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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Astronomers searching for planets outside our solar system have discovered the tiniest one yet — one that's about the size of our moon.
But hunters for life in the universe will need to poke elsewhere. The new world orbits to...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., holding back tears, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. He faces 46 to 57 months...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. homebuilders began work at a slower pace in January than in December. But all of the drop occurred in the volatile area of apartment construction, which sank 24 percent. By contrast, the rate of single-family homebuilding rose ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Let the pots and pans fly.
Two of the nation's biggest department stores — J.C. Penney and Macy's — are expected to duke it out in New York State Supreme Court over the right to sell Martha Stewart merchandise.
At the heart of...
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GROSSE POINTE SHORES, Mich. (AP) — Marguerite Joseph can be forgiven for lying about her age on Facebook.
The 104-year-old Michigan woman's granddaughter says Joseph is unable to list her real age on the social media site.
Gail Marlow says when she...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A 911 call comes in about a possible bomb in lower Manhattan and an alert pops up on computer screens at the New York Police Department, instantly showing officers an interactive map of the neighborhood, footage from nearby security c...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Search crews at the site of a massive explosion that destroyed a popular Kansas City, Mo., restaurant recovered one body Wednesday, and the city's mayor said there was no certainty the rubble wasn't concealing other victims.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Greek yogurt is taking over the dairy aisle, but will kids bite?
The question is a critical one for General Mills, which is a dominant player in yogurt for kids, with about half the market. It's also important to Chobani, t...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has refused to hear a southwest Ohio man's bid for a fourth trial in the 2008 bathtub drowning of his wife.
The state's highest court Wednesday stated it declines jurisdiction in Ryan Widmer's appeal of...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a prosecutor's request to set an execution date for an inmate sentenced to die for slitting a man's throat during a 1985 burglary.
Ross County Prosecutor Matthew Schmidt argued that Lawrenc...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Incorrect rules at a popular poker table game led to a windfall for players before the Columbus casino detected the error and shut it down.
The Hollywood Casino Columbus declined to say how long the Crazy 4 Poker was operatin...
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Owens Corning said Wednesday that it lost $56 million in the fourth quarter, pulled down by hefty debt-related and restructuring charges. Its adjusted earnings missed Wall Street forecasts, and its shares fell more than 3 percent ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Soda makers and sellers are in court over a bid to delay enforcement of New York City's first-of-its-kind effort to limit the size of sugary drinks.
The American Beverage Association and other groups are facing off with city officia...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and linger for longer periods of time.
The long-awaited makeover of Yahoo.com's home page is the most notable change to th...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to reality with a wraparound virtual world where a researcher wearing 3D g...
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An SUV pulling a camper that slid off the southbound lane of I-75 this morning, near the I-475 interchange in Perrysburg, is monitored by a Perrysburg police officer. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)
Numerous accidents have been re...
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Bowling Green State University and the Bowling Green State University-Faculty Association Friday signed an agreement regarding 2013 summer semester pay.According to the BGSU-FA, the faculty will continue to be paid 3.33 percent of nine-month base salary p...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A fraternity chapter at the University of Michigan has been suspended after semi-nude photos of men posing with U.S. flags as part of a party invitation circulated online.
Pi Kappa Alpha said Tuesday that it placed the Ann ...
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A southwest Ohio woman says she was fired three days after the November election because she voted for President Barack Obama.
The woman has filed a lawsuit in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court seeking damages starting at $2...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Office Depot Inc. and OfficeMax have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal that would transform the $21.2 billion office supply retail sector.
Boca Raton, Fla.-based Office Depot Inc. and Naperville, Ill.-based OfficeMax say holders...
