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Minerva Books set to close August 15

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:49:00 EDT

Minerva Books will close for business permanently at the end of the day on August 15. Community members are invited to come out and take advantage of the store’s for ...

Bus with NY prison visitors tips over, killing 1

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:43:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 7:43 PM ET LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) - A bus carrying visitors to upstate New York prisons has rolled onto its side and plowed ...

Biden: administration misread economy; GOP leaders doubt spending will help

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:03:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 7:03 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama administration "misread" the depth of the economic troubles it inherited.

Detroit' Inge possible AL All-Star

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:36:36 EDT

Former Virginia Commonwealth University baseball star Brandon Inge was named among five candidates for the final spot on the American League All-Star roster for Major League Baseball's Mid Summer Classic. ...

Holiday fireworks accidents kill four workers

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:53:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 5:53 PM ET OCRACOKE, N.C. (AP) - At least four people working on Fourth of July fireworks shows are dead from explosions yesterday/

Sprinkler flooding forces evacuation of Mass. jail

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:43:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 5:43 PM ET CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A county jail near Boston has been evacuated after officials say a group of inmates broke the ...

Scientist may be forced to NYC terror ties hearing

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:33:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 5:33 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist accused of helping al-Qaida and shooting at FBI agents may be forced to ...

Former D.C. Mayor Barry charged with stalking

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:03:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 8:53 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman.

Former D.C. Mayor Barry charged with stalking

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:35:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 8:55 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman.

L.A. prepares for huge crowds for memorial

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:33:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 4:33 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Jackson fans are finding out by e-mail today whether they won an online lottery for tickets ...

The Quarter Trick

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:29:48 EDT

In the seventh grade a friend named Buddy showed me how to fling a quarter into the air so it would land heads-up every time. He would toss it 10 ...

Tenn. police rule McNair's death a homicide

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:23:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 3:23 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police are calling the shooting death of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair a homicide, but they haven't ...

Obama bemoans golf swing to Russian reporter

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:33:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 2:33 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he doesn't like his golf swing and the ball never goes where he wants.

Ind. bridge collapses into lake, 25 injuries reported

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:23:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 2:23 PM ET MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say some 25 people were injured after a foot bridge collapsed under the weight of dozens ...

Authorities say 1 killed in Va plane crash

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:05:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 2:05 PM ET SALEM, Va. (AP) - A Rockbridge County official says one person has died in a small plane crash.

Little people call for FCC to ban 'midget'

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:03:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 2:03 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" ...

Harvard pres.: School has tough choices in decline

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:43:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 1:43 PM ET CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust began her tenure in 2007 when the university's prosperity seeemed limitless.

Md., Va. see big things in spaceport's future

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:35:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 1:35 PM ET WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) - There isn't much to see yet at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Md., Va. see big things in spaceport's future

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:35:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 1:35 PM ET WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) - There isn't much to see yet at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

UN official to accompany Honduran president home

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:23:00 EDT

Associated Press - July 5, 2009 1:03 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has announced his imminent departure for home to reclaim his post even though ...