsibility today for the military’s bungled response to Army Ranger Pat Tillman’s friendly-fire death in Afghanistan.

Rumsfeld, in his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since President Bush replaced him with Robert Gates late last year, reiterated previous testimony [...]

WASHINGTON - The Navy admiral nominated to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told senators Tuesday that U.S. military efforts in Iraq would fail unless Iraqi leaders did more to bridge sectarian divides. But he also warned that a rapid exit of U.S. troops could turn Iraq into a “caldron” [...]

WASHINGTON - Facing his lowest approval ratings ever and increasing scrutiny about the secrecy with which he operates, Vice President Dick Cheney is making the media rounds this week unapologetically backing some of the White House’s more controversial actions.

In interviews Tuesday on CNN’s “Larry King Live” and [...]

WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats pulled back Tuesday from a final series of votes on Iraq policy before the August recess, hoping a month spent at home with voters frustrated by the course of the war would persuade more Republicans to join Democrats in backing a troop withdrawal.

The [...]

WASHINGTON - The House gave final and overwhelming approval Tuesday to a landmark bill that would tighten ethics and lobbying rules for Congress, passing it on to a Senate that is under a new ethics cloud after Monday’s FBI raid on Sen. Ted Stevens’ house.

The new lobbying bill [...]