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Police investigate murder-suicide in Addison November 25, 2009 11:41 AM Police are conducting a double murder-suicide investigation at a home in west suburban Addison , officials said. A law-enforcement source said the incident left three people dead; one of the...

The openly-gay American Idol runner-up — who caused controversy with his racy performance at the recent American Music Awards — says he often felt like he couldn’t be himself. “I never wore full-on eyeliner in high school, but I wanted...

Hundreds of thousands of pager messages sent during the Sept. 11 , 2001 , attacks in New York and Washington were released by a Web site Wednesday, officials say. The site, Wikileaks, calls itself a forum for people to post...

President Obama, center, with daughters Malia, far right, Sasha, second from the right, pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House today with the chairman of the National Turkey Federation, Walter...

In a hopeful sign for the economy, the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell below 500,000 last week for the first time since January. Consumer spending also picked up in October, and new-home sales hit...

US stocks opened mixed today after a series of economic reports led by better-than-expected data on jobless claims failed to provide a major catalyst ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 6.04 points (0.06 per...

Charles Barkley should have his own line of greeting cards or fortune cookies. The basketball legend and current NBA studio analyst has a unique verbosity that is occasionally wise but always entertaining. (He’s like a super-hybrid of Muhammad Ali and...

Single mother Rozina Pijuan wrote to the talk show host, admitting she has struggled to take care of her two young sons since losing her job during the worldwide credit crunch. Degeneres then invited the 26-year-old Bronx, New York mom...

As any husband or wife who has picked the wrong kind of spousal Christmas present knows -- a gym membership, for example, instead of a trip to Maui -- there's a big difference between earnest and enjoyable gifts. The same...

Minister Paul Caica, will mean major stores will be closed on Christmas Day and the following day even though December 26 is not listed as a public holiday. In other states, including NSW and Victoria, the day after Christmas is...