JOHNSON CITY — The time has come for Washington County residents to pay their property taxes.

The official deadline for payments is 5 p.m. Friday. Chief Deputy Trustee Judy Harris said taxes can be paid by mail or in person at either of their two offices.

“They can pay them in person through 5 Friday (at the trustee’s office in the Washington County Courthouse in J...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co , the second-largest U.S. bank, slashed its common stock dividend 87 percent on Monday, a surprise move by a lender considered among the strongest in the U.S. financial sector.

The bank also said it has been "solidly profitable" this quarter,...

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The first suspects investigators considered in the 1999 murder of Kathleen Cotton were Jason Scott Dew and Billy Ray Aaron, two North Carolina men later convicted of theft and breaking and entering in connection with break-ins at several homes in the region, according to Star-News archives.

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Among the mysteries of the economic crisis is what constitutes a necessity to New Yorkers these days. Where is the line between what we want and what we need? What will we keep buying right up to the moment our bank accounts empty and our credit cards get shut off? Groceries, obviously. The cell-phone bill, surely. Also, apparently, Uggs.

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Nearly half of the state's elementary and middle schools scored a "D" or an "F" equivalent on the state's annual report card, with state education officials citing sagging English scores and rising poverty as two factors working against improvement.

Thursday, the state Department of Education released its annual report cards, which grade S.C. schools and districts based on standardized ...