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POLICE: NM MAN TRIED TO TRADE MCDONALD'S FOR SEX: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - It appears that this happy meal didn't end with a happy deal.

Climbers recover body of boy from Alaska glacier

The 78-year-old runner behind the Boston photo

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - A 78-year-old Washington state man running his third Boston Marathon was near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts and caught in a news photograph that quickly went viral. Bill Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, told The Herald of Everett that he heard a noise Monday and found himself on the ground. ...

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INMATE, 84, ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL PROSECUTOR: CONROE, Texas (AP) - An 84-year-old woman jailed on a theft charge allegedly tried to hire a hit man to kill the Houston-area prosecutor handling her case and to maim his boss, one of the apparent targets said Monday.

Bombing kills 3, injures over 130

BOSTON (AP) - Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 130 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S. <p ...

Psst. Tax deadline not much of a deadline for most

Witnesses describe scene of Boston Marathon bombing

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Carnival says it will pay US for disabled ships

BY THE NUMBERS

look at this year's filing season, through April 5: ___ - Returns filed so far: 96.6 million. - Share of taxpayers getting a refund: 81 percent. - Total amount of refunds issued so far: $214 billion. - Average refund: $2,755. - ...

Chicago schools consult gang lines in determining what schools they will close

Boston Marathon Explosion: 2 killed, FAA declares no-fly zone

BOSTON (AP) - Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring 23 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators. A senior U.S. intelligence official said two other explosive devices were found nearby. One runner, a Rhode Island state trooper, said the blasts tore limbs off dozens of people. As smoke ...

Obama earned less in 2012, pays $112k in taxes

Lincoln impersonators rub gangly elbows at Ohio convention

Package sent to Arpaio could have killed

Possible 9/11 plane landing gear part found in New York

Fired Oregon officer: Alcoholism is disability

Controllers to return; flight delays sway Congress

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Obama backs Planned Parenthood in political fight

Student's prom dress is one of a kind

Boston bomb suspect moved