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BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts chemist accused of faking drug test results and forging paperwork at a state police lab has pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and falsely pretending to hold a degree. The judge set bail at $10,000 for Annie Dookhan after her arrest Friday. She was expected to post […]
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A retired Pennsylvania pastor insists both of his wives died accidentally. Prosecutors call him a liar — and a killer. Already facing trial in the death of his second wife, Arthur Burton "A.B." Schirmer is now charged with killing his first wife, too, after a grand jury concluded her injuries weren't […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has given final approval to a $37.5 million settlement between companies that made government-issued trailers after hurricanes in 2005 and storm victims who claim they were exposed to elevated levels of formaldehyde while living in the shelters. U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt heard testimony Thursday before ruling from […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — If the IRS really wants to find tax scofflaws, it should look at the federal government. That's right — the federal government owes about $14 million in unpaid taxes. A Treasury Department watchdog office says that 70 federal agencies owed taxes at the end of last year. Federal agencies are exempt from […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Campbell Soup Co. is closing two U.S. plants and cutting more than 700 jobs as it looks to trim costs amid declining consumption of its canned soups. The world's largest soup maker said Thursday that it will close a plant in Sacramento, Calif., that has about 700 full-time workers. The plant, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — With college enrollment growing, student debt has stretched to a record number of U.S. households — nearly 1 in 5 — with the biggest burdens falling on the young and poor. The analysis by the Pew Research Center found that 22.4 million households, or 19 percent, had college debt in 2010. That […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is awarding $290 million in grants to reward top teachers and boost opportunities for teachers who work in impoverished schools. The Department of Education says the funds will flow to almost 1,000 schools in 18 states plus the District of Columbia. The program is intended to encourage school districts […]
Mitt Romney's disparaging 47 percent comments have been a hot topic since "Mother Jones" leaked the secret audio almost two weeks ago. Now, President Obama is using Romney's own words as the voice in his new ad that is being aired in battleground states. The video features images of blue collar workers, the elderly, and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A key witness against convicted child molester and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, known in court papers as Victim 1, has a book deal and will soon reveal his identity, a publisher announced Thursday. Ballantine Bantam Dell said that "Silent No More: Victim (hash)1's Fight for Justice Against […]
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — When Lori Stilley told her friends and family that she had bladder cancer, they delivered meals, held raffles and a T-shirt sale, hastily planned and paid for her wedding and raised more than $10,000 for her treatment. But prosecutors say it was all a scam. Stilley, a 40-year-old who lives […]
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — An airport official said a squabble between two flight attendants forced a United Airlines flight bound for Chicago to return to Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Airport spokeswoman Mindy Hamlin said Flight 1214 left Raleigh at 6 a.m. Wednesday. She said a call from the pilot to the tower at 6:40 a.m. suggested that […]
A Hong Kong real estate and shipping tycoon is offering millions to bachelors to turn his gay daughter straight. Cecil Chao Sze-Tsung is known as a socialite spotlighted in the Chinese tabloids since the 1970s. Chao often bragged about his multiple encounters with women claiming that he’s slept with over 10,000 women. Although the 76-year-old […]
