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Blankmeyer sets St. John's baseball wins record

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:27:08 -0400

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey - St. John's baseball coach Ed Blankmeyer broke the program record for career victories, earning his 612th with a 4-3 win over Seton Hall on Thursday night.

Eastern Pa. school sets friendship bracelet record

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:23:05 -0400

SWEET VALLEY, Pennsylvania - Students and staff at a northeastern Pennsylvania elementary school are heading into the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest chain of friendship bracelets.

Record heat after record cold in Wyoming

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:31:41 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Less than two weeks after seeing heavy snow and record cold, Wyoming is now seeing record heat.

Interior communities set new low temp records

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:57:20 -0400

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Winter continues to grip the Interior.

Southern California broils in spring heat wave

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:36:56 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A spring heat wave is baking Southern California for a second day.

Naturals need 20 innings for victory, set record

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:23:19 -0400

SPRINGDALE, Arkansas - The Northwest Arkansas Naturals set a club record for innings played when they won, 5-4, in 20 innings on Saturday at Springfield.

Greenhouse gas milestone; CO2 levels set record

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:38:20 -0400

WASHINGTON - Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday.

UW freshman establishing herself in the sprints

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:37:41 -0400

LARAMIE, Wyoming - Kereston Thomas quickly acclimated herself when her family moved from Louisiana to Rawlins when she was in the eighth grade.

UA prof. lauded for energy-efficient home

Sat, 04 May 2013 11:04:49 -0400

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - When Tom Marsik began work on his new home in Dillingham in 2010, the former Fairbanks resident had a lofty goal of building the most efficient structure he could imagine.

ND human services budget sets record

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:52:24 -0400

BISMARCK, North Dakota - The next two-year budget for North Dakota's Department of Human Services has broken the billion-dollar mark.

May Day snowfall in Sioux Falls sets record

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:53:04 -0400

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - Snow that fell in Sioux Falls on May Day broke a city record for the date.

Hunting, fishing license sales set April record

Thu, 02 May 2013 04:05:03 -0400

FRANKFORT, Kentucky - This is no fish tale: Kentucky has set a record with April's sales of hunting and fishing licenses.

W.Va. horse track sets gambling record in April

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:05:04 -0400

CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia - An 80-year-old West Virginia horse racing track has had its biggest gambling month ever.

La. sets state record with 26.3 million visitors

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:54:16 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Louisiana attracted more than 26 million visitors in 2012, breaking a previous tourism record set in 2003, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne announced Tuesday.

Interior Alaska sees record-breaking low temps

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:19:04 -0400

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Where's Spring?

US women set American record in winning 3,200

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:27:03 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - Alysia Montano had no idea what the American record for the women's 3,200 relay was when she took her place on the track during the Penn Relays on Saturday.

PSY's new single 'Gentleman' continues record run

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:56:35 -0400

NEW YORK - PSY continues to set records on YouTube.

3 ND cities set record lows over the weekend

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:44:04 -0400

BISMARCK, North Dakota - Unseasonably cold weather continues to linger in North Dakota.

Okla. man sets Mo. fish record

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:03:03 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - The Missouri Department of Conservation says an Oklahoma man has set a state fish-record.

Beatrice land records, genealogy symposium set

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:02:12 -0400

BEATRICE, Nebraska - A symposium on family history and land records will be held this summer at Southeast Community College's campus in Beatrice.

Fort Wayne, Indianapolis set rainfall records

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:48:35 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - The National Weather Service says the cities of Fort Wayne and Indianapolis both set records for rainfall in a day, with both cities receiving more than 2 inches of rain.

IAAF OKs world indoor record for US pole vaulter

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:29:04 -0400

MONACO - The IAAF has ratified the world indoor pole vault record set by American Olympic gold-medalist Jennifer Suhr.