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MIAMI (AP) — Wildlife officials are investigating an online video that shows a man jumping on two manatees.The video shows a man doing a cannonball on top of what appears to be a manatee and a young calf swimming near a dock in a residential are ...more
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston church official who once claimed to be an associate of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger has been arrested on charges of stealing money from the church.Federal prosecutors say Edward MacKenzie Jr. was arrested at his Weymouth ...more
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two infants were among the 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week, the Oklahoma medical examiner's office said Wednesday.The office said it has identified 23 of the 24 victims and ...more
NEW YORK (AP) — In Beijing and London, U.S. Olympian Cullen Jones was fierce in the water, bringing home gold and silver and setting a world record along the way.In the pool at P.S. 125, a Harlem elementary school, he was a sweetheart as he laug ...more
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Board of Education is expected to take a final vote on whether to close 53 schools.The ambitious proposal that sparked protests and lawsuits could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office ...more
It pays to be in TV.On the list of 10-best paid CEOs of 2012 — the exclusive club inside an already-exclusive club — half are in the entertainment and media industry, according to executive pay research firm Equilar.The median pay for all ...more
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge in Denver is contemplating an injunction against Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.M. Hollister LLC after ruling earlier that nearly 250 of their clothing stores that cater to a hip, young clientele are unfriendly to the d ...more
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine man charged in the death of a 15-year-old girl whose body was found in the woods has made his first court appearance, but he didn't have anything to say.Twenty-year-old Kyle Dube, of Orono, showed no emotion when he ...more
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brokenhearted skateboarders long banned from Philadelphia's internationally renowned shredding paradise of Love Park may have a new object of affection: Paine's Park.The $4.5 million space, which has been about a dozen years ...more
NEW YORK (AP) — One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups. There's one prominent exception: Exxon Mobil Corp.In t ...more
