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Associated Press A Kmart store sign glows after dark on Nov. 9 in New York. Kmart, a division of Sears Holdings Corp., said Friday that it's waiving the fees that shoppers pay to open its interest-free pay-over-time program at its discount stores and online through Nov. 17.
Kmart waives layaway fee, joining rival stores
NEW YORK — The layaway wars are heating up ahead of the winter holidays. Kmart, a division of Sears Holdings Corp., said Friday that it’s waiving the fees that shoppers pay to open its interest-...
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Associated Press Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow speaks outside the Will County Courthouse Thursday in Joliet, Ill., after a jury convicted former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson of murdering his wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004. He faces a maximum 60-year prison term when sentenced on Nov. 26. Illinois has no death penalty.
Jurors give Peterson’s comments heavy weight
JOLIET, Ill. — Jurors said Friday that comments Stacy Peterson made before her 2007 disappearance played the decisive role in convincing them to convict her husband, former police officer Drew Pete...
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Members of community group Parents 4 Teachers display pro-teacher posters and banners outside City Hall on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 in Chicago. The Chicago Teachers Union has threatened to proceed with plans to strike on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 if weekend negotiations with Chicago Public Schools over teacher salaries and working conditions fails to deliver an acceptable outcome. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)
Chicago teachers ready to strike, hoping for deal
CHICAGO — The Chicago Teachers Union and district officials said they will negotiate through the weekend, if necessary, to try to avoid a strike on Monday. Teachers are ready to walk off the job fo...
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Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives for a campaign rally on Friday in Nashua, N.H.
Gloomy jobs report shadows race with 60 days left
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A dismal new snapshot of jobs in America shadowed the presidential campaign on Friday, testing the voter patience that will save or sink President Barack Obama’s re-election bid. ...
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Associated Press Mahmoud Yousef Hindi appears for his arraignment on charges of murder, assault and wanton endangerment on Saturday in Louisville.
Shooting suspect faces $1 million bond
LOUISVILLE — A Louisville man accused of opening fire at a homeowners association meeting, killing one and critically wounding another, was ordered held on a $1 million bond Saturday at an initial ...
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Jackson home after treatment
CHICAGO — U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has returned to his home in Washington after treatment for depression at Mayo Clinic, Jackson’s chief of staff in suburban Chicago said Friday. “He’s at hom...
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Police hit legal minefield about immigration law
PHOENIX — The most contentious part of Arizona’s immigration law finally has approval to move forward, surviving a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a heated national debate and two years of state politic...
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U.S. jobs outlook improves as campaign starts to heat up
WASHINGTON — The jobs outlook in the U.S. brightened a bit Thursday just before President Barack Obama was to make his case for re-election to the American people. Fewer people applied for unemp...
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Associated Press President Barack Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention Thursday in Charlotte, N.C. Obama said that the road to economic recovery is difficult, but the problems can be fixed.
Obama: Path to recovery hard, challenge ‘can be met’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — His re-election in doubt, President Barack Obama conceded only halting progress Thursday night toward fixing the nation’s stubborn economic woes, but vowed in a Democratic Nationa...
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Magician buys King recording
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Magician David Copperfield said Wednesday he purchased a newly discovered audiotape of a Martin Luther King Jr. interview and would donate it to the National Civil Rights Museum ...
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