No Asian carp found in channel where DNA had been
CHICAGO – Officials say a week-long search turned up no Asian carp south of Chicago where the invasive fish's DNA was discovered this fall.

Federal, state and local agencies said Tuesday that more than 800 fish ...See Story

 

Obama birthplace flap evokes Chester Arthur debate
FAIRFIELD, Vt. – Finding the "birthplace" of President Chester A. Arthur is easy: Turn left at Town Hall and its Chester A. Arthur Conference Room, go past Chester's Bakery and turn right on Chester A. Arthur Road.
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Cash for Clunkers generates 700K new car sales
WASHINGTON – Cash for Clunkers generated nearly 700,000 new car sales and ended under its $3 billion budget, the Transportation Department said Wednesday.

Releasing final data, the government said dealers submit...See Story

 

Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker
BRINKLEY, Ark. - For the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen.

Some scientists st...See Story

 

College prices up again even as economy falters
As the economy walloped their finances, students and families saw little relief this fall from rising college costs, which jumped 6.4 percent at state universities, according to new figures out Wednesday.

Next y...See Story

 

Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy
NEW YORK - Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store.

In the latest bout of food inflation, beef, pork,...See Story

 

1st black La. Supreme Court justice dies at 84
NEW ORLEANS - Revius Ortique Jr., a former civil rights attorney who became the first black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court, died Sunday. He was 84.

Ortique died in Baton Rouge from complications with a ...See Story

 

Va. judge imposes death in guard, deputy slaying
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. - A jail escapee who set off a manhunt near Virginia Tech's campus by killing a hospital guard and later, a sheriff's deputy, was sentenced to death Monday despite his attorney's pleas for leniency. <...See Story

 

Mass. mayor says no proof girls had pregnancy pact
GLOUCESTER, Mass. - The city's mayor said Monday there is no evidence a group of young girls made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together, seeking to dispel an explosive theory put forth by the high school...See Story