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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Gas prices have been spiking for weeks and $4 gas is quickly becoming a reality across the nation.
Illinois became the latest state to succumb, with motorist group AAA reporting Tuesday that the average price for a gallon of gas in the state had hit $4.03 a gallon. On Wednesday, the average price in Illinois nudged up to...

(Columbus) - Ohio's top elections official says it appears that thousands of voters considered "active'' are anything but.

Secretary of State Jon Husted says a report has found nearly 18,500 dead people on the state's voter rolls.

Records of registered voters were cross-checked with a list of deceased Ohioans maintained by the Ohio...

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Ricardo Baca
The Denver Post
POSTED: 04/13/2011 01:00:00 AM MDT
UPDATED: 04/13/2011 05:10:40 AM MDT


Rapper Kalyn Heffernan, pictured in her house, has a genetic disorder, osteogenesis imperfecta, that causes bones to fracture easily. (Helen H. Richardson, The...

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By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press – 9 mins ago

WASHINGTON – The historic $38 billion in budget cuts resulting from at-times hostile bargaining between Congress and the Obama White House were accomplished in large part by pruning money left over from...

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By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press – 2 hrs 36 mins ago

NAIROBI, Kenya – An American from Alabama who joined Somalia's most dangerous militant group has released two new rap songs on the Internet, a possible indication that he is still alive after...