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COOKE CITY, Mont. - The survivor of a deadly grizzly bear attack said Thursday she realized her only hope was to play dead after feeling the bear's jaw clamp onto her arm in the middle of the night. Full Story »

PHOENIX - The showdown over Arizona's immigration law played out in court and on Phoenix's sun-splashed streets on Thursday, as the state sought to reinstate key parts of the measure and angry protesters chanted that they refused to "live in fear." Dozens were arrested. Full Story »

BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's attorney general has subpoenaed MetLife Inc and Prudential Financial Inc as part of a probe into whether life insurers are defrauding families of deceased military personnel by siphoning off millions of dollars of death benefits for themselves. Full Story »

SAN DIEGO - Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist. Full Story »

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation's new health care law. Full Story »

So far, predictions of ecological catastrophe on the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill seem overblown Full Story »

A U.S. District Court issues an injunction against part of the state's controversial law. The case will be appealed -- and supporters like Sheriff Joe Arpaio aren't ending their campaign Full Story »

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - President Barack Obama has signed a bill he says will address the unique public safety challenges facing American Indian tribes. Full Story »

RHINEBECK, N.Y. - Imagine spending $250,000 on flowers. Or $20,000 on a cake. How does $15,000 to $20,000 for toilets sound? Full Story »

WASHINGTON - A bill that would provide up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust was in danger of stalling in Congress on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts. Full Story »

DENVER - Nearly a fifth of Colorado's medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say. Full Story »

PHOENIX - The U.S. Air Force has chosen bases in Arizona, Florida, Utah and Vermont as homes for the military's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, prompting applause from officials banking on the pricey new combat jets to supercharge their communities' economies. Full Story »

NEW YORK - She's had a front row seat to history for a year and a half, meeting heads of state, touring the Kremlin, flying around the world on Air Force One, being serenaded by Paul McCartney and enjoying command performances from the Jonas Brothers. Full Story »

SALINAS, Calif. - Authorities say two teens were killed and two wounded in three separate shootings in the central California city of Salinas over a span of about 13 hours. Full Story »

EDINBURG, Texas - A jury sentenced a south Texas man to death on Thursday, four days after convicting him of capital murder for beheading his common law wife's three children in 2003. Full Story »

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - A man whose northeastern Pennsylvania property contained as many as 12 corpses will be tried on double-murder charges this fall. Full Story »

CHICAGO - Jurors deciding if former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell President Barack Obama's old Senate seat were out of sight Thursday, a far more benign result for Democrats than if the corruption trial had lasted through the summer as expected while the party geared up for tough elections. Full Story »