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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...
made popular May 5 2009
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.
made popular May 5 2009
AP, New York
Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
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.
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Pittsburgh
The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Washington
Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Pomona
Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students.
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
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.
made popular May 5 2009
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...
made popular May 5 2009
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AP, Beirut
Inmates at Lebanon’s largest prison rioted briefly Tuesday, setting their clothes and mattresses on fire and causing injuries to 18 prisoners, security officials...
made popular Mar 10 2009
AP, Seattle
An entrepreneurial spirit struck Allan Parmelee last fall as he sat in a Washington state prison, where he’s serving 17 years for bombing the cars of two...
made popular Feb 22 2009
AP, Burlington
Inmates at the Des Moines County jail in Burlington may have to begin paying for toilet paper. The county is facing a more than $1.7 million deficit in this...
made popular Feb 12 2009
AP, Pecos
Inmates at a privately run federal prison in western Texas started a riot and set at least one fire Saturday for the second time in less than two months, authorities...
made popular Feb 1 2009
AP, Lincoln
Five people imprisoned for the 1985 rape and murder of a 68-year-old woman were pardoned Monday, two months after investigators said DNA evidence proved they were...
made popular Jan 27 2009
AP, Pecos
Inmates at a privately run prison in West Texas took two hostages after starting a riot and setting at least one fire Friday, authorities said.
made popular Dec 13 2008
AP, Somers
It costs the state of Connecticut at least $1,600 every time multiple murder suspect Joshua Komisarjevsky appears in a courtroom.
made popular Nov 23 2008
AP, San Francisco
Inmates with open, bleeding wounds routinely use communal showers and suicidal prisoners are sometimes kept for hours inside small cages, witnesses testified in a...
made popular Nov 21 2008
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Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia have laws that provide compensation for the wrongfully convicted:
made popular Nov 18 2008
AP, Omaha
Three people recently freed after spending nearly 20 years in prison for a murder they didn’t commit face many challenges as they re-enter society: finding jobs...
made popular Nov 18 2008
AP, Phoenix
Inmates in Maricopa County jails are often housed in unsanitary conditions with inadequate food and health care, more than 30 years after a lawsuit was filed aimed at...
made popular Oct 23 2008
Muslim prisoners are being given fresh clothes and bedding after sniffer dogs search their cells – because they view the animals as unclean.
made popular Oct 9 2008
Death row is the end of the line for most people, but some are lucky enough to appeal and get off the sentence. But could there be a computer to predict who lives and...
made popular Jun 26 2008
AP, Fort Worth
A Roman Catholic priest was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for having sex with two inmates while a chaplain at a women’s prison.Vincent Inametti, 48,...
made popular May 5 2008
AP, Washington
The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a county sheriff who objects to transporting jail inmates for elective abortions.An Arizona sheriff wanted the justices...
made popular Mar 24 2008
AP, Elizabeth
Two men whose daring escape from a New Jersey jail was reminiscent of the movie “The Shawshank Redemption” pleaded not guilty Monday to escape charges.One...
made popular Mar 10 2008
AP, Elizabeth
Two inmates returned Friday to the scene of their daring Hollywood-style escape last month, which also led to the suicide of one of their guards.Shackled and surrounded...
made popular Jan 18 2008
AP, Trenton
In a Jan. 8 story about the apprehension of an escaped convict from a New Jersey jail, The Associated Press in one instance used an incorrect last name for the...
made popular Jan 10 2008
AP, Elizabeth
Authorities in Mexico City on Wednesday captured the second of two inmates who made a daring escape last month from a New Jersey jail, a U.S. marshal said.The...
made popular Jan 9 2008
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