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Ex-Penn State coach asks for postponement of sex-abuse trial

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky's lawyer on Wednesday asked for a delay in the former Penn State assistant football coach's child sex-abuse trial, saying he needed more time to prepare and still was waiting for disclosure of prosecution material.

Defense attorney Joe Amendola argued in a 13-page motion that ...

Postal Service to keep rural post offices open

WASHINGTON — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours.

At a news briefing, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the mail agency was backing off its plan to ...

Colo. lawmakers reach impasse on civil unions

DENVER (AP) — Chants of "Shame on you" from gay rights supporters thundered through the Colorado House on Tuesday night after Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty said legislation to allow civil unions would not get a vote.

Mr. McNulty told reporters that lawmakers had reached an impasse and civil unions ...

Wis. recall election is rematch of 2010 governor's race

MADISON, Wis. — The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't.

In the tumultuous 18 months since Republican Scott Walker defeated Democrat Tom Barrett in the 2010 governor's race, Wisconsin has been rocked with massive protests over workers' rights, recall elections over a contentious union rights law, and a ...

Economic Alert: If You’re Not Worried Yet…You Should Be

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Brandon Smith | The calm moments before each passing storm give Americans a false sense of hope that our capsized fiscal vessel will somehow right itself if we just hold on a little longer...

VIDEO: CIA Catches Itself in New Underwear Bomb Plot

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Infowars.com | The entire terror plot story has once again collapsed into a farce, with the would-be bomber himself an admitted CIA informant.

Border Patrol adapting to new threats

Just eight months after Defense Department officials complained in a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that there was "no comprehensive Southwest border security strategy" in place, the U.S. Border Patrol unveiled a new strategy Tuesday that relies on helicopters and unmanned aerial drones and targets repeat offenders.

Recognizing that it ...

American Scene: LEDs mean full rainbow for Empire State Building

NEW YORK — The Empire State Building will replace its tower lights with a computer-driven LED system that allows for nearly endless color combinations.

The iconic skyscraper's owner is partnering with Massachusetts-based Philips Color Kinetics to install the new light fixtures.

The top of the building is bathed in an ...

Mother, wife of kidnapping-slaying suspect arrested

GUNTOWN, Miss. — The net widened in the case of a Mississippi man suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter and fleeing with her two younger girls.

On Tuesday, authorities charged man's wife and mother in connection with the abduction.

As an intense manhunt for Adam Mayes ...

Georgetown catches flak for Sebelius invite

In what has become an annual tradition, another Catholic university has come under fire for its choice of commencement speaker.

Georgetown University, the oldest Jesuit institution in the nation, is taking heat for inviting Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, a Catholic, to address the school's Public Policy Institute ...

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