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Posted on: Friday, December 6, 2013 - 4:20am
SMITHFIELD, Maine (AP) -- Residents of one Smithfield neighborhood say they're being overrun by rats from a nearby pig farm, but the farmer tells town officials he's addressing the problem... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, December 6, 2013 - 4:14am
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- An elderly northeastern Pennsylvania woman convicted of poisoning her son's girlfriend with antifreeze was sentenced Thursday to 5 1/2 to 12 years in prison. A... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, December 6, 2013 - 3:59am
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- With the wind chill falling to almost minus 40, Steve Hendershot's mind was elsewhere Thursday as he and his crew of roustabouts worked an oil rig in North Dakota's... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 12:54pm
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Employees at two bars here have seen some unusually big tips this year. The Ann Arbor News reports that in September a $3,000 tip was left for an $87.98 bill at... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 4:15am
SALEM, Mass. (AP) -- A 14-year-old boy accused of killing his high school math teacher pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery charges on Wednesday. Philip Chism is... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 4:03am
NEW YORK (AP) -- New Yorkers who say electronic cigarettes helped them quit smoking asked city lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday not to ban the nicotine inhalers from restaurants,... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 1:39pm
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle. The Nigerian cook survived by... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 11:31am
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A California woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to what is believed to be the first traffic citation alleging a motorist was using Google's computer-in-an-eyeglass. The... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 4:10am
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) -- A central Pennsylvania man has been charged in the stabbing death of his elderly mother. Fifty-four-year-old Paul Tolbert of Carlisle was charged with criminal... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 4:09am
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) -- The engineer in the commuter-train derailment that killed four people over the weekend caught himself nodding at the controls just before the wreck, a union official... READ MORE »

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