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AP, Bethlehem
A Pennsylvania man has been accused of burglarizing at least three apartments and vandalizing them with spray paint and chocolate pudding _ after police say he was...
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AP, Philadelphia
The head of a Philadelphia museum says its sample of Abraham Lincoln’s blood may get DNA testing, but some questions must be answered first.
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AP, New York
Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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AP, Washington
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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AP, New York
Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or...
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AP, New York
One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry...
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AP, Revere
City councilors just outside Boston say police should be better prepared for large crowds descending on a local beach after thousands of students skipped school and...
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AP, San Diego
A deputy assistant secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton has been sentenced in San Diego to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child...
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AP, Missoula
The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the...
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AP, New York
Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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AP, Los Angeles
A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles _ a lie authorities say nearly prevented him...
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AP, Pittsburgh
The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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AP, Washington
Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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AP, Chicago
In a tearful interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, the parents of a British girl who disappeared two years ago from a Portuguese resort asked their...
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AP, Pomona
Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students.
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AP, Chicago
Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million...
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AP, Detroit
Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal...
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AP, Washington
The Supreme Court says Shell Oil Co. cannot be held responsible for cleanup of a contaminated Superfund site owned by a defunct company simply because it delivered...
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AP, New York
Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs.
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AP, Washington
A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime...
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AP, Landover
Vice President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing that $300 million in federal stimulus money will go to cities and towns to purchase more fuel-efficient...
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AP, Arlington
The head of California’s air pollution agency on Thursday urged federal regulators to reverse a Bush-era decision that blocks the state’s efforts to set its...
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AP, Arlington
The head of California’s air pollution agency says the federal government made a mistake when it blocked his state from setting its own standards for controlling...
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AP, Washington
Environmentalists, state officials and automakers are weighing on whether states should be allowed to set their own standards to control greenhouse gases from...
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AP, Washington
An accounting firm’s report says investors are gambling on green energy, pouring $4.1 billion into fledgling clean technology companies last year.
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AP, Washington
Democratic congressional leaders and the Obama administration indicated Monday that they will push for greater federal authority to locate electric transmission lines,...
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AP, Washington
Former Vice President Al Gore says lower oil prices shouldn’t stall efforts to put a price on carbon emissions to combat climate change and reduce U.S. dependence...
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AP, New Orleans
After weeks of haggling, New Orleans officials say they’ve come up with money to maintain rigorous cleaning in the city’s famed French Quarter.
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AP, New Orleans
A multimillion-dollar budget hole is forcing New Orleans to scale back rigorous cleaning in the city’s famed French Quarter.
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AP, Albany
New York environmental regulators adopted stricter air pollution rules on Tuesday to prevent power plants and factories from belching out more smog and soot.
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AP, Washington
A federal appeals court is reinstating one of President George W. Bush’s clean air regulations while the Environmental Protection Agency makes court-mandated...
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AP, Milwaukee
Milwaukee County jail inmates can knock an hour off their sentence for each hour they spend on some dirty work _ cleaning up blood, feces, saliva and other bodily...
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AP, Los Angeles
House Peters Jr., a TV actor who became the original Mr. Clean on Proctor & Gamble’s commercials for household cleaners, died Wednesday. He was 92.
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AP, Mexico City
Mexico’s government is giving car buyers a Web site where they can check on just how environmentally friendly their new vehicle might be.
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AP, Washington
A Bush administration rule barring states and local governments from requiring more air pollution monitoring is illegal, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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The family structure in most countries has transformed radically. From huge extended families we have broken down to single units, and with the current trends most of...
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Key excerpts from Environmental Protection Agency, White House and other government documents on the Bush administration’s decision rejecting regulation of...
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AP, Washington
A federal appeals court unanimously struck down a signature component of President Bush’s clean air policies Friday, dealing a blow to environmental groups and...
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AP, Washington
A federal appeals court has struck down an environmental rule that the Bush administration championed as crucial in protecting public health.The U.S. Court of Appeals...
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SDT Waste and Debris Services employee, Jeremy Licciardi uses a skid loader to collect trash left in the streets from Mardi Gras along Boubon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday morning, Feb. 25, 2009.
