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Newborn, 3 children among 7 dead in Chicago-area fire
CHICAGO — A Sunday morning fire tore through a Chicago-area apartment house, killing at least seven people, including a newborn and three other children...
The Plastic Bag War Is Moving Toward the Produce Aisle
At grocery stores across the country, the campaign to end the use of plastic bags...
Writing the war
"I took a walk along the historic coast of Normandy in the country of France. It was a lovely day for strolling along the seashore. Men were sleeping on the sand, some of them sleeping forever. Men were floating in the water, but they didn’t know they were in the ...
Colin Powell says Dick Cheney takes ‘cheap shots’ in memoir
WASHINGTON — Colin Powell has fired back at Dick...
The Magic Bullitt
To try listing all of the impressive bullet points in Denis Hayes’ career as an environmentalist is like trying to count all the sunflowers in a 30-acre field. Let’s just say it begins with his national coordination of the first Earth Day in 1970, which was to ...
Fort Hood shooting suspect was under FBI probe in 2008
WASHINGTON — The FBI and the Army last year investigated...
Revising history
"I want it to be torn down, it needs to be,” Amy Levine says of the Eldorado Corner Market, where she works. “The gas pumps don’t work right; sometimes they give too much, which cuts into profits, and the place is just dilapidated. It needs to be torn down...
Man accused of threatening Sen. Murray over health care vote
WASHINGTON — FBI agents arrested a Washington state man Tuesday and accused him of threatening to kill Sen. Patty Murray because of her support for a health care bill...
AT&T considers charging iPhone users for high data usage
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Attention iPhone owners: AT&T has...
See American Idol contestant Clay Aiken announce run for Congress
Former American Idol contestant Clay Aiken has announced he's running for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district against incumbent Republican Renee Ellmers...
