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Kansas City, Mo., closing nearly half its schools

39 min 9 sec ago
The Kansas City school board voted Wednesday night to close nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to stay afloat.


Boyfriend: ‘JihadJane’ suspect wasn't religious

2 hours 35 min ago

The self-described "Jihad Jane" indicted on terror charges is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the threat, authorities say.





Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks

3 hours 2 min ago
The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless.


Massa’s shipmates detail unwanted advances

3 hours 9 min ago

It's become clear that the behavior toward his subordinates that got former Rep. Eric Massa into trouble in Congress is part of pattern that dates to his time in the Navy.





Pelosi: Democrats close to health care deal

3 hours 11 min ago

Democrats claim momentum in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues.





Conan's lone Twitter followee: ‘It's totally nuts’

3 hours 17 min ago

Conan O'Brien decided last week to pick Killen as the only person he would follow on Twitter, turning the 19-year-old's life upside down.





Once-revered lawmaker freezes to death alone

3 hours 31 min ago

When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer.  Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75.





U.K. millionaire to move to mud hut

3 hours 37 min ago
An ex-con U.K. millionaire is selling his 16th-century farmhouse and businesses to start a children's charity in Uganda.


Biden: Palestinians deserve ‘viable’ state

3 hours 47 min ago

Vice President Joe Biden voices displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement and reassures his Palestinian hosts that they deserve an independent state.





Mexico’s Slim tops the list of world’s richest

4 hours 24 min ago

For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man.





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Tropicana shrinks OJ cartons, raises prices

4 hours 45 min ago
Pepsico Inc. is raising prices on its popular Tropicana orange juice because of the deep freeze that hurt much of Florida's citrus crop.


Officials: Ex-TSA worker tried to sabotage computers

5 hours 22 min ago
Federal prosecutors have charged a former Transportation Security Administration employee with attempting to sabotage terror watch list computers and by attempting to introduce a virus into the computer system, according to news sources.


House Dems ban earmarks to corporations

5 hours 38 min ago
House Democratic leaders announced Wednesday that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct pet projects to companies that often return the favor with campaign contributions.


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Female WWII aviators honored with medal

5 hours 51 min ago

A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II are awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.