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NJ spruce lights up as Rockefeller Center tree
An 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy was transformed into a beacon of shimmering glory Wednesday when New York City Mayor ...
Numbers drawn in $550 million Powerball jackpot
The numbers drawn for the record $550 million Powerball jackpot are: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. The drawing Wednesday night for the ...
North Korea joke slips over China's Great Firewall
How did a spoof article about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un being the sexiest man alive end up as a real news item in China? Turns out it was a ...
APNewsBreak: DeCinces indicted for insider trading
Former Baltimore Orioles all-star Doug DeCinces and three others were indicted Wednesday on insider trading charges involving the use of information ...
Rondo, Humphries, Wallace ejected for fight
Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo was ejected in the second quarter of Wednesday night's game against Brooklyn when he shoved Kris Humphries ...
NY mayor seeks more disaster aid for Sandy victims
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appealed to congressional leaders Wednesday for quick action on providing tens of billions of dollars in new ...
Kaepernick to start as 49ers QB on Sunday at Rams
Tight end Delanie Walker arrives at work at 6 a.m. each day, and Colin Kaepernick always beats him to 49ers headquarters. The quarterback clocks in ...
Police: Slain Ark. girl was suffocated, raped
A 6-year-old Arkansas girl who was the victim in an abuse case last year and was found dead this past week in a vacant house in her neighborhood was ...
Officer: Suicide led to wariness about Manning
An Army private accused of sending reams of classified U.S. documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks was kept in tight pretrial confinement ...
Zebra, mini horse corralled after NYC street jaunt
New York City can be like a zoo sometimes, but a zebra running wild through the streets is not something you ordinarily see. The Staten Island Advance ...
Study: US jails could handle Guantanamo detainees
The controversial detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could be closed and the 166 detainees being held there could be absorbed safely by U.S.
Texas millionaire charged with child molestation
Stanley Marsh 3, the eccentric millionaire artist best known for his "Cadillac Ranch" art display along an interstate in the Texas Panhandle, was ...
Veterans sue railroad over fatal crash in Texas
Two Army veterans and their wives on Wednesday sued the railroad company whose train hit a truck carrying veterans and their spouses during a parade ...
MAC championship has BCS implications
Time to put the BCS puzzle together. There's not a lot of mystery going into championship weekend. Mostly, everything should simply fall into place.
NJ places Sandy costs at $37B in seeking US aid
Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday raised the estimate of New Jersey's costs of recovering and rebuilding from Superstorm Sandy to nearly $37 billion ...
3 BP employees arraigned on Gulf oil spill charges
Two BP rig supervisors and a former BP executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig ...
Ex-US Rep. Reynolds latest to seek Jackson's seat
Just a few blocks from a courthouse where he was convicted of fraud and a few miles from another where he was convicted of having sex with a minor, ...
Lions' Suh fined $30,000; says kick not on purpose
Ndamukong Suh's reputation for being a nasty player was born as an NFL rookie. Suh slammed two quarterbacks to the ground by grabbing their helmets ...
Golf's guardians want long putters to go belly-up
Brace yourself — just not your putter. In a proposal that would affect major champions as well as amateurs at their local clubs, the guardians of the ...
Obama says he'll do what it takes to avoid cliff
The White House and a key congressional Democrat hinted at fresh concessions on taxes and cuts to Medicare and other government benefit programs ...
Senate gives green light to Pentagon green energy
The Senate on Wednesday gave the green light to the Pentagon's investment in green energy. By a vote of 62-37 on Wednesday, the Senate backed an ...
Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus
Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won't be able to light up. Most universities have codes ...
Breakthrough Gotye hit is Spotify song of the year
Gotye's smash hit "Somebody I Used to Know" is Spotify's top song of the year. The digital music service said Wednesday that the multiplatinum pop ...
Texas out to seize Warren Jeffs' polygamist ranch
Texas wants ownership of Warren Jeffs' massive ranch where prosecutors say the convicted polygamist sect leader and his followers sexually assaulted ...
Palestinians hope to gain leverage from UN bid
The expected U.N. vote Thursday to recognize a state of Palestine will be far more than symbolic — it could give the Palestinians leverage in future ...