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Man accused of stealing Va. teen's dog

AP — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:08:09 +0000

Prince William County police said a man accused of stealing a dog from a 15-year-old boy has been charged with robbery. Police said the boy was walking his dog Sunday just before 11 p.m. when the man ordered the boy to give him everything he had in...

Ala. county faces biggest US municipal bankruptcy

AP — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:24:50 +0000

Alabama’s largest county appears headed for the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, a $3.2 billion mess created by the nation’s credit crunch and a colossal, corruption-riddled sewer...

Alligator fished out of pond in NYC suburb

AP — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:26:39 +0000

County wildlife control agents have evicted a neighbor of the Clintons _ a 3-foot alligator fished from a pond in the tony New York suburb where the couple live.

Md. jail guards told to help inmate death probe

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:09:55 +0000

County officials ordered guards at a suburban Maryland jail Wednesday to cooperate with an investigation into the strangling of an inmate accused in a police officer’s death.The probe of inmate Ronnie L. White’s death has focused on...

Maine jail for sale for $200,000

AP — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:31:24 +0000

If you’re in the market for a roomy brick-and-stone Victorian, complete with a security system and razor-wire fencing, then Somerset County officials may have a deal for you.The Somerset County Jail in downtown Skowhegan is for sale. It has a...

Police say men trying to steal power lines shocked

AP — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:45 +0000

Two Somerset County men are charged with trying to steal live power lines that were still attached to a transformer and utility poles.Police said Kevin Lee Lytle, 27, and Daniel Jay Basinger, 24, both of Confluence, were shocked during the theft...

Indiana's Lake County has tradition of late vote tallies

AP — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:39:56 +0000

Indiana’s sometimes-stepchild county held the balance late Tuesday in deciding whether Hillary Rodham Clinton would gain a key primary victory.Lake County, the state’s second-most populous with nearly 500,000 people, had reported no...

Chicago Gets Highest Sales Tax in US

AP — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:44:52 +0000

Among the things Chicago wants to be known for, having the highest total sales taxes of any major U.S. city is probably not one of them.But that’s what it’s getting after the Cook County Board voted Saturday to double the county sales...

A Family Descends Into Brutal Disarray

AP — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:30:26 +0000

Family battles don’t get more bruising that the verbal fisticuffs on display in “August: Osage County,” Tracy Letts’ riveting dissection of one Oklahoma clan’s bleak, brutal descent into disintegration.The savagery displayed by these folks,...

Court to Stay Out of LA County Seal Case

AP — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:10:56 +0000

The Supreme Court on Monday ended a challenge to Los Angeles County’s decision to remove a cross from the county seal.The court, without comment, declined to revive a lawsuit filed by a county employee that said the decision in 2004 to alter...