Barber shop broken into for fifth time MANCHESTER (AP) — The owner of a Manchester barber shop says his business has been broken into for the fifth time in the past three months. Dana Geneseo says he’s installed a video camera, alarm system and even a windowless door at Dana’s Barber Shop since the first […]

WASHINGTON ( AP) — Most Americans want Congress to vote to continue the payroll tax reduction, according to a new Associated Press- GfK poll that comes as Democrats and Republicans wrestle over whether to extend the cut through 2012. It’s the latest instance in which lawmakers on Capitol Hill have allowed partisan sniping to hold […]

MULLAN, Idaho ( AP) — Seven miners were safely removed from an underground mine in northern Idaho after they were injured by a rock burst while working more than a mile deep, a mine company official said late Wednesday. One of the miners was taken to a hospital with nonlife threatening injuries, while the other […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s medical examiner says autopsies have failed to determine how a husband and wife died in Portland, but there’s nothing to indicate foul play. Spokesman Mark Belserene said Wednesday that additional studies were ordered before a final conclusion is reached on the cause of death. Portland police have identified the couple as […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia, hoping to keep its largest export market from collapsing, will give at least $10 billion to the International Monetary Fund to help support the struggling euro currency, an aide to President Dmitry Medvedev said today. Russian officials have said in the past that the country would offer up to $ 10 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive defense bill is on the brink of final passage after the Obama administration and Congress resolved a fierce struggle over the president’s ability to prosecute terrorist suspects in the civilian justice system. The House voted 283-136 for the $ 662 billion measure Wednesday night, a rare bipartisan vote that reflected […]