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Jimmy Carter says doctors find no new cancer growth
Former President Jimmy Carter, who is being treated for cancer, has continued his volunteer work during treatment. He worked on a Habitat for Humanity building in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday.Mark…
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Congress OKs bill banning Guantanamo detainees from U.S.
The federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, is one of several federal facilities being studied as possible sites to house suspected terrorists if the Obama administration closes the federal detention…
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New national park marks development of nuclear bomb
National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis, left, and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz helped celebrate the new Manhattan Project National Historic Park Tuesday during a ceremony in Washington, D.C.Sait Serkan Gurbuz/Associated…
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Starbucks’ plain red cups irk an Arizona minister
Upset with the lack of a Christmas theme on Starbucks seasonal cups, Joshua Feuerstein, an Arizona-based evangelist, has started a movement to have customers tell the chain’s baristas their name…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – The president of the University of Missouri system and the head of its flagship campus resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open…
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SeaWorld announces end of orca shows in San Diego
SeaWorld will end its orca shows at its San Diego park by 2017, its top executive said Monday. The executive said customers at the location have made clear they prefer…
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2 Americans among 5 killed by Jordan police captain
Special operations forces from Iraq, Jordan and the U.S. take part in maneuvers at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center in Amman, Jordan. A Jordanian policeman was killed after…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Student protests over racial incidents on the University of Missouri campus escalated over the weekend when at least 30 black football players announced they will not participate…
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Rhode Island latest state poised to end vets’ homelessness
Connecticut, New Mexico also taking steps
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Good, not great, preliminary ratings for Trump on SNL
But the “heckler” was comedian Larry David, who before Trump arrived onstage had been seen impersonating Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. “Larry, what are you doing?” Trump asked with a…
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If bomb brought down Sinai jet, tougher safety rules likely
Travellers line up at a travel agency desk in Domodedovo airport in Moscow as their flight to Egypt is cancelled. Russia has suspended all flights to Egypt until aviation security…
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Will the robotics revolution be different than you think?
won’t take away jobs, just activities
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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – Defense Secretary Ash Carter is pointing to Russia and China as potential threats to global order. In a speech Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library,…
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Oil industry must find new paths without Keystone pipeline
A sign is posted in front of TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline facilities in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, on Friday. Following the Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, the oil industry…
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Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola, Guinea still struggles
than 40 days have passed since last confirmed case
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Rescuers search for 19 missing after two dams burst in Brazil
People remove mud Saturday from a damaged home in Barra Longa after a dam burst on Thursday in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Brazilian searchers are looking for 19 people still…
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South Sudan plane crash survivor tells how he saved baby
37 died in crash, 2 survived
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People flee Burundi city fearing violence
A man carries a chair frame on his back in Bujumbura, Burundi, on Saturday. Carrying their prized possessions, scores of people fled Burundi’s capital Saturday before a looming security crackdown…
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Noise heard in last second of Russian plane’s cockpit recording
ongoing into jetliner crash in Egypt
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Presidents of China, Taiwan meet for 1st time
Countries have been enemies for 66 years
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Grizzly raids rise at landfills as bears leave core habitat
Bears have been turning up at garbage facilities serving Jackson, Cody, Atlantic City and Clark recently. Last week, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department trapped and moved a grizzly and…