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Teenager set on fire released from hospital
MIAMI — Michael Brewer's family members and friends gathered around the television set in their Deerfield Beach, Fla., home on Tuesday, anxious to see the news they had already heard...
IRS wants receipts, not your word, to value charitable giving
Year-end holiday giving and cleaning tend to get...
Old cell phones can help worthy causes
Hoping you get a new cell phone this Christmas? You have company...
GM hires former Microsoft CFO as new finance chief
DETROIT — General Motors Co. said Monday it has hired the former chief financial officer of Microsoft Corp. as its new CFO, a key part of GM's plan to rebuild its finances after bankruptcy...
Ford offers 2 buyout packages to workers
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. is offering another round of buyouts to its UAW workers...
Finding may hold key to treating malignant brain tumors
ORLANDO, Fla. — A new finding by biomedical researchers at the University of Central Florida could lead to treatment of one of the most common and aggressive brain tumors in adults...
Cargo ship adrift in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 740-foot cargo ship is disabled and floating adrift in the ocean 544 nautical miles southwest of Adak, Alaska Sunday afternoon. It is encountering 30-foot seas and winds higher than 60 mph, the U.S. Coast Guard reports...
Napolitano responds to surge of home-based terrorism, deploys more analysts
WASHINGTON — Responding to a surge of terrorism cases involving Americans, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano...
Senate passes $636-billion defense bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Saturday passed a $636-billion defense appropriations bill that includes money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a 3.4 percent pay increase for the military and a two-month extension of unemployment benefits...
Ethnic groups say ‘white’ isn’t enough on the 2010 cens
DETROIT — With her light-brown skin and Islamic headscarf...
Milwaukee school board approves free condoms for students
MILWAUKEE — Without discussion, the Milwaukee School Board...
