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CLEVELAND — A man condemned to death for fatally stabbing a neighbor during a Cleveland burglary apparently killed himself in his cell Sunday just days before his execution set for Wednesday.Billy Slagle, 44, was found hanging in his cell about 5 a.m.
A hit-and-run driver plowed into pedestrians walking along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles on Saturday, killing one woman and injuring 11 other people, fire officials and police said.
A hit-and-run driver plowed into pedestrians walking along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 11 others, fire officials and police said.A possible suspect was detained and a vehicle was seized, Lt.
WASHINGTON — Instead of "Hail to the Chief," President Barack Obama is most likely hearing strains of "Happy Birthday" this weekend.Obama turns 52 on Sunday and is spending part of the day at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.The White House said little about how he's celebrating.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State's bill to pay costs related to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal is nearing $48 million.A university website on Friday showed a $47.7 million total as of the end of May, up $1.9 million from two months earlier.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to come up with a formula to strengthen Social Security, says rocket scientist Rush Holt. Holt, who is also a U.S. House member from New Jersey and a candidate for the U.S. Senate, says we don’t need to raise the retirement age or cut benefits, just lift the cap on the Social Security tax so millionaires and billionaires pay the same rate as working families. Take a look as he explains it in this video.
Rescuers were resuming a search Sunday for a snowboarder who was buried in a collapsing ice tunnel on Oregon's Mount Hood.The snowboarder was traveling with five companions when the collapse hit Saturday afternoon, officials said.The other five, all in their 20s, were uninjured and called police.
Julius Chambers, a North Carolina attorney who helped to shape U.S. civil rights law, died aged 76 on Friday after battling declining health, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Legal Defense Fund said in a statement.
Drunken driving charges have been filed against a southern New Jersey man who authorities say was driving a box truck that was on fire and missing its front tires.
Is that $300 million yours? The winning numbers in the Powerball lottery drawing Saturday night were 21-24-36-42-45 with Powerball 15.Results were pending on whether anyone had won the big pot, which would be worth nearly $173 million before taxes if taken as a lump sum.
