FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A 6-year-old boy was found hiding in a cardboard box in his family's garage yesterday after it was feared he was aboard a homemade helium balloon that hurtled 50 miles through the sky on live television.
DETROIT - With motorcycle sales still sluggish, Harley-Davidson Inc. said yesterday it is leaving the sport-bike market in a back-to-basics strategy that focuses on its core lineup of heavyweight bikes.
NEW YORK - A freshman state senator accused of slashing his girlfriend's face in a jealous rage was acquitted yesterday of a felony charge, but convicted of a lesser charge of grabbing her by the arm in a scene caught on videotape.
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MARGATE, N.J. - Wind has caused at least $45,000 in damage to the world's biggest elephant. Lucy the Elephant has stood 65 feet tall as a Jersey Shore landmark in Margate since 1881.
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DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. - Michael Brewer loves his skateboard, SpongeBob and the tree swing in his front yard. Now the 15-year-old whose family calls him Mikey has burns over two-thirds of his body and is fighting to live after authorities say five other teens - some of whom were at his house to play a month ago - doused him in rubbing alcohol and flicked a lighter.
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ATLANTIC CITY - A Baltimore man who mugged and robbed an elderly man after following him out of an Atlantic City casino is headed to state prison.
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NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
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WASHINGTON - Rates for 30-year home loans have inched up, but remained below 5 percent for the third straight week as government efforts to aid the housing market continued to keep rates low.
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MAYS LANDING - Eugene Robinson said sex was the last thing on his mind as he drove the pretty young girl who had asked for a ride to her motel.
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NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year. The Dow crossed five figures yesterday, seven months after it hit a 12-year low of 6,547.05 on March 9. The comeback by the stock market's best-known indicator is the most visible sign yet that investors believe the economy is recovering from the financial crisis and recession.
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WASHINGTON - President Obama called on Congress yesterday to approve $250 payments to more than 50 million seniors to make up for no increase in Social Security next year.
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NEW YORK - "Captain" Lou Albano, who became one of the most recognized professional wrestlers of the 1980s after appearing in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" music video, died yesterday. He was 76.
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HARRISBURG - A judge leading efforts to rebuild the system of juvenile justice in Luzerne County in the wake of the "kids for cash" corruption scandal said yesterday that state courts may be giving county supervisory judges too much power.
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