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Chicago Launches Green Taxi Program

Apr 26, 2011 - 8:37 AM |AOL News

Stan Honda, AFP / Getty Images

On Friday, which happened to be Earth Day, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced the city's new Green Taxi Program. The initiative will reimburse taxicab companies that use hybrid vehicles or...

How Can You Tell Someone Is al-Qaida? Look at His Watch

Apr 26, 2011 - 7:15 AM |AOL News

Shiho Fukada, AP

It's a simple, water-resistant digital watch that retails for about $11. But beware: It could sell you out as al-Qaida. A new batch of WikiLeaks files from Guantanamo Bay reveals a secret checklist...

On a Continental Road Trip to Promote Volunteerism With 50Give

Apr 26, 2011 - 6:16 AM |AOL News

Courtesy Keith Donohue

A couple of days ago, Keith Donohue was building trail signs for Acadia National Park in Maine. Today he is working at a horse therapy program for autistic children in Vermont. Tomorrow he will be...

Residents Flee Missouri Flooding as 2 Die in Arkansas Storms

Apr 25, 2011 - 11:59 PM |AP

The Courier-Journal / AP

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Thunder roared and tornado warning sirens blared, and all emergency workers in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff could do Monday was hope the saturated levee holding...

Judge's Gay Partner Raised in Proposition 8 Appeal

Apr 25, 2011 - 9:56 PM |AP

Elaine Thompson, AP

SAN FRANCISCO -- Proponents of California's same-sex marriage ban filed a motion Monday asking that the historic ruling be overturned because the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 was in a...

Boehner Open to Repealing Oil Company Tax Breaks

Apr 25, 2011 - 9:30 PM |AP

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner said Monday that Congress should "take a look at" repealing the multibillion-dollar tax subsidies enjoyed by the major oil companies. The Ohio Republican...

NTSB: Loose Rivets Found in Plane With Hole

Apr 25, 2011 - 8:10 PM |AP

WASHINGTON -- Investigators trying to determine why the roof of a Southwest Airlines jet cracked open in flight have issued preliminary findings suggesting there may have been flaws in the riveting...

Gang Member With Murder Scene Tattoo Faces New Charges With Mom, Brother

Apr 25, 2011 - 6:24 PM |AOL News

AFP / Getty Images

LOS ANGELES -- The convicted murderer sporting a tattooed blueprint of the crime scene will get to spend some family time inside a courtroom -- he is being prosecuted along with his mother and...

Trump Bashes Obama, Questions Qualifications for Ivy League

Apr 25, 2011 - 5:19 PM |AP

NEW YORK -- Real estate mogul Donald Trump suggested in an interview Monday that President Barack Obama had been a poor student who did not deserve to be admitted to the Ivy League universities he...

New York Allows Same-Sex Conjugal Visits in State Prisons

Apr 25, 2011 - 4:19 PM |AOL News

New York inmates who are in same-sex marriages or civil unions are being allowed conjugal visits with their spouses or partners. The state officially announced the change in policy last week, making...

Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour Rules Out 2012 Presidential Run

Apr 25, 2011 - 4:18 PM |AP

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour ruled out a 2012 presidential bid on Monday, saying he lacked the necessary "absolute fire in the belly" to run and wasn't ready for the...

Obamas Host Annual White House Easter Egg Roll

Apr 25, 2011 - 2:29 PM |AP

Charles Dharapak, AP

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of kids and their parents swarmed the White House grounds today for the annual tradition of rolling Easter eggs across the South Lawn, complete with games, storytelling and a...