Hundreds march in New York for Florida teenager shot dead
NEW YORK (AP) — The parents of a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida marched in his memory on Wednesday with hundreds of other people demanding arrests in...
View ArticleConnecticut on track to abolish death penalty
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Senate voted Thursday to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut, a state that has executed only one prisoner in a half-century and is now on track to join a national...
View ArticleConnecticut legislature approves repeal of death penalty
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — After years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty, Connecticut lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have passed legislation that abolishes the punishment for all...
View ArticleApril nor'easter dumps rain, snow on East Coast
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Forecasters have lifted winter storm advisories in Buffalo and Pittsburgh after the cities were spared the brunt of a late-season snowfall that brought down tree limbs and caused...
View ArticleParticipate in 2012 Ebertfest without leaving your home or office
CHAMPAIGN — Movie buffs don’t have to leave home (or their office) to participate in the 14th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. read more
View ArticleCinematographer Stephen Goldbatt on first day of Ebertfest
Ebertfest emcee Chaz Ebert said she and her husband, Roger, wanted to start out the first day of his 14th annual film festival with a lot of laughs. "We decided not to make you cry the first day," she...
View ArticleAlloy Orchestra's "Wild and Weird " collection is both
Introducing the Alloy Orchestra’s "Wild and Weird" collection of short films on Friday at Ebertfest, film Professor David Bordwell said it offers "a quick trip in a time machine of 20 years of cinema."...
View ArticleJeff Nichols & Michael Shannon funnier in person than in "Take Shelter"
The first movie to sell out in the 14th annual Ebertfest, which ended today, was writer-director Jeff Nichols’s "Take Shelter," a Hitchcock-style psychological family drama starring Michael Shannon and...
View ArticleTeen accurately points out inaccurate map to museum
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut seventh-grader says workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City didn't believe him when he pointed out an inaccuracy with a map that was on...
View ArticleMaine man who cared for famed old tree dies at 103
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine man whose decades-long battle to save New England's tallest elm tree served as an inspiring tale of devotion has died at 103. read more
View ArticleAt least $380,000 raised for bullied bus monitor
A video of a 68-year-old school bus monitor being mercilessly taunted by seventh-graders became a rallying point against bullies Thursday, with a fund for the New York state grandmother raising at...
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Giovanny Alvarez, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, leaves Monday after delivering mail to a residence in Washington that was damaged by the powerful storm that swept through the region...
View ArticleRomney on attack in Pennsylvania; Obama collects Texas cash
WASHINGTON (AP) — A counterattacking Mitt Romney is seeking to shift political attention away from his business tenure and his tax returns with a fresh assault on President Barack Obama's record....
View ArticleNavy radio might be crippling Connecticut garage doors
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View Article$50K bail for Vermont man accused of crushing police cars
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View ArticleDoctor accused of waterboarding daughter
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The daughter of a Delaware pediatrician who has appeared on national TV for his research on near-death experiences told investigators he "waterboarded" her several times by holding...
View ArticleMom sues over breast-feeding video turned into porn
FAIR LAWN, N.J. (AP) — When MaryAnn Sahoury agreed to appear with her month-old daughter in a breast-feeding instructional video, she saw an opportunity to help women who had trouble getting their...
View ArticleThree found dead in burning car in Maine
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Flames coming from a car where three bodies were discovered early Monday were so intense that it was difficult at times to tell what was burning, a witness said. Radio announcer...
View ArticleJFK security breached by man from bay
NEW YORK (AP) — A man on a personal watercraft who became stranded in a New York bay easily breached Kennedy Airport's security system by walking undetected through two runways and into a terminal....
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