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Supreme Court Rejects Quick Review of Health Care Law

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court rejected a call Monday from Virginia's attorney general to depart from its usual practice and put review of the health care law on a fast track. Instead, judicial review of President Barack Obama's signature legislation will continue in federal appeals courts. The justices turned down a...

North Carolina Gets Worst of Storms That Ravaged Swath of US

ASKEWVILLE, N.C. - A tornado-spewing storm system that killed at least 45 people across half the country unleashed its worst fury on North Carolina, where homes broke apart, trees snapped and livestock were swept into the air. Residents in the capital city and rural hamlets alike on Sunday mourned the dead, marveled at...

Twisters Leave Dozens Dead, Destruction in 6 States

Andrew Craft, The Fayetteville Observer / AP

RALEIGH, N.C. - Rescue crews searched for survivors in wind-blasted landscapes Sunday in North Carolina, the state hardest hit by a storm system that spawned dozens of tornadoes from Oklahoma to Virginia and left dozens dead. The spring storm, North Carolina's deadliest in two decades, spun off 62 tornadoes in that state...

12,000-Square-Foot White House Replica for Sale

Want the presidential digs without the presidential headaches? Pony up $4.65 million and the White House is yours. Realtor Chu Nguyen of Fairfax Realty is selling the McLean, Va., home on behalf of an anonymous Vietnamese engineer. Using White House blueprints, he built the house out of love for the country that took him...

To the Hounds: Fox Hunting Lives On as an Animal-Friendly Pastime

GORMAN, Calif. -- It's a pastime, participants will tell you, that's as American as apple pie: one played in the great outdoors, on real grass, with lots of running and jumping and zig zagging all over the place. And, no, it's not football or baseball, although a horsehide is tangentially involved. David McNew,...