Nation

Published on December 5, 2013 - Page 26
Toll scofflaws to be banned from roads PLANO, Texas (AP) — The agency in charge of North Texas’ toll roads says it’s taking steps to ban perpetual...
Published on December 5, 2013 - Page 28
Sledgehammer taken to carts HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii state legislator says he plans to continue using a sledgehammer to smash shopping carts used by...
Published on December 5, 2013 - Page 30
WASHINGTON (AP) —The D.C. Council has given preliminary approval to an increase in the District of Columbia’s minimum wage to $11.50 an hour, one of...
Published on December 4, 2013 - Page 14
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge under fire for commenting that a 14-year-old student rape victim appeared “older than her chronological age”...
Published on December 4, 2013 - Page 22
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Ocean City officials say a church fire that killed the pastor was caused by a man who put gasoline on himself, set himself on...
Published on December 3, 2013 - Page 16
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) —Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham wants to force Mississippi, one of the America’s most conservative states, to recognize her same-...
Published on December 3, 2013 - Page 22
CLEVELAND — Old-time Elvis Presley fans and lots of newer, younger ones flocked to a new exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Friday...
Published on December 2, 2013 - Page 2
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve derailed Sunday, killing four people and injuring more than 60 in a crash...
Published on December 2, 2013 - Page 21
Farmer rides out tornado in field MORLEY, Mo. (AP) — A man has given a harrowing story about how he rode out a tornado facedown in a field. The...
Published on December 1, 2013 - Page 5
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) —After seeing two of her close friends live through the scare of breast cancer, Nadra Jones wanted to do something special to...
Published on December 1, 2013 - Page 16
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Sam Thomas suffered from crippling panic attacks. The attacks were so severe that Thomas would miss weeks of school at a...
Published on December 1, 2013 - Page 18
Toledo Jeep plant at half-million mark TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) —Plant manager Zach Leroux of the Chrysler assembly plant in Toledo says the facility will...
Published on December 1, 2013 - Page 37
Puritan psalter going on block HOUSTON (AP) — A book of Puritan psalms produced in 1640 was on display in Houston for one day only. “The Bay Psalm...
Published on December 1, 2013 - Page 38
Don’t roast these chestnuts on fire ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Officials are warning people not to eat chestnuts that were picked up during a farmers...
Published on December 1, 2013 - Page 39
Bridge to nowhere complete for hikers ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — A pedestrian bridge that will be part of 93-mile recreation path across northern...
Published on November 30, 2013 - Page 1
Maybe you had to wait in a line to get a deal, but at least you weren’t at Macy’s in New York City, where 15,000 shoppers were standing outside when...
Published on November 30, 2013 - Page 5
Ore. seagull signs itsown death warrant SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials plan to kill a seagull that has been making a pest of itself at an office...
Published on November 30, 2013 - Page 5
MONTMORENCI, Ind. (AP) — It was 1935 when Gene Leak, then 23, got his first tractor — a 1930 4-wheel drive Massey Harris — for $700. “We got that...
Published on November 30, 2013 - Page 23
BETHLEHEM — Organic kibble? All-natural chow? Fido and Fluffy don’t know it, but their owners want them to eat better — and they are forking over big...
Published on November 30, 2013 - Page 24
City official resigns, citing faith conflict STURBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) —The chairman of the Sturbridge Board of Selectmen has abruptly resigned, saying...
Published on November 29, 2013 - Page 7
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) —There are only two places to see a gallery of artwork depicting key events in the history of U.S. intelligence services: The...
Published on November 29, 2013 - Page 9
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The last surviving member of the crew that rescued John F. Kennedy from an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II...
Published on November 29, 2013 - Page 15
WASHINGTON — Advances in technology have never made finding deals this holiday season so easy — or so creepy. Marketers and mobile app developers...
Published on November 29, 2013 - Page 30
WASHINGTON — A few hundred yards from the administrative offices of the Guantanamo Bay prison, hidden behind a ridge covered in thick scrub and...
Published on November 28, 2013 - Page 4
NEW YORK (AP) — The weather is looking up for Snoopy, Spidey and the rest of the giant balloons that take to the skies for the Macy’s Thanksgiving...
Published on November 28, 2013 - Page 4
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A unique Thanksgiving feast was served in the Audubon Insectarium’s “Bug Appetit” kitchen in New Orleans. On the menu: turkey...
Published on November 28, 2013 - Page 6
WASHINGTON (AP) —President Barack Obama is continuing an annual family tradition by helping to pack bags of food and distribute them to the needy on...
Published on November 28, 2013 - Page 7
CHICAGO (AP) — In a short ceremony inside their Chicago apartment, two beaming brides made Illinois history Wednesday as they became the first gay...
Published on November 28, 2013 - Page 9
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) ??????? A man ran into the rectory of an Episcopal church with his clothes on fire, causing a blaze that killed himself and the...
Published on November 28, 2013 - Page 9
Suit: Pepper spray applied to genitals ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A lawsuit says a New Mexico corrections officer used a “chemical agent” on a woman’s...