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AP – The former dean of an exclusive Connecticut boarding school has been charged with molesting three students, leading to a lawsuit, fears about additional victims and damage to the sterling reputation of the 159-year-old [...]
AP – An Illinois judge has freed a man who had been in jail for three weeks after letting loose a loud yawn during a sentencing hearing. Thirty-three-year-old Clifton Williams of Richton Park was found in contempt of court and jailed on July 23 after yawning in Will County Judge Daniel Rozak’s court. He could have been jailed for six [...]
 AP – A new military approach in Afghanistan may mean buzzing rather than bombing the enemy, according to the general taking over the air war [...]
 AP – Alice Connors-Kellgren was surprised by her boyfriend’s new Facebook profile picture a few weeks ago: He was kissing another girl on the [...]
 AP – Challenging a global aversion to guns aboard ships, France has put troops on tuna boats in the Indian Ocean, and Belgium is offering military units to its merchant vessels off the Horn of Africa. Now, U.S. lawmakers are weighing similar action to fight [...]
 AP – Federal and state officials visited a maximum-security prison in rural Michigan on Thursday to begin assessing its suitability to house Guantanamo Bay [...]
AP – Victor Rozanski’s wife gave him an ultimatum: It’s either me or the bottle. He chose the [...]
AP – The Hong Kong-based company that operates the cargo ship that caused a 2007 oil spill in San Francisco Bay pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal [...]
 AP – South Carolina’s attorney general said Thursday he wants state ethics commissioners to review Gov. Mark Sanford’s use of state aircraft and any other potential violations of state [...]
AP – An animal behavior expert told jurors Thursday that it’s possible a small dog could have severed an infant boy’s genitals, something that prosecutors accuse the child’s mother of [...]
 AP – Les Paul, who pioneered the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock ‘n’ roll greats, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was [...]
AP – California’s top financial officers said Thursday they will stop issuing IOUs, ending a practice that became the most visible symbol of the state’s fiscal [...]
AP – A video shot by a tourist shows a small plane soaring over the Hudson River before clipping a sightseeing helicopter, sending them both plummeting toward the water, killing nine [...]
AP – A New York City policeman who fatally shot another officer on a dark street in Harlem will not face criminal charges, the Manhattan district attorney announced [...]
 AP – A southern Utah newspaper has rejected a gay California couple’s wedding announcement, saying its policy is to publish announcements only for marriages legal under Utah [...]
 AP – Edward Wayne Edwards’ days of hitchhiking across the country, stealing cars, robbing gas stations and forging checks were behind him when he was released early from the federal prison in Lewisburg, Pa., in [...]
 AP – Mourners are streaming into a Cape Cod church to pay their respects to Eunice Kennedy [...]
 AP – What haunts Charlie Lough most is the man’s [...]
 AP – The driver of a stolen pickup truck fleeing police died in a fiery crash Thursday morning after the truck collided with a minivan, another truck and a utility pole and burst into flames, authorities [...]
 AP – Retail sales disappointed in July and the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week. The latest government reports reinforced concerns about how quickly consumers will be able to contribute to a broad economic [...]
Despite a program directive, some car dealers require buyers to pay back rejected claims. Watchdog groups want a crackdown. [...]
 AP – The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes rose 7 percent from June to July, as the escalating foreclosure crisis continued to outpace government efforts to limit the [...]
Hazeltine’s length isn’t slowing down the big hitters, with the top-ranked player moving to four-under par through 13 holes. [...]
The IOC approves women’s boxing for the 2012 Games. Bids for baseball and softball are rejected. BERLIN — [...]
AP – John Quade, who played the heavy in several Clint Eastwood movies and was the sheriff in the TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was [...]
The American is the world champion at 100 and 200 meters. His Jamaican competitor wowed Olympic crowds in those events. This weekend, they race in Berlin. [...]
 AP – The Secret Service is investigating a man who authorities said held a sign reading “Death to Obama” outside a town hall meeting on health-care reform in western [...]
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