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A new survey finds that 27-percent of moms give their whining or crying child a cell phone rather than a toy as a distraction. The research conducted by Asda, a U.K. supermarket chain says that the findings compare with 25-percent of moms who prefer to use bottles, 21-percent who give soft toys, and 9 percent […]
GOODWELL, Okla. (AP) — Three Union Pacific Railroad crewmembers were missing after two freight trains collided Sunday in the Oklahoma Panhandle, authorities said. An eastbound train carrying vehicles and a westbound train crashed about 10:08 a.m. Sunday near Goodwell, Union Pacific spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza said. A two-person crew was aboard each train, and officials were […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican Gov. Terry Branstad has made Iowa one of the most difficult states in the nation for felons to vote, with an executive order he issued last year already having disenfranchised thousands of people, a review by The Associated Press shows. On the day he took office, Branstad signed an […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Muslim Brotherhood victory in Egyptian presidential elections, announced Sunday, has raised fears in Israel that its strategic 1979 peace agreement with its southern neighbor could be in danger. In contrast, in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, ecstatic residents flocked into the streets, fired guns in the air and handed out candy in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the biggest secret in a city known for not keeping them. The nine Supreme Court justices and more than three dozen other people have kept quiet for more than two months about how the high court is going to rule on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. This […]
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky's lawyers said they tried to quit at the start of jury selection in his child sex abuse trial because they weren't given enough time to prepare, raising an argument on the trial's speed that could become the thrust of an appeal. And one of the jurors who convicted Sandusky […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — They shrug at President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. They're in no hurry to decide which one to support in the White House race. And they'll have a big say in determining who wins the White House. One-quarter of U.S. voters are persuadable, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, and […]
Last week, Congress only approved a ban to remove 2 of 17 bath salts that are being used as a recreational street drug. Federal law enforcement officials are outraged by the political process blocking a ban to remove all “bath salt” chemicals off of the streets. "Bath salts are the worst of the worst of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of Arizona's crackdown on immigrants Monday but said a much-debated portion on checking suspects' status could go forward. The court did not throw out the state provision requiring police to check the immigration status of someone they suspect is not in the United States legally. […]
Postal workers have planned a four-stage strike against Congress regarding the U.S. Postal Services’ financial problems. Communities and Postal Workers United came together this spring in a number of rallies to protest the proposed cuts to the government agency. The strike on Capitol began Monday morning with the support of Representative Dennis Kucinich. He is […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Attorneys for a Roman Catholic church official convicted of child endangerment are asking a judge to release him on house arrest. Monsignor William Lynn was found guilty of child endangerment Friday, making him the first U.S. church official branded a felon for covering up abuse claims. His lawyers filed a motion Monday […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 1,000 Haitians marched through the Caribbean nation's capital Monday to protest a reported plan to destroy their hillside shanties for a flood-control project before they have found better, more permanent dwellings in the wake of a devastating earthquake. Police fired tear gas in an attempt to control the protesters, […]
