Herald Tribune - Sarasota FL, 5 minutes ago / At 13.5 percent for Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties during January -- up from 10.1 percent a year ago -- the percentage of job seekers in this region is at its highest rate in the two decades since records have been kept.
Irish Independent, 5 minutes ago / A HOUSE painter who bludgeoned a frail widow to death during a robbery showed more concern for her dogs than the woman he murdered, a judge said yesterday.
TCPalm.com - Fort Pierce FL, 5 minutes ago / Wednesday Golf: (March 3): 1, Craig Slocum, Stephen Witdorchic, John Dalena, 136; 2, John Blasko, Dan Olin, James Whelan, Trom White, 142.
Liberty Tribune - Liberty MO, 5 minutes ago / The Ethan Allen furniture store on the east side of the Liberty Square will vibrate with all types of music Sunday afternoon, March 14, when Corbin Theatre and family and friends celebrate Bedinger's life.
Daily News of Sri Lanka, 5 minutes ago / Sri Lankan Twenty20 specialist Tillakaratne Dilshan will play for Sussex this season, the English county announced on Wednesday.
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Chattanooga TN, 5 minutes ago / The beginning of the end arrives today for all Southeastern Conference basketball fans.
ABC - WFAA 8 - Dallas TX, 5 minutes ago / The incredible images of an EF2 tornado that struck the tiny Oklahoma town of Hammon two days ago are a powerful reminder of just how fickle our weather can be.
Republican-American - Waterbury CT, 5 minutes ago / Things are looking bright for the Watertown High boys basketball team, a day after playing in the state tournament for the first time in 41 years.
Omaha World-Herald - Omaha NE, 6 minutes ago / HUTCHINSON, Kan. With spring seemingly just around the corner, the push is on to eat better, exercise more and live longer and healthier lives.
The Ottawa Herald - Ottawa KS, 6 minutes ago / The Braves were not able to hold on to their lead Wednesday afternoon, falling 4-3 to MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe.
NBC - WLUC-TV 6 - Negaunee MI, 6 minutes ago / Northern Michigan University landed two players on the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) All-Conference First Team. Mark Olver and Erik Gustafsson were the Wildcats selected to the first team.
Main Line Media News - Ardmore PA, 6 minutes ago / It appears you should have hired your high-priced ($500/hour) attorneys to review the laptop contract for students/parents before you issued laptops to every high-school student in the district.
Daily Herald - Arlington Heights IL, 6 minutes ago / Palatine Township Elementary District 15 officials could call for layoffs or request the unions to reopen their contracts.
Charleston Daily Mail - Charleston WV, 6 minutes ago / Unbeaten and seeded fourth entering the Class AA State Tournament, Westside High learned a harsh lesson Wednesday night: It's hard to beat a defense that is slowing your ability to penetrate the lane, and it's even harder when your point guard injures her knee within the first minute of the second half.
The Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne IN, 6 minutes ago / Rowdy, angry and defensive parents and students took the Fort Wayne Community Schools superintendent and board to task Wednesday, demanding that Elmhurst High School remain open.
The Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield MA, 6 minutes ago / A Lanesborough selectman has been charged with assaulting his teenage son, who went to police to file a complaint against his father.
Winona Daily News - Winona MN, 6 minutes ago / Lewiston Police Chief Dave Kleinschmidt was fired Wednesday night by the City Council.
The News-Herald - Willoughby OH, 6 minutes ago / First response times were at the top of the list for Painesville Council's Safety Committee.
The News-Herald - Willoughby OH, 6 minutes ago / Mentor's unemployment rate took a troubling turn in January, despite being among the lowest in the state for communities its size or larger.
The Gazette - Montreal - QC - Canada, 6 minutes ago / When you go as far over the top as Muse routinely does, odds are good that you'll plummet to a bloody death.
The New York Times - New York NY, 28 minutes ago/ The Nets charged to a 17-3 lead in the first quarter and led by as many as 18 points in the first half.
The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA, 41 minutes ago/ Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work." Lynche, a mountain of a guy who lives up to his nickname, performed last among the eight male semifinalists Wednesday and emerged as the star of the Fox TV show.
The News & Observer - Raleigh NC, 4 hours 1 minute ago/ I'm not saying you should — you better pull for N.C. State and North Carolina to win their games Thursday.
Sun Sentinel, 1 hour 8 minutes ago/ Two off-duty Pennsylvania law enforcement officers were with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger at the Georgia nightclub where a woman accused him of sexual assault, and the two men didn't see anything inappropriate, an attorney for one of them said Wednesday.
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO, 33 minutes ago/ A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.Haim died Wednesday at 38, another chapter in Hollywood's tragic history of careers ravaged by drugs.Brittany Murphy's career was rebounding when she died at 31 in December from pneumonia and prescription drugs.River Phoenix was 16 when he starred in "Stand By Me" and 23 when he died of a drug overdose outside a Hollywood nightclub.Haim died at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, His mother called paramedics after he collapsed while getting out of bed at his apartment.Haim started working in TV commercials at 10 and was a big-screen heartthrob at 15.