Those who were unemployed during recession are more likely to see selves as overqualified for jobs.

Engineers remove a temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf in order to clear out failed equipment and prepare for the permanent final plug

Wyo. man gives more than $1.5 million to help defend Arizona's controversial immigration law in court, bringing Gov. Jan Brewer's total defense fund to $3.6 million

A Valley Islamic Center that was the target of a hate crime last week took steps Thursday to reach out to the community. They're teaming up with law enforcement to increase understanding of their faith, but also crying foul over some heated rhetoric going out over the local talk radio airwaves. Justin Willis has the very latest.

People often turn to eBay to pick up beloved toys from bygone years. One childhood icon currently up for sale would take up a whole lot of space in someone's backyard, not to mention beaucoup bucks.

AKRON Players fined AKRON: Two Akron Aeros players have been convicted of disorderly conduct in connection with the June 3 beating of a downtown nightclub patron.

Tests for one algal toxin from Berlin Reservoir were negative. That announcement came Thursday from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the 3,590-acre reservoir on the borders of Portage, Stark and Mahoning counties.

When Kylie Sees and Sean Rich started the new school year on Wednesday at the National Inventors Hall of Fame School, the seventh-graders got a challenging assignment.

Operation Comfort has created a softball league at Brooke Army Medical Center that helps injured soldiers rehabilitate.

With neighbors split over possible changes at MLK Park, other options will be explored.

Three Minnesotans were among the nine people who died nationwide; more than 100 became ill.

Reuters - BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster.

Perry plans to skip Oct. 19 gubernatorial debate

The proposed plant dominates budget discussions at the dais

Tilke GmbH unveils design for F1 track

UT's informal classes programs gets new lease on life

Abbott leaves debate decisions to his campaign

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A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug cartel members near Roma left 25gunmen dead, according to the military.

Wyo. man gives more than $1.5 million to help defend Arizona's controversial immigration law in court, bringing Gov. Jan Brewer's total defense fund to $3.6 million

AP - Swedish investment bank Carnegie AB Friday said it will buy competitor HQ Bank AB, which had its banking license revoked by the financial watchdog last week.

Bomb squad investigators were at Miami International Airport on Friday after a suspicious item was spotted in a baggage screening area, authorities said.

Bomb squad investigators were at Miami International Airport on Friday after a suspicious item was spotted in a baggage screening area, authorities said.

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan reaches an agreement with tax authorities in Australia allowing him to return to his home in the US.

Four New Jersey men are accused of selling bogus tickets for ferries that shuttle passengers to and from New York City. SeaStreak alerted the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office after noticing that the ticket numbers were out of sequence. Charles Frobosilo's business in New Brunswick was used to stamp...

The gunman who held three people hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters was once convicted of smuggling an illegal immigrant into the country from Mexico.

AP - Swedish investment bank Carnegie says it is buying competitor HQ Bank, which had its banking license revoked by the financial watchdog last week.

A Republican political appointee with the Nassau County Board of Elections ended up disenfranchising her own party when she failed to include the GOP in the instructions sent out to 900,000 voters on the new electronic voting machines, red-faced officials admitted yesterday.
The elephant-sized goof appeared in information sent...

A deranged pervert shot and wounded four Shomrim members who tried to nab him Thursday night after he exposed himself in front of children on a Brooklyn street, police and witnesses said.

News reports say a suicide car bomb blast has torn through police offices in Tajikistan's second-largest city, injuring 25 people.

BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.

Time.com - Amid the catastrophes, the country's religious minorities are under assault -- and one group has allegedly been denied official assistance

News reports say a suicide car bomb blast has torn through police offices in Tajikistan's second-largest city, injuring 25 people.

A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's Outer Banks overnight as residents along the Eastern Seaboard braced for a stormy Friday.