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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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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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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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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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A Jewish university professor accused of anti-Semitism for comparing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to the Holocaust says he’s...
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The University of California, Santa Barbara, is investigating allegations of improper conduct and anti-Semitism against a Jewish professor who compared Israel’s...
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New York may be the city that never sleeps, but its mail clerks will finally get some shuteye.
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The TV commercials make it sound easy: Gather your unwanted gold jewelry, mail it away and get cash in return. But police say thieves also see the ads and are...
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Product: Computer mailbox
Description: A standard metal mailbox inside a PC monitor.
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AP, Trenton
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to force Gov. Jon S. Corzine to release e-mail exchanges with his ex-girlfriend, ending a potential distraction to...
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New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s e-mails to his ex-girlfriend will remain private.
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Documents in the case against former Senate aide Ann Copland include a series of e-mail messages from lobbyists who provided her with gifts and e-mails she sent...
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Dartmouth students have apologized for writing a tongue-in-cheek news report full of racial slurs directed at the school’s next president, who will be the first...
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The mayor of a small Southern California city has resigned after being criticized for sending an e-mail showing watermelons in front of the White House.
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The mayor of a small Southern California city who was criticized for sending an e-mail showing watermelons in front of the White House says he will give up the mayoral...
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The mayor of a small Southern California city says he will resign after being criticized for sharing an e-mail picture depicting the White House lawn planted with...
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Google Inc. is making amends for an e-mail outage by giving 15 days of free service to businesses, government agencies and other subscribers who pay for an expanded...
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AP, La Grande
An Oregon woman finally received an invitation to her nephew’s high school graduation in New Jersey, but she may be a little late _ it was in 1987.
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The Obama administration, siding with former President George W. Bush, is trying to kill a lawsuit that seeks to recover what could be millions of missing White House...
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Even with it is turned off, a new ThinkPad laptop will be able to talk to a BlackBerry phone so their owner will be able to read and send e-mail faster, the companies...
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AP, Trenton
Republican Party officials in New Jersey have asked the state’s highest court to consider whether Gov. Jon Corzine should be forced to release e-mails he...
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AP, Trenton
The New Jersey Supreme Court has been asked to consider whether Gov. Jon Corzine should be forced to release e-mails he exchanged with the union leader he once dated.
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AP, Portland
FairPoint Communications Inc. is warning customers of a possible scam connected to its takeover of Verizon Communications Inc. e-mail accounts in northern New England.
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Doug Fischer, a city letter carrier for the post office in Aurora, Colo., delivers an express mail package while dressed as Santa Claus in the east Denver suburb of Aurora, on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. Fischer has donned the costume for the past 11 years..
