BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels battled regime troops south of Damascus on Friday and Internet and most telephone lines were cut for a second day, but the government reopened the road to the capital's airport in a sign the fighting could be calming, activists said.
The general manager of the
...PLAISTOW, N.H. (AP) - A fugitive couple arrested at a Florida theme park were expected to reveal whether they will voluntarily return to New Hampshire to face charges in the beating and burning of the woman's 3-year-old son.
Federal marshals took 23-year-old Jessica Linscott and
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By By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The running fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court.
Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three states and defeated a ban in a fourth, the justices are meeting Friday to decide whether they should deal sooner rather than later with the claim
...PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) - Emergency crews are on the scene of a freight train derailment and hazardous material spill in southern New Jersey.
The Gloucester County Times (http://bit.ly/V8rH3L ) reports four tank cars were dumped into Mantua Creek in Paulsboro Friday and are leaking vinyl chloride.
A spokesman for the state Environmental Protection
...BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. says it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, which is near the state's booming oil patch and has more jobs than takers.
The company said in a statement that it
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