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NEW YORK – The New York Attorney General and the state’s banking department on Tuesday announced the indictments of eight individuals who allegedly participated in a scheme that defrauded residential mortgage lenders of “tens of tens of millions of dollars” over the past five years. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer also …

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Tornadoes tore across a university campus overnight, ripping walls off a church and sorority house, crushing houses and cars, and killing a woman in a mobile home southeast of town. University of Iowa sophomore Melissa Fortman huddled with friends in the basement their sorority as the …

TOPEKA, Kan. – A state ethics commission is investigating allegations that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius‘ re-election campaign illegally solicited contributions from lobbyists. A spokeswoman for the Democratic governor confirmed Friday that the Governmental Ethics Commission staff had discussed an e-mail with Sebelius’ campaign committee. The commission is expected to take up …