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By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Drivers in Washington, D.C., on Saturday joined motorists in five states who are paying more than $4 per gallon for gasoline. The average price for gas in New York could top $4 by early next week. Hawaii, Alaska, California, Illinois and Connecticut already have pump prices above that mark, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge. Hawaii has the highest price in the U.S. at $4.47 per gallon. Jae C. Hong, AP Gas prices are reflected on an SUV at a gas station in Los Angeles late last month. Gas prices have topped $4 per gallon in Hawaii, Alaska, California, Illinois, ...
5 Large States, 5 Different Paths to Fix Broken Budgets
By not in system - AOL NewsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- California's governor wants to maintain temporary tax increases to keep $9 billion a year flowing to the state treasury. Low-tax Texas is considering tapping its rainy day account to soften the effects of deep spending cuts. New York's governor pushed through budget cuts while keeping a campaign pledge to avoid tax increases. And residents of Illinois and Florida are getting a very different take on taxes: Illinois passed a massive increase, while Florida proposes giving its taxpayers a big break. The five states are the nation's most populous but are taking very ...
Chicago School Bans Bag Lunches to Get Kids to Eat Less Junk Food
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsA push for healthier school lunches has led one Chicago school to ban students from bringing lunches from home altogether. Students at Chicago's Little Village Academy are required to eat the lunch provided to them by the school -- a policy that has cooked up controversy among parents and educators amid a national debate about the best way to promote healthy eating for children. "Some of the kids don't like the food they give at our school for lunch or breakfast," Erica Martinez, a parent at the school, told the Chicago Tribune, which first reported the story. "So it would be a good idea if ...
Thunderstorms, Possible Tornadoes Threaten Plains and East Coast
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsA powerful spring storm system will spawn dangerous thunderstorms over a large area from the Plains to the East Coast, starting later Sunday and continuing through Tuesday. The system includes the threat of large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. The storm will also produce more late-season snow in the Northern Plains and cause additional flooding problems from the Plains to the East. The stretch from Chicago southward to Dallas will be the region at risk for dangerous thunderstorms from later Sunday through Sunday night, with the greatest risk area in Illinois, Missouri and ...
Amid Ethics Debate, Conjoined Twins Celebrate First Birthday
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsTwin brothers Kameron and Kaydon Hayes celebrated their first birthday this week. They both love the character Elmo on "Sesame Street." They smile. Sometimes Kaydon babbles, trying to talk. Holding hands, they kick happily when they play and often poke each other in the face. Born at 37 weeks weighing a combined total of 10 pounds, the boys -- who weren't expected to live -- share more than a special bond; they share a liver and a malformed heart. Their birth and subsequent medical care touched off debate among doctors and medical ethics experts who said the conjoined twins are destined to ...
Group Wants Resignation of Sheriff Who Posted Slur on Facebook
By David Lohr - AOL NewsA lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights advocacy group has demanded the resignation of an Illinois sheriff who recently admitted to posting an ethnic and gender slur on Facebook. "We heard about it on an advocate website and traced it back to the article on AOL News," Anthony Martinez, executive director of the Civil Rights Agenda, said. "We are very shocked by what [the sheriff] had stated and decided we would take action and call for his resignation." Schuyler Co. Sheriff's Dept. Schuyler County, Ill., Sheriff Don Schieferdecker admits to posting an ethnic and gender ...
Mother and Father Deliver Baby in U-Haul
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsProud father Draper Lewis has a new slogan for U-Haul: Baby on Board. Draper; his toddler, Alyssa; and his very pregnant wife, Angel, were driving the family's belongings from their old home in Minnesota to their new home in Illinois earlier this week. Their 5-year-old son Draper Jr. waited with his grandmother up the road in Chicago where, the Lewises presumed, a new sibling would be born on or around Angel's due date, March 17. The third-time mom had been having mild contractions for a few weeks, Draper told AOL News, but her other children had been induced, and she thought she was fine to ...
Illinois Governor Abolishes Capital Punishment, Empties Death Row
By not in system - AOL NewsSPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois abolished the death penalty Wednesday, more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions out of concern that innocent people could be put to death by a justice system that had wrongly condemned 13 men. Gov. Pat Quinn also commuted the sentences of all 15 inmates remaining on death row. They will now serve life in prison with no hope of parole. State lawmakers voted in January to abandon capital punishment, and Quinn spent two months reflecting on the issue, speaking with prosecutors, crime victims' families, death penalty opponents and ...
Blagojevich Asks Judge to Cancel Retrial, Sentence Him for Lying
By Allan Lengel - AOL NewsIn an unexpected move, the highly entertaining and often unpredictable former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has asked a federal judge to cancel his retrial and sentence him on the sole conviction in his first trial: lying to an FBI agent. Blagojevich insisted that he is still innocent but said he was making the request in the interest of justice and saving taxpayers money, according to a motion filed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago. He was convicted in the first trial on one of 24 counts, and the government is slated to retry him April 20. Richard Drew, AP Former Illinois ...
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