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Bankruptcies surge despite law meant to curb them

Published April 13, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) âÄî The number of U.S. businesses and individuals declaring bankruptcy is rising with a vengeance amid the recession, despite a three-year-old federal law that made it much tougher...

2nd Oklahoma town to have young student-mayor

Published April 13, 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) âÄî A second Oklahoma college student will have to split his time running to classes and running a town. Oklahoma State University junior Nathan Bates was sworn in Monday as...

Stocks end mostly higher ahead of earnings reports

Published April 13, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî Stocks ended mostly higher Monday ahead of a flurry of earnings reports that could determine whether the economy is really getting better, as investors have been hoping over the...

No salmonella found in New York pistachio plant

Published April 10, 2009

New York officials said Friday they found no trace of salmonella in a Long Island nut processing plant whose sister company sparked a vast nationwide recall of pistachios last week.

Man gets death for California yacht murders

Published April 10, 2009

A man convicted of murdering an Arizona couple by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard from their yacht off Southern California was sentenced to death Friday.

Reported tornadoes kill 2 in central Tenn.

Published April 10, 2009

Officials with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency say a reported tornado has killed two people and injured 30 in the central part of the state.

Boston hospital performs face transplant

Published April 10, 2009

A Boston hospital has performed the nation's second partial face transplant on a man who suffered traumatic facial injuries from a freak accident.

Economy may contribute to rise in family violence

Published April 10, 2009

Some hospitals report seeing more than twice as many shaken babies as a year ago. Deaths from domestic violence have increased sharply in some areas.

Murder charge dismissed in Ala. baby death

Published April 9, 2009

The autopsy of an Alabama baby was so badly botched a judge dismissed a murder charge against the mother Thursday.

Winds drive fires scorching parts of Texas, Okla.

Published April 9, 2009

Gusting winds and dry conditions fueled wildfires across Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday, destroying or damaging homes, forcing evacuations and shutting down parts of a major highway in Oklahoma.