Red River crests below flood stage FARGO, N.D. — Residents in Fargo, N.D., are quietly celebrating after the National Weather Service said the Red River appeared to have crested below the flood stage in Fargo for the first time in years. More...

WASHINGTON — The nation’s security and economic prosperity is at risk if America’s schools don’t improve, warns a task force led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Joel Klein, the former chancellor of New York C More...

SALEM, Mass. — Blood and lighter fluid stained her clothes and slash wounds marked her neck when Tanicia Goodwin walked to a police station, smashed a display case in the lobby and collapsed to the floor. More...

As of December, the U.S. government is no longer in the business of minting $1 coins with the faces of U.S. presidents on them, except a limited number for collectors. The Obama administration said that the decision would cut government waste. More...

My 94-year-old father and two of my uncles were among the 16.5 million men and women who served in the American armed forces during World War II. Both uncles, and another who served with the Canadian military in the war, are now dead. More...

MONTPELIER — The state’s attorney for Vermont’s largest county is going to challenge 15-year incumbent Attorney General William Sorrell in the Democratic Party primary to run for the office in November. T.J. More...

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Sunday, March 4 2:14 a.m. — Jason Grimsley, 28, of Claremont, arrested on River Road in Claremont for criminal mischief. Trooper Brandon Dean. 9:47 a.m. More...

DEAR ABBY: Do you think every American child should get a four-year college degree? More...

DR. KOMAROFF DEAR DOCTOR K: I’m a woman in my mid-50s plagued with acne for the first time in my life. Please help! More...

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