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States looking to new tolls to pay for highways

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:03:22 -0400

Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.

Details released on family found dead in Oregon

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:35:20 -0400

Two little girls, not yet old enough for kindergarten, were shot to death. Their infant sister was found asphyxiated.

Unabomber submits update to Harvard alumni book

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:22:53 -0400

Harvard University alumni attending their 50th class reunion this week are getting updates on classmates — including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.

Teen girl held in attempted murder of her mother

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:35:20 -0400

Chris Stalinski heard screams and couldn't imagine what was happening in the mobile home next door, where a mother lived with her teen daughter.

Authorities think illegal burn sparked Nevada fire

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:38:38 -0400

A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been smoldering at a private residence since the weekend, investigators said Wednesday.

Consultants recommend reuse for Astrodome

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:40:00 -0400

A team of consultants is recommending that the Astrodome be turned into a multi-purpose facility that could host sporting events and massive exhibitions, while also preserving the iconic structure's outer shell.

Clinton: US wars with al-Qaida on the web

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:12:32 -0400

The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads on Yemeni tribal websites.

Literary scholar Paul Fussell dead at 88

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:59:52 -0400

Paul Fussell, an acclaimed literary scholar who won a National Book Award in 1976 for "The Great War and Modern Memory," died Wednesday morning at age 88.

Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:50:17 -0400

Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary requirements, meaning the president's name will appear on Arizona's ballot in the fall.

GI says Muslim faith motive for Ft Hood bomb plot

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:25:39 -0400

A Muslim U.S. soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops says he wasn't seeking vengeance but justice for people in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a recording played at his federal trial Wednesday.