In an election cycle where candidates tout “grass-roots efforts” and anti-incumbent ideas, the candidate with the most money got the most votes 75 percent of the time in July 20 primary elections for state House and Senate.
BILOXI, Miss. – BP’s new boss says it’s time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen.
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On April 14, Matthew Clemmens sat for the mug shot seen round the world – bug-eyed, black-eyed, the supposed avatar of the unruly Philadelphia sports fan.
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Nadjib Sirat is well aware of the risks he will face in climbing Mount Everest, but he says he is doing it for a cause.
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Forty years ago turning the Post Office Department into a semiprivate operation seemed like a good idea and it got a lot of bipartisan support in Congress. The army of letter carriers annually besieging Capitol Hill for more wages and benefits would disappear and organized labor would negotiate with a new corporation for all those things.
PARKER DANE Owner: Louis and Delores Yurkin, Avon Lake Age: Just celebrated his 2nd birthday Breed: Yorkie and bichon Dines on: Nutro Max Favorite treat: “Chicken and cookies” Favorite pastime: “Having his tummy tickled and playing with his toys.”…
Last year, North Carolina forfeited an estimated .3 million in sales tax revenue during the state’s three-day back-to-school tax-free weekend.
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NEW YORK – A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press that the Jets have signed cornerback Kyle Wilson, the team’s first-round draft pick, to a five-year contract worth million.
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Some MainStrasse residents say recent assaults were motivated by anti-homosexual sentiments, while two Seminary Square men said their friends were unfairly targeted by police.
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RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) — Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday.

