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Sea hostage’s hometown rolls out the welcome mat

Published April 17, 2009

Richard Phillips, who was freed from his ordeal with Somali pirates on Easter Sunday, was expected to arrive on a chartered jet before being whisked to his home, where the white picket fence in front was festooned with homemade signs, ribbons and bows.

Citigroup, GE earnings lift hopes for economy

Published April 17, 2009

Facing conflicting evidence, analysts are wrestling with whether the economy is making a fitful climb back up — or whether the crisis will get worse before it gets better.

Driving teacher allegedly drunk during lesson

Published April 16, 2009

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) âÄî A driving instructor who police say was drunk while giving someone a driving lesson can stay out of jail but will lose his license for a year. Daniel Winsky, 53, of...

Clay, sandbags added to dam protecting ND town

Published April 16, 2009

A convoy of trucks, excavators, bulldozers and backhoes moved in to fortify a seeping dam Thursday in eastern North Dakota as engineers and National Guard troops worked to save a tiny town that would flood if the dam fails.

Talk of delaying WTC towers for decades

Published April 16, 2009

Developer Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have been talking on and off for months about rewriting a 3-year-old agreement that gives the developer rights to build three out of five towers planned at the Sept. 11, 2001, t

Health advocates tout new model of female condom

Published April 16, 2009

Advocates hope the dynamics will change following last month's approval by the Food and Drug Administration of the FC2, a new version of the female condom produced by the Chicago-based Female Health Co.

Ex-prosecutor picked for new US ‘border czar’

Published April 15, 2009

EL PASO, Texas (AP) âÄî The job title âÄî "border czar" âÄî is familiar to Alan Bersin, who more than a decade ago led an effort to fight drug and human smuggling that had mixed...

Former Ill. governor wants to join reality TV show

Published April 15, 2009

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) âÄî Just when you thought the saga of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich couldn't get any stranger, it has. Blagojevich wants to star on the NBC reality show "I'm a Celebrity...

Alabama captain, crew to return to US on Wednesday

Published April 14, 2009

Maersk Line Limited said Tuesday that Captain Richard Phillips and the crew of the Maersk Alabama are expected to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland late Wednesday.

Woman charged in slaying of girl found in luggage

Published April 14, 2009

A woman kidnapped, raped and murdered an 8-year-old girl and stuffed her body in a suitcase that was dumped in a pond just a few miles from home, prosecutors alleged Tuesday.