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GOP donors try to stop bruising fight
Businessmen hope to bring calm to crowded presidential race
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MOSCOW – A Russian military aircraft crashed Monday while taking off on a nighttime training flight and both pilots were killed, the Defense Ministry said. It was the fifth accident…
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Confederate flag bill clears first S.C. hurdle
moves to remove symbol near Statehouse
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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration says it cannot support either the Senate or the House versions of bills being considered this week to update the No Child Left Behind education…
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Iran demands end to arms embargo
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, center left, is attending meetings in Vienna, Austria, to try to reach an agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif…
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Traders say goodbye to exchange floors
Brokers recall the ‘rush’ and ‘roar’ as famed trading pits shut down
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WASHINGTON – Members of Congress return from July Fourth fireworks and parades Tuesday facing a daunting summer workload and an impending deadline to fund the government or risk a shutdown…
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QUITO, Ecuador – History’s first Latin American pope returned to Spanish-speaking South America for the first time on Sunday, bringing a message of solidarity with the region’s poor, who are…
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A new big dog in world of competitive eating
Stonie tops Joey Chestnut in Nathan’s contest
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NEW ORLEANS – About to be overrun by Germans, a young black lieutenant called in an artillery barrage on his own position, knowing he’d be killed. It was the only…
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CAIRO – Two years to the day after the army overthrew Egypt’s Islamist president, the sounds coming from the mosque at Cairo’s Tahrir Square were sadly telling. At the focal…
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Nations, Iran draft plan to ease sanctions
Exchange for limits on nuclear program furthers negotiations
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Who’s John Jay? Forgotten founder may surprise you
Overshadowed by Hamilton, Jefferson, but no less important
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Jefferson Rotunda getting facelift
Workers polish the copper roof of the Thomas Jefferson Rotunda at the University of Virginia in preparation for painting at the school in Charlottesville, Va. The Rotunda, built from 1822…
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Confederate flag still has supporters in U.S.
A recent CNN/ORC poll suggests that a majority of Americans, 57 percent, believe the Confederate flag is a symbol of Southern pride, not racism. Dan Williams, 65, of Ashville, Ala.,…
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Improving U.S. job market isn’t all great
part-time work, lower pay are probably the ‘new normal’
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VIENNA – Hopes dimmed Friday of Iran fulfilling a key U.S. demand at nuclear talks by cooperating with a probe of allegations that it secretly worked on nuclear arms. Yukiya…
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SEATTLE – A local health official says a woman killed by measles in Washington state had been vaccinated against the disease as a child but succumbed because she had a…
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Hispanic leaders want GOP field to condemn Trump
Hispanic leaders are calling on the Republican candidates for president to condemn Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remarks about immigrants from Mexico being rapists and drug dealers.Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press file…
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WASHINGTON – A coalition airstrike in Syria has killed a senior Islamic State leader, who has been responsible for moving fighters and weapons from Libya to Syria, the Pentagon said…