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Monday, December 1, 2008

Estranged brother-in-law arrested in Jennifer Hudson family deaths

This undated file photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Jennifer Hudson’s estranged brother-in-law William Balfour.
By Associated Press
CHICAGO - The estranged brother-in-law of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson has been arrested for the murders of...

Former mayoral aide pleads guilty in sex scandal

By Associated Press
DETROIT - Stoic and publicly silent through months of a sex scandal, the woman whose relationship with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick led to his downfall broke...

Bird-brained thief swipes turkey

By Associated Press
OREGON, Wis. - A Wisconsin family found it hard to be thankful after a thief made off with their turkey dinner. Lillian Moore says she sent a cooler stuffed...

Parents charged in chained Michigan girl’s death

By Associated Press
CENTREVILLE, Mich. - Manslaughter and child-abuse charges have been filed against the father and stepmother of a teenager who died in a Michigan house fire...

Cash-strapped sites put history on hold

By Associated Press
WAPAKONETA, Ohio - Houston, we have a problem. Neil Armstrong’s spacesuits, a capsule he piloted, the long johns James Lovell wore on the aborted...

A kiss isn’t just a kiss for Chicago newlyweds

By Associated Press
CHICAGO - Won’t kiss on the first date? How about waiting until marriage? Chicagoans Melody LaLuz and Claudaniel Fabien shared their first kiss Saturday...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

’Christmas Story’ fans celebrate film’s 25th year

The original fire truck that was used in ‘A Christmas Story’, a 1938 Ford La France pump truck, gives movie fans a ride around the Tremont neighborhood on Friday in Cleveland, Ohio.
By Associated Press
CLEVELAND - Fans of the holiday classic "A Christmas Story" are celebrating the film’s 25th anniversary with a...

Thief steals Thanksgiving dinner off woman’s porch

By Associated Press
OREGON, Wis. - A Wisconsin family found it hard to be thankful after a thief made off with their turkey dinner. Lillian Moore says she sent a cooler stuffed...

US, Midwest send a message: Illegals go home

By Associated Press
CHICAGO - Just after dawn, Gerardo Lopez Arellano shuffles along in a line of 51 other shackled men on an isolated tarmac where a white, unmarked federal jet...

Man convicted in eagle deaths grateful for pardon

By Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - Leslie Owen Collier was surrounded by cattle at a livestock auction when his cell phone rang. It was the White House. Twelve years after pleading...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Ill. family thanks employees with surprise bonuses

A photo provided by the Florence and Laurence Family Foundation shows a sample of a card that was handed out to employees of the Waukegan, Ill.-based Peer Bearing Co., from the Spungen family with thank-you bonus checks after the family sold the company.
By Associated Press
CHICAGO - Even though employees at the Peer Bearing Co. no longer work for the Spungen...
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Still going: Energizer Bunny enters his 20th year

In this Nov. 27, 2008 file photo, the Energizer Bunny float moves through Columbus Circle during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.
By Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - Turns out he really does just keep going and going. The Energizer Bunny, the symbol of battery maker...

Radio contestants driven to extremes

By Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. - As the days turned into weeks, a radio station realized it had two stubborn contestants on its hands. And it needed to figure out how to get...

Fetus at Detroit wastewater plant puzzles police

By Associated Press
DETROIT - Investigators in Detroit say they have little to go on in the case of a fetus found in a municipal wastewater treatment plant. The fetus estimated...

Mom touts verdict in Web suicide

By Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - The mother of a girl who committed suicide at age 13 after being subjected to Internet bullying says a woman’s conviction in the case shows...

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