WASHINGTON Former President Bill Clinton’s 8,300-square-foot Harlem office near the Apollo Theater costs taxpayers nearly $450,000. George W. Bush spends $85,000 on telephone fees, and another $60,000 on travel. Jimmy Carter sends $15,000 worth of postage — all on the government’s dime. The most exclusive club in the world has a similarly exclusive price tag […]

GREENBUSH, Wis. Jeff Murray pushed on one side while Scott Roller leaned in from the other and the 1885 Berlin Fire Department steam pumper slowly began rolling toward the open door. It was moving day. The steam-powered water pumper was used to extinguish countless blazes in the Green Lake County community at the turn of […]

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. Usually, the folks who run museums hate dust. They like to keep artifacts and exhibits clean and tidy. The Kregel Windmill Factory Museum, set to open April 26 in Nebraska City, is just the opposite. The museum treats dust like a fine patina on a bronze statue — not to be disturbed […]

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Retired U.S. Rep. Barney Frank has donated his personal papers to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, a gift that one school official called a “massive treasure trove.” “I have come to very much appreciate the people, the life, the culture of southeastern Massachusetts and it’s an enthusiasm I want to continue […]

Dire food shortages triggered violent bread riots in Richmond, capital of the Confederacy, 150 weeks ago during the Civil War. The rioting on April 2, 1863, began when hundreds of women demanding emergency provisions became the flashpoint for a mob protest that surged across the city’s business district. Many shattered windows and looted storefronts before […]

FREEPORTCouncilors listened to residents’ concerns Tuesday about which agencies and line items will get funding during the upcoming municipal budget process. Representatives of numerous departments and groups lined up Tuesday to ask town councilors for consideration when the 2014 spending plan is assembled. More than 20 people spoke on behalf of several organizations during an […]