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A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare U.S. coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked: The money was returned to her when she got back a week...
  11/18/2009 7:31pm
A wild turkey that's taken up residence at a New Jersey tollbooth and spends its days scooting around 18-wheelers won't have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic. State Fish and Wildlife officials netted the bird Wednesday after failed attempts during the...
  11/18/2009 7:19pm
College students ditched class, employees skipped work and some huddled in the cold overnight just to make sure they get an orange wristband Wednesday that would let them meet Sarah Palin.
  11/18/2009 7:19pm
After widespread and prolonged student protests at U.S. universities, sports apparel maker Russell Athletic says it will open a new factory in Honduras and rehire ousted union workers as part of an agreement with a group that monitors labor conditions...
  11/18/2009 7:14pm
A former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Southern California's Riverside County after pleading guilty to child sex charges.
  11/18/2009 7:08pm
As of Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 841 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its...
  11/18/2009 7:07pm
California faces $20B deficits for years to come
Despite multiple attempts to balance California's budget, the state can still expect to confront shortfalls approaching $20 billion during each of the next five years, according to a long-range forecast released Wednesday.
  11/18/2009 7:06pm
As of Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 4,363 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
  11/18/2009 7:05pm
Chicago police said Wednesday that tests have revealed gunshot residue on the hand of Michael Scott - the strongest evidence yet that the president of the city's school board took his own life.
  11/18/2009 7:03pm
Judge: Army Corps' failure to maintain navigation channel led to massive flooding by Katrina.
  11/18/2009 6:46pm
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will face charges he violated state laws, according to an ethics panel ruling Wednesday that came after its three-month investigation into his use of state, commercial and private airplanes and his campaign finance...
  11/18/2009 6:36pm
A new judge will take over the case of a 9-year-old eastern Arizona boy who killed his father's roommate after a defense motion for new oversight was granted Wednesday.
  11/18/2009 6:29pm
Man executed for abduction-slaying of Texas woman
A convicted killer who volunteered for execution but in recent weeks changed his mind has been put to death in Texas.
  11/18/2009 6:13pm
State inspectors say an oil spill that sent hundreds of gallons of bunker oil into San Francisco Bay was caused by a fuel tank that overflowed during a morning refueling stop.
  11/18/2009 6:11pm
A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said.
  11/18/2009 6:04pm
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