BP owner proposes new look for Hayes birthplace

Former U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes was not born at a gas station, and one downtown Delaware business owner is attempting to correct that misconception.

Former U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes was not born at a gas station, and one downtown Delaware business owner is attempting to correct that misconception.

Delaware City Council is considering plans to demolish the Speedway on West Central Avenue to pave the way for a bigger and better station.
MALJAMAR, N.M. — Wooing a nation of increasingly angry motorists, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are all plunging into gas-pump politics, seeking the upper hand as energy becomes a driving issue in the election campaign.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The discoveries of two new bodies could bring to three the death toll from a Craigslist ad that police say lured victims into a lethal robbery scheme.

Hamburger Inn’s kitchen was stocked Tuesday with all the Thanksgiving trimmings, including 36 turkeys, 200 pounds of potatoes, 15 full pans of stuffing, 10 pans of cinnamon roll bread pudding and 10 sweet potato encrusted casseroles.

BUXTON, N.C. — A monstrous Hurricane Irene tightened its aim on the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday, threatening 65 million people along a shore-hugging path from North Carolina to New England. One of the nation’s top experts called it his “nightmare” scenario. The Category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph — the threshold for a major hurricane — would be the strongest to strike the East Coast in seven years, and people were already getting out of the way.

An unknown Ohio lottery player has won $250,000 on a Mega Millions ticket sold this week at a Delaware Speedway. The player matched five numbers — 11, 21, 44, 48 and 49 without the Mega Ball — to win $250,000 in Tuesday’s drawing.

The Delaware Planning Commission brought the former Delaware Hotel site closer to its redevelopment this week.