Commercials entertain Super Bowl audience
LOS ANGELES — Who was the least valuable player in last year’s Super Bowl? Viewers might say it was the tousle-haired young boy ...
ROCHESTER, N.H. — With a narrower Republican presidential field, there’s no longer a need for any “undercard” debates. And yet ABC News announced Thursday that one of th...
Calif. man files suit with lottery
LOS ANGELES — A SuperLotto Plus ticket went from a $63 million prize to a worthless scrap of paper after the person who bought it fail...
Climate makes it prime for Zika
MIAMI — Florida’s history of fighting off mosquito-borne outbreaks puts the state in perhaps better position than most when it comes to th...
Appeal for bail denied by judge
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Natalie Keepers told a judge that she was bullied — just like the 13-year-old girl she is accused of plotting to kill.
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State governor criticizes idea
KENT, Conn. — A Connecticut town is considering a program that trains teachers to use guns in the event of an active shooter, and Gov. Dann...
4.9% jobless rate lowest since 2008
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 151,000 jobs in January, a deceleration from recent months as companies shed education, transportat...
Democrats hold debate in N.H.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hillary Clinton has been here before, watching a political rival generate youthful enthusiasm with lofty proposals she be...
NEW YORK — Joe Dowell, a singer briefly popular in the early 1960s who had a No. 1 hit with the ballad “Wooden Heart,” has died. He was 76.
Dowell died Thursday at a hos...
NEW YORK — Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, whose horn-driven band sold more than 90 million albums and made hits like “September,” “Shining Star” and “Boogie W...
