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Charges dropped against CT priest who taped police

Published March 26, 2009

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) âÄî Connecticut prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested while videotaping East Haven police officers in an attempt to document...

Mortgage rates drop to record low

Published March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Rates on 30-year mortgages fell this week to the lowest level on record after the Federal Reserve launched a new effort to assist the staggering U.S. housing market. Mortgage...

Alaska volcano erupts twice, sends ash 12 miles up

Published March 26, 2009

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) âÄî Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted twice Thursday, spewing a more than 12-mile-high cloud that could drop ash on Anchorage for the first time since the volcano began erupting...

IRS squeezes Swiss bank clients for evidence

Published March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî The IRS is ratcheting up the pressure on Americans who kept secret Swiss bank accounts, giving them six months to come clean and cough up any evidence against their advisers...

Minnesota’s Promise envisions progress for high school students

Published March 25, 2009

School administrators from across the state discussed strategies for getting K-12 children ready for college.

Blagojevich says he was ‘hijacked’ from office

Published March 25, 2009

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich filled in as a radio talk show host Wednesday, using the mike to complain.

With 12 months secured, Liberian community looks forward

Published March 25, 2009

While Liberian refugees now have another year in the United States, some fear there will be no permanent solution.

Stocks climb as economic data again top forecasts

Published March 25, 2009

Stocks rose more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which jumped 130 points.

House, Senate budget outlines close to Obama plan

Published March 25, 2009

Budget director Peter Orszag said the companion fiscal blueprints in the House and Senate would bolster administration efforts.

1 patron, 2 female employees shot at RI strip club

Published March 24, 2009

Detectives have issued a warrant for the arrest of the suspect.

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