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A State Department employee and her husband have been indicted by a federal jury on charges that they tried to steer more than $60 million in department contracts to a company that they ran.The couple allegedly used the proceeds from the scheme to buy a 41-foot boat, a home, a penthouse condominium and a Lexus, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride, of the Eastern District o...
A 54-year-old Missouri woman died Wednesday after apparently being struck by lightning, as states along the Mississippi River continue to fight back flooding and farmers struggle in what has been an unrelentingly wet spring in the region.Authorities say Connie Lou Wake was discovered by her son in the front yard of her home in the south-central part of the state. It was the first lightning fatalit...
GOLDEN, Colo. -- Authorities in Colorado are looking for a well-groomed man suspected of stealing more than $2,600 worth of teeth-whitening strips, weight-loss pills, probiotics, condoms, Rogaine and other hair-growth products from several Walgreens stores. Jefferson County sheriff's officials said Thursday that the thefts happened April 11. The same man also is suspected of stealing from Wal...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The fishing trip off the rugged north coast of St. Lucia was supposed to last all day, but about four hours into the journey, the boat's electric system crackled and popped.Dan Suski, a 30-year-old business owner and information technology expert from San Francisco, had been wrestling a 200-pound marlin in rough seas with help from his sister, Kate Suski, a 39-year-old...
President Obama, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and firefighters from across the country were among those who paid tribute at a packed memorial service to the victims of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 14 people on April 17, many of whom were first responders. The deadly plant explosion decimated part of the small Texas city of West, with a population of only about 2,800. More than 200 people w...
