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The South Philadelphia office of a state representative who received campaign contributions from two principals of the company providing river sediment to a Hazleton mine reclamation project was raided Wednesday by the FBI and IRS. Federal agents descended on state Rep. William F. Keller’s office Wednesday morning, according to The Associated Press. FBI spokesman J.J. Klaver and IRS spokeswoman Shauna M. Frye confirmed their agencies visited the property but declined to comment on the nature of the probe. They were accompanied by uniformed Philadelphia police. Keller, who represents the 184th district, was elected to the state House in 1993. The...

New York Times reporter Judith Miller speaks during the 2005 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference in Las Vegas Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005. Miller, who was jailed 85 days for refusing to reveal a source, defended her decision to go to jail to protect the source and told a journalism conference Tuesday that reporters need a federal shield law so that others won't face the same sanctions. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) WASHINGTON -- In the latest fallout from the CIA leak investigation, reporter Judith Miller and The New York Times are engaging in a very public fight about her seeming...

<p>MUNCIE, Ind. — For the past decade, the Rev. William Keller has stood on the broad steps of City Hall on the first Thursday in May — with city officials, local judges and a police chaplain at his side — to pray in the name of Jesus Christ.</p> <p>He planned to mark the National Day of Prayer the same way this year: A welcome from the mayor, a fervent plea that God guide civic leaders to act wisely, an echoing choir of “Amen” from the crowd of several hundred gathered in the noon sun.</p>