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Judge reverses his order taking baby from couple
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Judge reverses his order taking baby from couple

November 14, 2015

April Hoagland, left, and Beckie Peirce, a same-sex married couple, said Friday they are relieved after finding out they will be able to keep a baby girl they have been…

Series of terror attacks in Paris kill up to 120
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Series of terror attacks in Paris kill up to 120

November 13, 2015

Rescue workers help a woman after a shooting Friday outside the Bataclan theater in Paris. French President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency and announced that he was closing…

Warm weather puts chill on Belgian ice festival
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Warm weather puts chill on Belgian ice festival

November 13, 2015

The organizers for the Ice Magic Festival in Bruges, Belgium, are paying higher electricity bills for this year’s event because winter hasn’t quite arrived in Belgium. The organizer said he…

Spy for Israel due for release
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Spy for Israel due for release

November 13, 2015

Pollard Pollard, 61, had been serving a life sentence but was granted parole this year under sentencing rules in place at the time of his prosecution that made him presumptively…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

November 13, 2015

LONDON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lunched with Queen Elizabeth II and rallied thousands of cheering supporters on the second day of his high-profile official visit to Britain, as…

Nation Briefs
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Nation Briefs

November 13, 2015

WASHINGTON – There’s little doubt which candidate the Democratic Party establishment supports for president. It’s not even close. Hillary Clinton has locked up public support from half of the Democratic…

Gum unstuck from famed wall
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Gum unstuck from famed wall

November 13, 2015

Jessica Wang, left, and Michael Teylan, both of Los Angeles, create a “bubble gum kiss” while visiting Seattle’s famous gum wall at Pike Place Market.Ted S. Warren/Associated Press Crews are…

Help wanted: Book looks at 50 felines on the job
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Help wanted: Book looks at 50 felines on the job

November 13, 2015

Carlow the cat began his career with the New York firefighters on Engine 22, Ladder 13 by catching mice at the upper Manhattan fire station before becoming the station’s official…

Struggle over ‘Life’ sparks lawsuit
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Struggle over ‘Life’ sparks lawsuit

November 13, 2015

Life is getting complicated for the widow of a toy inventor, who filed a lawsuit claiming Hasbro and another inventor cut her out of millions in royalties for the board…

Series of attacks in Paris leaves more than 100 dead
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Series of attacks in Paris leaves more than 100 dead

November 13, 2015

The Paris prosecutor said the death toll from the attacks could exceed 120. He also said at least five terrorists were killed in the attacks around the city. French President…

Nation Briefs
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Nation Briefs

November 12, 2015

Asaro NEW YORK – An aging mobster has been acquitted of charges he helped plan the 1978 Lufthansa heist that was retold in the hit Mafia movie “Goodfellas.” A New…

World Brief
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World Brief

November 12, 2015

PARIS – France’s leadership is bristling at U.S. resistance to making a global climate accord under negotiation in Paris next month legally binding. French President François Hollande, whose country is…

Obama awards Medal of Honor to Army captain
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Obama awards Medal of Honor to Army captain

November 12, 2015

President Barack Obama said he instantly liked Army Capt. Florent Grobert after he visited him at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center because he was a Chicago Bears fan. Grobert…

Black administrator named Missouri System’s interim head
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Black administrator named Missouri System’s interim head

November 12, 2015

University of Missouri grounds maintenance workers begin to clean up Mel Carnahan Quad on the University of Missouri campus Wednesday in Columbia, Mo.John Happel/Columbia Missourian Michael Middleton, 68, takes over…

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Nation & World Briefs

November 11, 2015

SEATTLE – Customers returned to Pacific Northwest Chipotle restaurants on Wednesday as the chain reopened after an E. coli outbreak that sickened about 45 people in Washington state and Oregon.…

Obama: Veterans have much ‘to give’ nation
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Obama: Veterans have much ‘to give’ nation

November 11, 2015

At an observance at Arlington National Cemetery, Obama said the Department of Veterans Affairs is getting a bigger budget and making progress on entrenched problems such as veteran homelessness and…

Britain sets demands to remain EU member
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Britain sets demands to remain EU member

November 10, 2015

Cameron Cameron said the EU must agree to “irreversible changes” that would cede autonomy back to member states – and limit freedom of movement, a key EU principle, by allowing…

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November 10, 2015

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is nominating a new director for the Office of Personnel Management. It’s the official who’s been in charge temporarily ever since the previous director resigned…