Colin Dexter, creator of curmudgeonly Inspector Morse, dies at 86
Colin Dexter, the unassuming British writer who created curmudgeonly, music-loving Oxford detective Inspector Morse, has died aged 86.
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Auditor asks: Did $761 million produce cleaner lakes and streams for Minnesota?
Auditor says state is just starting to track water quality improvements.
Music
Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry dies in Missouri at age 90
Rock's founding guitar hero and storyteller in such classics as "Johnny B. Goode," "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven," died Saturday at his home in an unincorporated area west of St. Louis.
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Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry dies in Missouri at age 90
Rock's founding guitar hero and storyteller in such classics as "Johnny B. Goode," "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven," died Saturday at his home in an unincorporated area west of St. Louis.
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Troubled agency is responsible for moving the nation's most lethal cargo
Agency that oversees transport is plagued by an outdated fleet and low morale.
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Slowpoke left-lane drivers are getting hit with fines
Passing lane is only for passing, some states say.
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Fired Michael Flynn was paid $67K by Russian interests before election
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was paid more than $67,000 by Russian companies before the presidential election, according to documents released by a Democratic congressman.
Travel ban rulings highlight trouble posed by Trump record
Federal law gives the president broad authority over immigration. Jimmy Carter used it to deny some Iranians entry to the U.S. during the hostage crisis, Ronald Reagan to bar Cubans who didn't already have relatives here and President Obama to keep out North Korean officials.
Politics
Ireland's leader pushes Trump on Irish in US illegally
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny is urging President Donald Trump to help Irish people living in the U.S. illegally, saying they just want to "make America great."
Trump's budget boosts military but cuts GOP, Dem favorites
President Donald Trump's new $1.15 trillion budget would reshape America's government with the broad, conservative strokes he promised as a candidate, ordering generous increases for the military, slashing domestic programs and riling both fellow Republicans and Democrats by going after favored programs.
Chelsea Clinton writes children's book titled 'She Persisted'
Chelsea Clinton has written a children's book, with a sharply worded title.
Nation
Trump's allies melting away on wiretapping claims
President Donald Trump's explosive allegation that Barack Obama wiretapped his New York skyscraper during the presidential campaign has left him increasingly isolated, with allies on Capitol Hill and within his own administration offering no evidence to back him up.
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Yoga pants, cozy clothes may be key source of sea pollution
Comfortable clothes are emerging as a source of plastic that's increasingly ending up in the oceans and potentially contaminating seafood, according to Gulf Coast researchers launching a two-year study of microscopic plastics in the waters from south Texas to the Florida Keys.
4th Ohio coroner out of space for bodies because of drug overdoses
Another Ohio county has made use of a mobile cooling unit to store bodies because its morgue ran out of space, in part because of fatal drug overdoses.
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Should seat belts be required on school buses? More states debate issue
At least 20 states are taking up the issue.
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