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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- In what seemed to be another day ordinary day of
deliberations in the John Edwards corruption trial, WFMY reporter Mark
Geary tells us that shortly after lunch the jury made a request of the
judge.
Mitt Romney said he would bring the unemployment rate down to 6% in four years if elected president, in an interview with Time magazine.
WASHINGTON -- The typical American household would have paid nearly all of its income
in taxes last year to balance the budget if the government used standard
accounting rules to compute the deficit, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
Joe Biden may not be much help to Barack Obama in key swing states this fall.
CINCINNATI -- For the first time, amid continuing controversy and
lawsuits over use of Tasers, a scientific, peer-reviewed study released
this week shows the electronic stun guns can cause cardiac arrest and
death.
New York -- A man now in custody has implicated himself in the 1979
disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, Commissioner Ray Kelly of the New
York Police Department said Thursday.
Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a nuclear submarine early Thursday
at a U.S. Navy shipyard in Maine after battling it for hours, according
to a statement released by the shipyard.
Hurricane Bud quickly strengthened early Thursday after forming off the
southwestern coast of Mexico just hours before, the National Hurricane
Center in Miami reported.
CAIRO -- Sabet Mashed Mina voted for a president in Egypt's elections Wednesday for the first time in his life at 76 years old.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. -- Some students' parents were disturbed Tuesday
afternoon after learning their children accidentally saw nude images of
a woman during class.
DENVER -- Police are investigating a vicious beating at a McDonald's
drive-thru, First Coast News sister station KUSA has learned.
When you hear about teens and tanning, you may laugh it off as no big
deal. But doctors say it IS a big deal: Studies show that kids who go
tanning are more likely to get skin cancer. That's why most states have
tough laws about who can use tanning salons.
The Census continued to miss blacks and Hispanics in 2010 despite
achieving what was probably the most accurate count in the nation's
history, according to Census analysis out Tuesday.
Just in time for summer vacation, families with small children traveling
on United Airlines will no longer be able to board early.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation threatened legal action
over the online sale of a vial purportedly containing dried blood from
the former president following a 1981 assassination attempt.
Regulators are looking into a report that Morgan Stanley, the lead
underwriter for Facebook's initial public offering last week, shared a
negative assessment of the social network with major clients ahead of
the IPO.
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. -- The author of a poem about bullying that has gotten national attention is sharing her story about why she wrote the poem.
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- US Airways Flight 787 from Paris to
Charlotte, North Carolina has been diverted to the Bangor International
Airport.
MAIDEN, N.C. -- A local pastor is igniting controversy, preaching a plan to eliminate gays.
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A day of solemn remembrances and forward-looking
celebrations is planned Tuesday as Joplin commemorates the anniversary
of a tornado that ripped the city in half.
