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A U.S. postal service truck. (AP) A government lawyer’s attempt to get dismissed nearly $700 in traffic tickets given to the U.S. Postal Service is being met with a hearty and humorous "heck no." In a Jan. 22 letter sent to both the city of East Cleveland, Ohio, and the company that operates the city's [...]
New Amber Alert texts startling cell users
Man who hoaxed Manti Te'o says he was molested
The man who says he tricked Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o into falling for a fake woman he had created online says the hoax had ''everything to do'' with escaping from real life because he had been molested as a child.
Photos: Rare images from the civil-rights movement
For just a minute, Dow hits 14,000
Boy nearly suspended over Lego toy gun
The district said the boy was disruptive and disrespectful, and it's standing by its action.
Another death from the office shooting in Pheonix
Suicide bomb kills guard at U.S. embassy
Oregon car-bomber found guilty of terrorism
Key lesson from Columbia disaster: Never give up
Unemployment rises, economy sluggish
The unemployment rate rose from 7.8 in December to 7.9 percent in January, but the economy added 157,000 new jobs last month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly report released Friday morning. The report indicates that job gains were seen in retail trade, construction, health care and wholesale trade, while employment edged [...]
