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WASHINGTON – An environmental group sued the Bush administration Tuesday over new rules to boost gas mileage requirements for sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks, saying the regulations do not go far enough. The Sierra Club, which filed the lawsuit, joined 10 states and other environmental groups in challenging the …

NEW CITY, N.Y. – A laborer who raped and murdered a suburban homemaker in her bedroom after being hired to clean a backyard deck was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the chance of parole. Douglas Herrera Castellanos’ sentencing came on what would have been the 13th wedding anniversary …

EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern University‘s women’s soccer team, which was suspended indefinitely after photographs of alleged hazing appeared on the Internet, has issued an apology for the “negative attention, press and controversy” it caused the school. “We fully accept responsibility for our behavior and understand the magnitude and severity of …