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Holmes scores 23 points and Morgan State rallies to defeat Maryland-Baltimore County 72-57. Reggie Holmes scored 23 points and Morgan State erased an 18-point second-half deficit to defeat Maryland-Baltimore County 72-57 on Sunday.

Copano Energy founder Eckel dead at age 58; Northcutt appointed president and CEO. John Eckel Jr., who turned a 23-mile pipeline into a midstream natural gas company with more than 6,000 miles of pipeline and seven processing plants, has died at the age of 58, Copano Energy LLC said Sunday.

Holders of lost savings bonds dating to World War II say Treasury not making them easy to find. Holders of lost savings bonds dating back to World War II say its not nearly as easy to track down the lost money as the U.S. Treasury Department claims in an ongoing lawsuit.

Advocates, lawmakers to push for Mass. immigrant tuition bill nearly 3 years after it failed. It seemed like a given that Mario Rodas would go to college.

Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree.

Shontaye Edwards spends her day in a gray cubicle at a Bank of America call center in this Dallas suburb. On the other end of the phone line are homeowners ? tense, exasperated and looking for help.

Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.

Connecticut keeps up run as unanimous No. 1 in women's poll. With a 70-point laugher in its opener, Connecticut looked every bit like the No. 1 team in women's basketball.

AP basketball poll: Kansas leads again; Maryland only newcomer in 1st regular-season Top 25. An opening week in which only one ranked team lost meant few changes in the first poll of the regular season.

Freshman Williams sparks 24th-ranked Minnesota in 82-42 win over Stephen F. Austin. High-flying freshman Rodney Williams had three dunks and a pair of 3s, finishing with 14 points to help 24th-ranked Minnesota pull away from Stephen F. Austin in an 82-42 victory on Monday night.

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Police: Okla. man suspected in slayings of 4, including 'Cathouse' star, turns himself in. A former Marine turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday after being named a suspect in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse," police said.

NJ teen sues school, claiming administrators quashed a silent protest of abortion she planned. A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that school administrators violated her First Amendment free-speech and religious-freedom rights when they said she couldn't participate in a day of silent protest against abortion.

Citing 'dire' times, Okla. education board calls for immediate use of money in Rainy Day Fund. Cuts in state funding for education mean teachers at one northeastern Oklahoma school now must clean their own classrooms while their superintendent scrubs the toilets. A superintendent in a neighboring county is considering laying off five teachers. Yet another is asking veteran teachers to consider early retirement.

Summers and Lucas lift No. 2 Michigan State to a comeback 75-71 victory against Gonzaga. Durrell Summers hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:02 left, made two at the line with 5.7 seconds to go and finished with 21 points to help No. 2 Michigan State rally for a 75-71 win over Gonzaga on Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON - Despite early pleas for bipartisanship, President Obama is forging ahead with his domestic agenda with a largely single-party strategy, unable to corral more than a handful of Republicans on a wide range of major legislation before Congress. Vowing to bring change to Washington, Obama had hoped to draw Republicans into the development of sweeping proposals on the environment, health care, the economy, and the workplace. Publicly, Obama and his team continue to insist they welcome GOP input on controversial legislation. Democrats facing tough reelection campaigns next year are eager for bipartisan votes that could help inoculate them from partisan attacks on their records. But lawmakers in both parties say the relationship between Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill has reached a new low that has all but killed any chance for broad bipartisan collaboration. Democrats, with majorities in both the House and Senate, plan to try to pass their proposals with the votes they

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Arkansas lottery commissioners vote to sell Mega Millions tickets along with Powerball. The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multistate jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two.

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