Associated Press

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — A clerical error that caused an apparent $50,000 budget shortfall at Bitterroot College of the University of Montana has been cleared up and the funding restored in time for the spring semester.

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MONROE, Conn. (AP) — The children who escaped last month's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown have been welcomed to a school in a neighboring town.

Today's open house at the former Chalk Hill School in Monroe marks the students' first time in a formal classroom setting since Dec. 14, when a gunman killed 20 of th

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NEW YORK (AP) — Coach of the month in November, out of a job by New Year's.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid says "I don't know timewise how it can happen now."

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NEW YORK (AP) — After missing all of last season and them moving from Indianapolis to Denver, Peyton Manning is headed back to the Pro Bowl.

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A primer on military-style assault rifles from AP.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama has made separate phone calls to congressional leaders to discuss the impending fiscal cliff.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Four national retailers have agreed to recall more than 150,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners after at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners.

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BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Butte firefighters don't rescue cats from trees, but authorities say a woman tried to trick them into doing so by luring them out with a report that a man was stuck there.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With uneven testing for steroids and inconsistent punishment, college football players are packing on rapid weight without drawing much attention from their schools or the NCAA.

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