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Ohio teen to be tried as adult in school shooting

A 17-year-old boy will be tried as an adult in the Ohio school shooting deaths of three students, a juvenile court judge ruled Thursday.

UPcycle | Unique handmade paper

Recycle old newspapers and paper scraps to create pretty handmade paper for unique and personal wedding invites.

Wis. theft victim uploads video of suspected thief

A man whose camcorder was briefly stolen has found a way to get back at the suspected thief: He uploaded a video that the suspect took with the camera, a clip

Man breaks into Kansas TV station, stabs 2 workers

A man wielding a knife broke into a Kansas television station Wednesday morning and stabbed two sales employees.

Twinkle’s Kitchen | Strawberry shortcake

Strawberry season is upon us. From strawberry pie to strawberry cobbler to jars of jellies and jams, the possibilities of desserts and dishes to make are

Ohio puppies found in suitcase go to new homes

Six bulldog-mix puppies found in a suitcase next to a trash bin in Ohio now have new homes.

Tornado touches down during wedding

This Midwest couple didn't let something like two nearby tornadoes stop them from getting married.

Iowa man with zebra, parrot in truck gets DUI

An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving.

'Polka King' Eddie Blazonczyk dies at 70

Grammy Award-winning polka great Eddie Blazonczyk, who began playing the lively music in the 1950s and went on to earn the nickname "Polka King" after

Serial stabbings suspect guilty of murder in Mich.

A drifter accused of terrorizing a struggling city by faking car trouble then stabbing strangers who came to his aid was quickly convicted of murder Tuesday

Man arrested for climbing Mount Rushmore

Authorities have arrested a man for climbing Mount Rushmore National Memorial in western South Dakota.

Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96

A spokesman for Zenith Electronics says Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control, has died.

Joplin remembers deadly tornado, 1 year later

 A year after a massive tornado tore through Joplin, thousands of survivors and others touched by the storm's fury made a somber march through some of the

Obama praises Joplin's resiliency after tornado

One year after a deadly tornado devastated their city, President Barack Obama praised the residents of Joplin, Mo., for a spirit of perseverance and resiliency

Obama: No 'optimal point' on U.S. in Afghanistan

President Barack Obama says there will never be an "optimal point" at which the United States' work in Afghanistan will be finished. But he says the U.S.

Say what? Kraft's new name elicits jokes

"MONDEWHAAAAT?" The sarcasm was palpable in the one-word headline that appeared in The New York Post on the day after Kraft Foods revealed that it planned to

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