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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

Feds arrest Birmingham Mayor on bribery charges

Dec 1, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- The mayor of Alabama's largest city, Larry Langford, was arrested Monday on federal bribery and fraud charges connected to a multibillion-dollar sewer bond deal that has driven the surrounding …
Students lie, cheat, steal, but say they're good

Nov 30, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) -- In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too …
Vt. sex offender to be released after only 3 years

Nov 30, 2008

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A sex offender whose lenient sentence for molesting a child led to a crackdown on punishment for sexual predators in Vermont will likely be released from prison next month, state corrections …
Fla. weather moves shuttle landing to California

Nov 30, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts are headed to California....
Weather scuttles Fla. shuttle landing

Nov 30, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- High wind and a stormy forecast are preventing space shuttle Endeavour from landing in Florida, but NASA officials are considering using a backup site in California....