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"Officer Wes" has been patrolling Seattle streets for more than 40 years. At 71, Officer Wes Ferris he has no plans to retire.

Welcome to New York. That'll be $60 By DALE McFEATTERS Scripps Howard News Service Speed traps have long been a way for jerkwater towns to raise revenue.

U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama is poised to name his national security team Monday, with former political rival Hillary Clinton in line to be picked as secretary of state.

Stock dividends are disappearing at the fastest rate in 50 years as the worsening recession forces U.S. companies to conserve cash.

A newspaper says that New York City traffic agents were especially busy issuing parking tickets on the day after Thanksgiving last year.

The New York Times reports that Black Friday was the most-ticketed day of the last fiscal year.

The Times also reports that the number of parking tickets issued citywide has risen 42 percent since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took office in 2002.

The Times cited interviews and an analysis of nearly 10 million parking tickets issued last year to show that the city has increased revenue while also moving traffic in its bid to wrangle the herd of vehicles on city streets.

A team of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation is reported to be on way to India to help in the investigation of Mumbai terror attacks as President George Bush pledged India full support in its hour ...

We'd like to believe all humans have good hearts and provide things for others simply because they think it's the best thing to do.

Ann Moore, chairman and CEO of Time Inc. The magazine industry will honor two veteran women publishers, Ann Moore and Martha Stewart, with Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Analysts say the terrorist siege near the financial district of Mumbai may scare off foreign investors in India, at least in the short run.

'Batman RIP' will see "the end of Bruce Wayne as Batman", according to Grant Morrison.

There is mounting evidence that a Pakistani militant group based in Kashmir, most likely the Lashkar-e-Taiba, was responsible for the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the New York Times reported Saturday citing ...

SEIZING The Wall Street Journal for his News Corp media empire would be an audacious master stroke for Mr Rupert Murdoch - unless he tops it by trying to buy The New York Times .

Analysis and Discussion with Thyra Zerhusen of Optimum Investment Advisers; U.S. Newspaper Print Ads Dive 19%, Online Ad Sales Fall 3% in 3Q; NYT as Takeover Target, NYT's Dividen

THE WASHINGTON POST Fueled by rising unemployment and food prices, the number of Americans on food stamps is poised to exceed 30 million for the first time this month, surpassing the historic high set in 2005 ...

He was 94. Gibson died Tuesday in Stockbridge, Mass., according to the Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home in Great Barrington.

The New York Times notes the inconvenient truth. Barack Obama's plan to enlist Pakistan in the fight against al-Qaeda in exchange for improving its relations with India has become one of the potential ...

Fairfax Media appears to be uninterested in buying the big chunk of APN News & Media, owner of The New Zealand Herald, on the market.

After 70 years of fighting crime in Gotham City, Bruce Wayne's run as Batman has come to an end.

As President-elect Barack Obama focuses on the meltdown of the U.S. economy, another fire is burning: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. 'Cross Country' by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

2. 'The Christmas Sweater' by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)

3. 'Just After Sunset: Stories' by Stephen King (Scribner)

4. 'Divine Justice' by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

5. 'The Hour I First Believed' by Wally Lamb (Harper)

6. 'The Gate House' by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing)

7. 'A Mercy' by Toni Morrison (Knopf)

8. 'The Lucky One' by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)