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The office of a congresswoman who is the mother of Detroit ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says she's not a target of a federal investigation and will cooperate with a grand jury that's summoned her to testify in Michigan.
Two people have been struck and killed by trains in separate accidents in New Jersey.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi filed suit in federal court against the Itawamba County School System, which canceled the prom for one of its high schools when a student challenged a ban on bringing same-sex dates.
U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy is blasting the news media as "despicable," accusing it of ignoring the war in Afghanistan even as troops continue to die there.
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is urging citizens along the coast to move quickly to higher ground following five strongly felt aftershocks, including the biggest since last month's 8.8-magnitude temblor.
Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Elizabeth Dole are joining 250 veterans at the World War II memorial in Washington to honor their service.
"Climategate," which erupted last fall when hackers obtained more than 1,000 e-mails from a British university, continues to have repercussions for policymakers and scientists.
A tornado watch was lifted for Arkansas early Thursday after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped through dozens of homes, critically injuring two people.
The prom's off at a northern Mississippi school after a lesbian student demanded she be allowed to bring her girlfriend.
The Kansas City school board is closing nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to stay afloat.
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