WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans concerned about the Obama administration’s big spending on economic stimulus, energy and health care are asking, “Where are the jobs?” “The president and Democrats in Congress claim this spending binge is necessary to put Americans back to work,” House Republican leader John Boehner said Saturday in the Republican radio and Internet […]

WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) — State police say an eastern Kentucky preacher used text messages to try to lure a 13-year-old girl to have sex with him. Station WKYT reports that police arrested 44-year-old John Edward Smith as he attempted to meet with the girl Thursday in Clark County. Smith is charged with unlawful use of […]

CINCINNATI (AP) – Police say a man broke into a Cincinnati home and proceeded to stay there for a week, watching television and sleeping in the master bedroom while the family was on vacation. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department arrested 19-year-old Nicholas Truesdell on Friday and charged him with burglary and unauthorized use of a […]

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ___ ABC’s “This Week” – David Axelrod, White House senior adviser; Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” – Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” – Axelrod; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; former Gov. […]

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Shelbyville say a couple got into a fight using orange puffy snacks. The Bedford County Sheriff’s Department said 40-year-old James Earl Taylor and 44-year-old Mary S. Childers argued at a home Sunday using Cheetos. Deputies said they were charged with domestic assault. No one was hurt. According to the […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A dead whale that washed ashore on a private Rhode Island beach almost two weeks ago was finally buried. Ron Bogle, manager of Briggs Beach in Little Compton, said Friday that about 20 workers spent more than six hours cutting blubber off the 30-ton humpback’s bones and burying the pieces. The […]

DALLAS (AP) — A casket without a cadaver yielded nearly 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of marijuana after a traffic stop in Dallas. William Dale Crock of Cave City, Arkansas, was in jail Friday on a marijuana possession charge, plus traffic violations. Dallas police say Crock was arrested Wednesday when bundles of marijuana were discovered under […]

MEXICO CITY — A shootout between police and suspected cartel hit men in central Mexico Friday left at least 12 people dead and one police officer wounded, officials said. Guanajuato state Attorney General Carlos Zamarripa said police and soldiers were checking a report of armed men at a building in the town of Apaseo el […]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he doesn’t take seriously the demand from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for an apology. The Iranian leader made that demand while accusing Obama of meddling in Iranian affairs by speaking in support of the demonstrators challenging the results of Iran’s election. Obama says the United States has, in fact, […]

Music and art work Friday, June 26, Chriss Sutherland of Portland will perform with Denise Dill and Jessy Kendall at She Doesn’t Like Guthries in Lewiston. The show starts at 9 p.m. On Saturday, June 27, Jeanelle Demers of Auburn, above, will host an artist’s reception at the restaurant/cafe on Middle Street.  An art graduate […]