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‘50 turbines to be designed to power about 40,000 homes.’ Doesn’t it sound very eco-friendly? The Texas Land Office has announced such a deal with a Louisiana contractor. As affordable energy alternative still missing in the United States , the...
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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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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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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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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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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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President Barack Obama intends to nominate Mignon Clyburn, a utility regulator and former newspaper executive from South Carolina, to the Federal Communications...
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Frank Robinson was appointed special assistant to the commissioner Thursday, a new role for the Hall of Famer who’s spent more than a half-century in baseball.
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AP, Georgetown
A gunman shot a Guyana official in charge of dissolving a failed insurance company as she drove to work Thursday, police said.
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AP, Cleveland
The Mid-American Conference has named Jon Steinbrecher as its new commissioner.
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AP, New York
On paper, New York City’s health commissioner looks like the kind of doctor an AIDS activist would love.
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AP, Baltimore
After Baltimore’s New Year’s Eve fireworks celebration was canceled by strong winds, the city’s police commissioner hit the streets and collared a few...
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Deborah Taylor Tate, one of three Republicans on the five-member Federal Communications Commission, will be leaving the agency when her term expires early next month.
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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach has announced his resignation, effective Jan. 20, Inauguration Day.
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AP, Providence
The Big East conference has promoted John Marinatto to commissioner. He replaces Mike Tranghese, who announced his retirement in June after 18 years as commissioner.
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AP, New York
The Big East will promote senior associate commissioner John Marinatto to replace Mike Tranghese, who is retiring after 19 years leading the conference.
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AP, Albany
New York state’s education commissioner says he will resign by next June after a 13-year tenure in which he carried out one of the nation’s most aggressive...
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AP, Waterville
Some people may lose sleep on the job or even lose the stapler off their desk. Dane Keane loses fingers.
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Arena Football League commissioner David Baker surprisingly resigned Friday, two days before the ArenaBowl championship game.Baker ended his 12 years on the job by...
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AP, New York
The NFL hired Pennsylvania’s police chief to make sure there are no more signal-stealing scandals like the one involving the New England Patriots last season.Col....
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AP, Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania State Police chief who guided the agency through the Amish schoolhouse murders will leave to direct the NFL’s strategic security program.Col....
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AP, Providence
Big East conference commissioner Mike Tranghese will leave his job next year.He has been commissioner since 1990. He said Thursday the conference was enjoying...
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Douglas H. Shulman is now the newest commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.The Senate unanimously confirmed Shulman in the early hours of Friday morning.Shulman...
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The chief of the embattled Food and Drug Administration challenged Congress on Friday to quickly give his agency more teeth to regulate food safety.”This is a...
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AP, St. Paul
Legislators threw Minnesota’s transportation commissioner out of office Thursday, some six months after the Minneapolis bridge collapse crystallized discontent...
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AP, Sacramento
The commissioner of the California Highway Patrol resigned Tuesday after pressure from state lawmakers who called him an ineffective leader and a state audit found...
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NBA commissioner David J. Stern speaks during a news conference Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at the NBA All-Star basketball weekend in Phoenix.
