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Victory caps struggles of previous generations
President-elect Obama's victory Tuesday may be a racially transformative event. But for people like Kennedy, who came through the fires of the civil rights movement, it also represents something else ...
Sun Sets On Gitmo Trials As Election Nears
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) ― Camp Justice, erected six months ago for the first U.S. war-crimes trials in a half-century, already feels like a ghost town.A hundred canvas tents pitche...
Ark. Man Arrested After Scratching Out Sentence
FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) ― A man reportedly caught trying to scratch out a judicial decision sending him to jail faces a new charge. Police said the 25-year-old man received a four-day jail sent...
Prospect of sewers strikes horror in rustic Malibu
(AP Photo/Ric Francis)As hillside development looms in the mountains of Malibu, Calif., as beachgoers relax and stroll at Malibu Lagoon State Beach Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. After a prolonged battle, t...
Stevens loses Alaska Senate race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska: Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who co...
Bush asked to commute sentence of ex-Ill. governor
The Democratic senator released a letter Monday in which he asked President Bush to "consider commuting the sentence of George Ryan to time served."
Turkmen leader offered greater cooperation in Berlin
Berlin - The authoritarian ruler of Turkmenistan met Friday in Berlin with Chancellor Angela Merkel amid keen Western interest in the former Soviet republic's rich oil and gas deposits. Cooperation between our two countries is far from complete, Me...
Kempthorne says President Bush gave word to find way to remo..
Jeff Barnard November 13, 2008 - 6:26 p.m. GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - President Bush gave the direction that resulted in a deal to remove four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River to help one ...
Framingham Police Baffled By Mystery Meat
FRAMINGHAM (WBZ) ― Police in Framingham are trying to figure out who keeps leaving chunks of meat on the town common, and why.Police say residents have been finding butcher-quality cuts of meat...
Consumer confidence unexpectedly rises in November
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AP - A private research group says consumer confidence rose in November, but Americans' views on the economy remain gloomiest in decades.
California high court urged to hear Prop 8 suits
Attorney general: "This court can provide certainty and finality in this matter" Sponsors of Prop 8 also want court ruling, saying matter too urgent to be unsettled Justices face no deadline...
Fla. governor's plane makes emergency landing
A plane carrying Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has safely made an emergency landing in the southwest part of the state.
Animal rights video shows turkey abuse in W.Va.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said the video, which includes workers stomping on turkeys' heads and twisting their necks to kill them, was shot by an undercover investigator who worked o...
Mexico arrests Interpol liaison
A top police official who worked as Mexico's main liaison with Interpol was placed under house arrest as part of an investigation into leaks of information to drug cartels, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Lawmakers choosing GOP, Democratic leaders for '09
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AP - Technically, lawmakers are returning to Washington for a final meeting of the old, lame-duck 110th Congress. In reality, the confab on Capitol Hill is nearly all about next year.
Innocent Mo. man freed after 24 years files suit
A man who spent 24 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit sued St. Louis County and the officers who arrested him, saying investigators ignored inconsistencies in the victim's description.
Sarah Palin defends herself against wardrobe and foreign aff..
Washington, Nov 11 : The campaign for the 2008 U.S. presidential election is over, but Sarah Palin is still defending herself from the criticism that arose from the cost of her wardrobe and foreign affairs knowledge.
Clinton officials to lead 3 departments
New York Times President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday named two former Clinton White House officials, Joshua Gotbaum and Michael J. Warren, to oversee the new administration's takeover of the Treas...
Au De Penn State Smells Of Flowers, Not Football
BERWICK, Pa. (AP) ― Fans of Penn State can smell like the school for just $60. A fragrance developer says it has made a perfume and a cologne inspired by Pennsylvania State University's blue an...
L.A., Glendale seek injunction against Toonervil..
The lawsuit seeks to stop gang members from engaging in criminal and nuisance activities in areas of northeast Los Angeles, Glendale, and Sunland and Tujunga. Lawyers for Los Angeles and Glendale have filed a civil lawsuit seeking a joint gang injunction to restrict the activities of Toonerville, a decades-old gang known for orchestrating killings and even a police ambush, officials said Monday.
Quotations of the day
"I will not be a perfect president. But I can promise you this — I will always tell you what I think and where I stand." — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in a campaign ad aired simultaneously on seven networks.
A 'funny name,' a compelling story
"My presence on this stage is pretty unlikely," Barack Obama began.
Hamilton takes F1 title
Briton Lewis Hamilton pips Brazi's Felipe Massa to become Formula One's youngest champion after a nail-biting Brazilian Grand Prix.
Disputed Senate ballots hold key to Minn. win
A recount watchdog for Norm Coleman flagged a ballot because the voter put a check next to Al Franken's name instead of blacking in the oval. A Franken monitor challenged an apparent vote for Coleman because Franken's name was also marked. And representatives of both men invoked challenges because of marks elsewhere on the ballot that could make them identifiable.
UN: Number of cholera deaths in Zimbabwe continue to rise
Geneva - The number of dead from cholera in Zimbabwe continued to rise, the United Nations said Tuesday, and so far 313 deaths have been reported in the latest outbreak of the disease. We are very concerned by the deteriorating health situation in Z...
Neb. starts work on fixing child abandonment law
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AP - Nebraska lawmakers got to work Friday in a rare special legislative session designed to repair a unique "safe haven" law that has unintentionally allowed parents to abandon nearly three dozen children as old as 17.
Scarlett Johansson confused over Lohan
Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson is still shocked over the vulgar remarks Lindsay Lohan allegedly scribbled about her on a New York City bathroom stall in 2006.
Great American Hope To Run Boston Marathon
Ryan Hall will run Boston on April 20, 2009. Hall, 26, was the fastest American marathoner in 2007 and 2008. He finished 10th in the Olympic marathon in China. An American has not won the Boston Mara...
United States officially in recession
In a statement, the National Bureau of Economic Research said its Business Cycle Dating Committee determined that the US entered recession in December 2007, marking the end of the economic expansion t...
2009 Will be Even Tougher for Main Street -- Chicago Pawn Br..
"I had a lady trying to pawn her house the other day!" Randy and Wayne Cohen, Everyman's economists and owners of the pawn shop, Royal Jewelers & Loans,
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