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A project to place a dam in California's Temperance Flat of the San Joaquin River has been the subject of much controversy.

More than 200 Women Airforce Service Pilots were honored on Capitol Hill on March 10, International Women's Day.

Colleen LaRose tried to kill herself in 2005 while despondent over the death of her father, according to ...

More than 2,000 people protested President Obama's call for health care reform at the St. Charles Convention Center.

The Treasury Department announced that the budget deficit reached $220.9 billion in February.

Group proposes new common-core national education standards for the English language arts and mathematics.

Bank of America Corp.announced on Wednesday that it would get rid of overdraft fees on debit-card purchases.

Yankee Stadium will host the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, a college football bowl game, on December 30.

City school bus drivers, who shuttle children to school and back, voted late on Tuesday to authorize a ...

Hiram Monserrate announced he would run to get his job back on Tuesday.

A woman involved in a hit-and-run was arrested on Wednesday, authorities say via a NY1 report.

Several hundred Tibetans gathered in New York to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising.

The medical records of over 1 million Britons have been uploaded to a controversial health database without their ...

Canadian farmers are worried that a ruling prohibiting GE alfalfa in the U.S. may soon be overturned.

Microchipping, insurance, and registration of all dogs are to become compulsory to tackle the dangerous dogs.

A national debate over an excise tax on soda and sugary drinks is polarizing state-level politicians.

Sea lions in the Pacific Northwest that are eating too much salmon are being put to death by ...

The construction and startup of a 30 megawatt (MW) wind energy project Kahuku, won Hawaii $117 million.

The FBI arrested the former CFO of Houston-based LJA Engineering for allegedly stealing $3.5 million.

President Obama is putting the blame for lack of progress on health reform on Washington politics.

Mayor Kasim Reed, U.S. Census Director Robert Groves, and Clifford the Big Red Dog kicked off the 2010 ...

Facing serious financial problems, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) needs ways to make up for lowered revenue.

New York city council members, seniors, and advocates together launched the Save Our Centers campaign.

Pedro Perez resigned as New York State Police Superintendent just six days into taking office.

The man who attempted to blackmail David Letterman pled guilty on Tuesday in Manhattan.

Police fatally shot a man holding a fake pistol on Monday in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn.

Two NYPD officers were charged on Monday for a $1 million perfume warehouse heist in New Jersey.