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Electrical companies on the East Coast are bracing for heavy winds, rain, and potential flooding as Hurricane Sandy approaches landfall.

A nine-year-old girl was mistaken for a skunk while wearing her Halloween costume and was shot by a relative with a shotgun.

Aaron Fisher is speaking out publicly by name for the first time as the young man whose claims of abuse began the criminal investigation that put Jerry Sandusky in prison.

The World Trade Organization forbade China Thursday to impose duties on certain U.S. steel exports, in a case affecting Ohio and Pennsylvania.

On Saturday night, sophomore cheerleader Paige Raque fell 39 feet out of a fifth-story window in the apartment building where she lives.

President Barack Obama gained ground on Mitt Romney for the third straight day in the Reuters/Ipsos daily national tracking poll. He had a 46 to 43 percent lead on Tuesday.

Oil India Ltd (OILI.NS) and Indian Oil Corp (IOC.NS) have jointly bought a 30 percent stake in Houston-based Carrizo Oil & Gas's (CRZO.O) Niobrara shale asset in Colorado for $82.5 million, the companies said in a statement, according to a Reuters report.

Caribbean immigrants are diverse: they may be black, white, Latino, East Indian, Chinese, Arab, Christian, Muslim, or Hindu.

The law mandating photo ID to vote in Pennsylvania, which Republicans like and Democrats hate, hits a fresh snag as the state Supreme Court sends it back to a lower jurisdiction..

Chad Johnson is headed to Philadelphia. Could Ochocinco be having a tryout with the Eagles?

Terry Williams, who killed his sexual abuser, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Oct. 3.

Mitt Romney faced a new embarrassment Monday evening when a video surfaced that shows him dismissing nearly half of Americans as "victims" who take no responsibility for their livelihoods and who think they are entitled to government handouts.

The convicted child molester faces up to 373 years in prison.

Former U.S. presidential candidate Rick Santorum railed against the alleged media elite, saying the "smart people" will never be on the conservatives' side during a speech at the Values Voter Summit in Washington on Saturday.

With just over 50 days until the 2012 presidential election, Americans are searching for the truth behind both candidates. While everyone seems to have an opinion, facts often seem to be lacking.

If Ron Paul supporters unite behind Johnson, he could potentially sipher votes from Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in more than one swing state.

In Florida, voters who were struck from the rolls as part of a controversial purge are set to be reinstated; in Pennsylvania, a battle over a new law requiring photo identification at the polls reaches the highest court.

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who made fiscal responsibility a top focus in his presidential campaign, has been named one of the most corrupt members of Congress, because of several alleged double billing incidents.

$9.99-a-gallon gas sounds like something out of an apocalyptic movie, not a realistic price to see at a gas station in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. But on Wednesday, Lukoil franchise owners across the two states posted prices that high in protest to what they say are the much higher prices Lukoil charges for fuel than its competitors, which franchisees then have to pass onto their customers in the form of higher gas prices which make their stations less competitive.

Gas prices hit $8 a gallon at some Lukoil stations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as part of a protest by franchisees who say the Russian-based oil company's policies damage their ability to compete.

Between 40,000 and 90,000 emergency workers and volunteers spent time sifting through the remains at Ground Zero, and were exposed to toxic materials that have been blamed for a range of respiratory illnesses and other ailments.