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  • Apocalypse believers await end, skeptics carry on

    GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press

    OAKLAND, Calif. — They spent months warning the world of the apocalypse, some giving away earthly belongings or draining their savings accounts. And so they waited, eagerly or anxiously, on Saturday for the appointed hour to arrive. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Caroline Dennewith, co-owner of Dorky's Arcade in Tacoma, Wash., poses for a photo, Friday, with a poster advertising her business' "Rapture Party," which will be held Saturday, the day on which a loosely organized Christian movement believes Jesus will return to Earth to g...

  • EPA to test air in homes near Billings oil spill

    GARANCE BURKE, MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

    BILLINGS — The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will collect indoor air samples from homes downstream AP Photo/Jim Urquhart Cleanup workers use oil absorbent materials along side the Yellowstone River in Laurel, Wednesday. An Exxon Mobil pipeline near Laurel ruptured and spilled an estimated 1,000 barrels of crude into the Yellowstone. of a Yellowstone River oil spill after residents raised concerns about health risks from the tens of thousands of gallons of crude that poured into the watercourse. About 150 p...