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REDHOUSE, Md. – John Roth stood on his 88-acre farm, looking up at the land he owns on the mountain ridge. He hopes that someday he will see a new crop that needs no fertilizer and renews itself — windmills that generate electricity and, most importantly, a steady flow of …

BOSTON (AP) – Three Democrats competed for the nomination for governor Tuesday, including a former Clinton administration official seeking to become the first black ever elected to Massachusetts‘ highest office. In Washington state, freshman Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, considered by some to be vulnerable in November, and her GOP challenger, …

LONDON – Lindsay Lohan may be in luck. British police said Friday they had recovered a handbag that went missing from the star’s luggage cart at Heathrow Airport. “A member of the public contacted us to say they had found it and brought it in,” a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said, …

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Two 17-year-olds suspected of plotting a shooting spree at their school were fascinated with the mass killings at Columbine High School and had homemade bombs and weapons at their homes, investigators said Friday. The boys were arrested Thursday at East High School after a student went …

JERUSALEM – And Israeli soldier held an Israeli bus driver at gunpoint briefly south of Tel Aviv, raising alarms of a hijacked bus, police said. Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the reservist, apparently drunk, pulled a gun on the driver and several passengers. Police arrested him, and no one was harmed. …

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. – The main suspect in the murder of a University of Vermont student was being held Tuesday on unrelated sex charges while prosecutors expected new sexual assault charges to be filed against Brian L. Rooney. “There is a pending investigation involving another women who complained of sexual …

CHICAGO – UAL Corp. (UAUA), parent of No. 2 U.S. carrier United Airlines, Tuesday posted a third-quarter profit, reversing a year-ago loss, sending shares higher in early trade. The No. 2 U.S. airline said quarterly profit amounted to $190 million, or $1.30 per share, compared with a net loss of …

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Fort Dodge couple who bought three Powerball tickets during a pit stop for soda came forward Wednesday to claim the $200 million jackpot. Tim and Kellie Guderian bought the winning ticket Sept. 23 at a Kum & Go store in Fort Dodge. They discovered their …

NEW YORK – Paparazzi, beware. George Clooney has a plan to put celeb-snapping photographers out of business. “Here is my theory on debunking photographs in magazines, you know, the paparazzi photographs,” Clooney says in the November issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands Oct. 10. “I want to spend every single …

BONAPARTE, Iowa – Authorities were questioning a man arrested in Illinois after his parents and three teenage sisters were found shot to death at their home in southeastern Iowa. Shawn Bentler, 22, was arrested Saturday in Quincy, Ill., about 60 miles from the family’s home, on an unrelated charge of …