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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Ted Kennedy Jr. is planning to run for the state Senate in Connecticut in his first bid for public office, two people briefed on the decision told The Associated Press on Monday.
The son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massac...
Updated: Apr 07, 2014 at 11:56 AM
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghans and the international community hailed its presidential election as a triumph of democracy over violence Sunday, despite complaints about ballot shortages and sporadic fraud after millions of people braved a Taliban thre...
Updated: Apr 07, 2014 at 08:50 AM
NEW YORK — Jimmy Fallon's fast start replacing Jay Leno on the “Tonight” show the past two months had a secondary effect: David Letterman suddenly seemed old.
The Top 10 list, the ironic detachment, even the set at the Ed Sullivan Theater. Time does...
Updated: Apr 06, 2014 at 08:54 AM
MILWAUKEE - Now that Marquette has hired a new president, the university can return to focusing on finding its next basketball coach.
Interim athletic director Bill Cords said Thursday that incoming President Michael Lovell will be intricately invol...
Updated: Mar 27, 2014 at 09:47 PM
Lawrence Walsh, the former prosecutor who spent seven years investigating officials in President Ronald Reagan's administration for their roles in the Iran-Contra scandal, has died. He was 102.
Best known for the Iran-Contra probe in the 1980s, Wals...
Updated: Mar 23, 2014 at 11:13 PM
NEW YORK — Gum seems as appealing as that sticky wad on the bottom of a shoe these days.
It's not that Americans still don't ever enjoy a stick of Trident or Orbit, the two most popular brands. They just aren't as crazy about chomping away on the st...
Updated: Mar 21, 2014 at 05:24 PM
The four Republican candidates for Illinois governor made their cases for becoming the party's nominee Thursday in their final televised primary debate — an evening that lacked the fiery exchanges of their previous meetings but was packed with more ...
Updated: Mar 17, 2014 at 06:32 AM
Three or four years ago, no one would have imagined this argument taking place: Who is the best center in the NBA, Dwight Howard or Joakim Noah?
One game isn't going to settle the argument, but those two players will match up Thursday at the United ...
Updated: Mar 13, 2014 at 10:09 PM
SPRINGFIELD — For state Sen. Kirk Dillard, it's an ethics reform law. For businessman Bruce Rauner, it's how his private-equity funds made money for state pension systems. State Treasurer Dan Rutherford cites a fairer reimbursement of nursing homes....
Updated: Mar 11, 2014 at 09:56 AM
Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's win of a full term for governor in 2010 stung for Illinois Republicans.
It was a good election year for the GOP across the nation, and the governor's office was the post that could have let the party stop Democrats from h...
Updated: Mar 09, 2014 at 11:36 PM