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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier was remembered Wednesday for his dedication to law enforcement and his love of people as thousands gathered at a campus memorial.
OXFORD, Miss. — The investigation into poisoned letters mailed to President Barack Obama and others has shifted from an Elvis impersonator to his longtime foe, and authorities must now figure out if an online feud between the two men might have escalated into something more sinister.
NEW YORK — For a few surreal minutes, a mere 12 words on Twitter caused the world’s mightiest stock market to tremble.
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A bill that could increase the sales tax rate in Clark County to 8.25 percent — with the extra money used to hire more police — won approval 32-9 Tuesday in the Assembly.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Many of the relatives of Californians killed in the Sept. 11 attacks never knew that millions of dollars were raised in their name for college scholarships, and now lawmakers want to give them another chance to apply for money that an Associated Press investigation and subsequent audit found was poorly administered.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The federal Bureau of Land Management hopes spaying will help control wild horse herds, a plan opponents say is possibly dangerous and unproven.
We’re in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging, and found two-thirds say they’ve done little to no planning.
A former cattle slaughterhouse whose kill floor has been redesigned for horses is ground zero for an emotional, national debate over a return to domestic horse slaughter that has divided horse rescue and animal humane groups, ranchers, politicians and Indian tribes. And Tuesday, it moved one step closer to becoming the first plant in the country in more than six years to slaughter horses.
Lynn Boland is co-founder of Project Aqua, which aims to help homeless people. The group partnered local nonprofit United Movement Organized Kindness to acquire four mobile shelter units.
Reader Frank Gerencser wrote in search of an old-fashioned rice pudding recipe for his wife, Judith. I tried this one from Taste of Home, and it definitely seems to fill the bill.
FULTON, N.Y. — Carolee Sadie Ashby’s family has spent the past 45 years wondering who was driving the car that fatally struck the 4-year-old girl as she crossed a street in her upstate New York hometown on Halloween night.
Nevada’s Big Give, a 24-hour online effort to raise money for nonprofits all over the state is set for Thursday, April 25. Since it’s an online effort, many may assume that there’s nothing to see, nowhere to go.