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(Boston) AP - A top state Department of Conservation and Recreation official suspended for using taxpayer resources on a private Independence Day bash has resigned Matthew Sisk, a deputy commissioner at the DCR, resigned his $112,000 a year job effective immediately, a department spokesman said late Friday...

The Chief of Staff for the Mayor of Fall River is stepping down. Mayor Jasiel Correia on Wednesday announced the resignation of Chris Parayno. In a statement, Parayno said he's enjoyed his time at Government Center, but now wants to pursue other career opportunities...

(Associated Press) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he will resign from soccer's governing body amid a widening corruption scandal and has promised to call for fresh elections to choose a successor. The 79-year-old Blatter was re-elected to a fifth term on Friday, two days after a corruption crisis erupted and seven soccer officials were arrested in Zurich ahead of the FIFA congress...

Ferguson, Missouri's mayor says the city's departing police chief is an ``honorable man'' who resigned with hopes of helping the community heal from racial unrest stemming from last summer's police shooting death of an unarmed, black 18-year-old...

CIA Director David Petraeus is resigning from his post due to an extramarital affair.