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Police: NH woman arrested 4 times in 26 hours
Authorities say a New Hampshire woman has been arrested four times in 26 hours for blasting the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" and other loud music from ...
Soggy Seattle goes on streak of dry weather
Not too many people are complaining in typically soggy Seattle, but the city is on a surprising run of dry weather. The gauge at Sea-Tac Airport has ...
Little relief at the pump this Labor Day
The big spike in gasoline prices is just about over, but it's too late to bring much relief for Labor Day weekend. The national average price for ...
Buffett's firm relying less on insurance units
Warren Buffett's birthday this week was good news for Berkshire Hathaway investors who could celebrate another year of the Oracle of Omaha's ...
Playing for purpose: Penn State opens with Ohio
A season of change is finally about to begin at Penn State. New coach. New offense. A new look to the classic uniform. Ohio visits Beaver Stadium on ...
Biden: Obama leadership saved auto plants
Vice President Joe Biden mounted the Democratic counterpoint to the Republican presidential ticket Friday, drawing attention to the Obama ...
Court: Monroe's estate can't block photo sales
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Marilyn Monroe's estate is powerless to stop a California company from selling her images without its ...
Michigan 'hillbilly' claims $337M Powerball prize
Donald Lawson decided to have a little bit of fun with his mother two weeks ago. "I called her and said, 'I got a surprise for you. I won $200,000 in ...
Nearly 900 districts to apply for Race to the Top
Nearly 900 school districts across the nation intend to apply for a slice of close to $400 million in grants that the U.S. Education Department will ...
Can an honor code prevent cheating at Harvard?
Harvard University, whose motto "Veritas" means "truth," has never had a student honor code in its nearly 400-year history — as far as it knows.
Stowaway cat from China says 'ni hao' to new home
A stowaway kitten who survived a three-week ocean voyage from China to California trapped in a storage container without food or water has found a new ...
Campaigns cast Obama, Romney as 'the other'
Republicans cast President Barack Obama as an executive who takes his cues from Europe, poses a threat to the traditional family and is unfamiliar ...
AP Analysis: Syria diplomacy stalls over safe zone
Turkey's non-starter call for a humanitarian safe zone inside Syria offers the clearest sign yet that diplomacy to end the bloodshed in the most ...
Misery in La. as Isaac flooding leaves power out
Isaac sloshed north into the central U.S. on Friday after flooding stretches of Louisiana and Mississippi and knocking out power, leaving entire ...
Jindal: 70 pct of floodwater will soon be out
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says officials expect to have 70 percent of the water out of an area of Plaquemines Parish that flooded after being hit ...
Feminist writer Shulamith Firestone dead at 67
Writer Shulamith Firestone, who published her influential "The Dialectic of Sex" at age 25 and then retreated into isolation and mental illness, has ...
Feds: Iowa woman's 'loans' cost friends $730,000
Investigators say a $730,000 swindle started with a sweet pitch: an Iowa woman sent friends hand-written notes asking for loans so she could surprise ...
Phil McGraw's 1957 Chevrolet convertible stolen
Talk show host Phil McGraw's pristine 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible has been stolen from a Southern California hot rod shop. The Los Angeles ...
Wildfires ravage remote Montana Indian reservation
Ten-year-old Sheldon Limpy kicked through a jumble of burned metal and charred wood, frowning his way through the ruins where his family's house once ...
Anti-Obama doc '2016' doing well in Ohio, Texas
Here are the five strongest U.S. theater markets in terms of ticket sales for "2016: Obama's America," based on box office data from Rentrak, a media ...
Man complains to police of prostitute price hike
Police in southeast Michigan say a man called to complain that a woman he had agreed to pay for sex unexpectedly increased the price. AnnArbor.
Oil prices rise ahead of Bernanke speech
The price of crude is up nearly 2 percent on speculation that Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide some hints as to whether the Federal Reserve will ...
For now, justice on hold in Texas rape case
The trial is over. There's a conviction and a steep prison sentence. But justice is on hold for a young Texas girl who prosecutors say was repeatedly ...
400-pound gorilla statue returned to Pa. woman
A Pennsylvania woman says a 400-pound gorilla statue was stolen from her home, used for target practice and then returned. Patricia Rudalavage's ...