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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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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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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, St. Louis
The mother of a teen who died after being shocked by Illinois police with a stun gun has settled her wrongful death lawsuit with the city of Jerseyville.
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AP, Kansas City
An Illinois court is allowing a lawsuit to move forward that challenges Sprint Nextel’s deal with Clearwire Corp. to provide wireless broadband.
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AP, Springfield
With one governor in prison and another under indictment, Illinois officials must choose between patching holes in current ethics laws or attempting a top-to-bottom...
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AP, Sacramento
The last imprisoned member of the 1970s-era Symbionese Liberation Army has been cleared to serve parole in Illinois after his release next month from a California...
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AP, Springfield
Two central Illinois volunteers have tied the knot in the place they first met: a homeless shelter.
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AP, Crestwood
Hundreds of outraged residents packed a community meeting Saturday to confront village officials about allegations that they knowingly drew drinking water from a...
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AP, Springfield
Illinois has fired a transportation official who saw his salary nearly double in five years, including an 8 percent bump in the final days of ousted Gov. Rod...
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AP, Chicago
A former chief of staff who served under ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich pleaded not guilty Thursday in the federal corruption case involving the former Illinois governor.
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AP, Champaign
Olympian Justin Spring is moving up at Illinois _ and moving on from competitive gymnastics.
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AP, Tuscola
Illinois State Police seized $2.7 million that a drug-sniffing dog found in a van on a rural Illinois interstate.
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AP, Rolling Meadows
A judge in Illinois has given prosecutors permission to obtain DNA samples from a man accused of killing three of his girlfriend’s relatives in a Chicago suburb.
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AP, Rockford
Several public schools in Rockford, Ill., have been locked down after a student was shot outside a school building.
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AP, Champaign
Ed Mies would like to plant corn on his central Illinois farm by now, but instead he has time to talk about how wet his fields are.
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AP, Crestwood
Officials knowingly drew drinking water from a contaminated well for more than two decades even after warnings by state environmental officials, according to a...
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AP, Rolling Meadows
An Illinois man accused of killing his girlfriend’s sister, father and grandmother has been denied bail.
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AP, Hoffman Estates
Police say a 20-year-old man has been charged with fatally stabbing three people and wounding another at a suburban Chicago home.
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AP, Hoffman Estates
Police say three people have been fatally stabbed and another wounded at a suburban Chicago home.
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AP, Hoffman Estates
Authorities say a third person stabbed during a fight at a home near Chicago has died.
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AP, Hoffman Estates
Police say two people were stabbed to death and three others were wounded at a home near Chicago.
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In this photo taken Friday May 1, 2009, an empty home is boarded up in a neighborhood in Springfield, Ill. Illinois is fairing better than some of its neighbors, like Michigan, Ohio and Indiana which have more than twice as many thinning neighborhoods.
