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A magnitude 5.3 quake struck 13 miles west northwest of the Alaska town of Anchor Point, which is about 200 miles south of Anchorage. About a minute later, a magnitude 5.1 quake occurred about 28 mile...
Close this CONCORD, New Hampshire--As tempting as it may be to see the Obama family's choice of a new chef at the White House as a competition among celebrity chefs, former White House chefs say the j...
A federal jury on Thursday convicted the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor in the first case brought under a 1994 U.S. law allowing prosecution for torture and atrocities committed overseas.
Watch IT! Incorporated announced today that it has opened a brand new flagship retail watch and sunglasses boutique in the Mall of America Shopping Center. This is the first U.S. store for the Canadia...
Police officials in Washington County on Wednesday pile pot, irrigation, tubing and garbage into front-end loader for disposal after a raid on pot growing operation in Washington County.
Asuncion - Paraguay beat Brazil 2-0 Sunday in Asuncion, with a solid performance from the host that cast many shadows on Brazil's path towards the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Roque Santa Cruz, in the 26th minute, and Salvador Cabanas, in the 49th...
Fourth-year quarterback Dan Orlovsky, who started his fourth game for the Lions on Sunday at Chicago, sprained his thumb and may miss this week's clash with Jacksonville.
An ex-Argentine police commander committed suicide in front of rolling television cameras as he was about to be arrested for alleged human rights violations during the country's dictatorship.
AP - Indonesian legend has it that six centuries ago, a princess hurled her youngest child into a fiery volcano to appease mountain gods who had granted her fertility.
AP - The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents.
In building a winning coalition of religious voters, Barack Obama cut into the so-called God gap that puts frequent worshippers in the Republican column, won Catholics, made inroads with younger evangelicals, and racked up huge numbers with minorities and people with no religious affiliation.
RI police dig for victim of decades-old mob hit The Rhode Island State Police on Monday arrested 18 people allegedly connected to Mafia rings and used a backhoe to dig through an East Providence lot s...
On the afternoon of Oct. 15, a body piercer named Michael Mineo was approached by a group of police officers who thought he was smoking marijuana. Mineo fled into a subway station, argued with the officers, and was issued a ticket for disorderly conduct.
Cecil Stoughton, the White House photographer who shot the iconic image of Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office aboard Air Force One after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died. He was 88.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Brown was the big winner, but it was Kanye West's night at the American Music Awards. Instead of his typical tantrum — a trend West started four years ago when h...
A 1977 Florida state law that bans gay individuals from adopting has received its biggest challenge thus far: Foster father Frank Martin Gill won his suit to adopt two brothers he has been fostering s...
David Western is a renowned creator of "lovespoons," carved wooden spoons containing varied sculptural elements that each have different meanings, which Welsh suitors traditionally created and present...
Obama has spoken broadly about boosting affordable housing and restoring public housing subsidies. But with economists forecasting a deep recession in 2009, he may find it hard to find the money to fu...
from southwestern Pennsylvania across the deep south to Oklahoma. This area, (along with parts of Republican Senator John McCain's Arizona and most of governor Sarah Palin's Alaska) were the onl...
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