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Clinton offers hints on campaign
2016 hopeful sets her sights on working families, middle class
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Hotel soap to the rescue
It began about seven years ago as a tiny operation with a few friends and family in a single-car garage in Orlando, Florida, where they used meat grinders, potato peelers…
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling the massacre by Ottoman Turks “the first genocide of the 20th century”…
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Islamic State destroys 13th century B.C. ruins
striking down, blowing up ‘signs of idolatry’
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‘Thunder lizards’ may be coming in from the cold
Brontosaurus may be separate species after all
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Studies offer clues to moon’s origin
An artist’s rendering shows how the moon may have been formed after another planet collided with a very young Earth about 150 million years after our solar system was formed.Rachel…
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WASHINGTON – A precautionary lockdown of the U.S. Capitol was lifted after about two hours Saturday following a suicide by a man carrying a protest sign. The man died after…
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Obama, Castro open new era of diplomacy
U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro addressed future relations between the two countries at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press In…
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U.S. Capitol lockdown lifted after suspected suicide
U.S. Capitol Police locked down the Capitol in Washington on Saturday as a precaution after shots were fired in what appears to be an attempted suicide.Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press Capitol…
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Obama, Castro vow to pursue new future for U.S. and Cuba
President Barack Obama speaks as he joins other world leaders for the opening plenary of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama. Listening to Obama’s remarks is National…
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Gap remains in video record of fatal S.C. police shooting
A group prays at the scene where Walter Scott was killed by a North Charleston police officer Saturday after a traffic stop in North Charleston, S.C., Friday.David Goldman/Associated Press The…
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2 women die after tornadoes hit Illinois area
Several buildings were destroyed and two people killed after at least two tornadoes touched down in the Fairdale, Ill., area Friday night.John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune Jacklyn Klosa, 69, was found…
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WASHINGTON – A uniformed officer in the Secret Service’s Foreign Missions Branch was put on leave and his security clearance suspended Friday after he was arrested in Washington, the agency…
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Repair Fair offers free fixes for gadgets
Fixer Fran Blanche, right foreground, examines Kathy Kruger’s broken laser star projector at the Repair Fair at Greensgrow in Philadelphia. Volunteer “fixers” in Philadelphia have started offering their skills for…
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Poll hints at possible trouble for Clinton
want someone to challenge her for nomination
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Large tornado causes significant damage in central Illinois
Neighbors Robert Frye, left, and Barry Winkler help clean up splintered tree parts that blasted into their yards after a storm passed the area in Southfield, Mich., on Thursday.Brandy Baker/Detroit…
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U.S., Russian war games rekindle Cold War tensions
The Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment is taking part in NATO military exercises in Lithuania as a demonstration of NATO’s commitment to the Baltic nations.Mindaugas Kulbis/Associated Press The simulated bombs release…
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Killing came as no surprise to city’s blacks
Jeffrey Spell of Charleston, S.C., is one of many people who have been placing flowers, stuffed animals and notes at the site where Walter Scott was killed by North Charleston…
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AMSTERDAM – Scores of prostitutes have taken to the streets of Amsterdam to protest moves to rejuvenate the city’s famed Red Light District by shuttering windows where scantily clad sex…
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Elder care costs keep climbing; nursing home bill now $91K
Tina Reese leads a word game for residents at a nursing home in Lancaster, Pa. The cost of staying in a nursing home has increased 4 percent every year over…
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Regulators penalize PG&E $1.6 billion for pipeline blast
A massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif.. after a natural gas pipeline exploded in 2010, killing eight people and destroying three dozen homes.Jeff Chiu/Associated…
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BOSTON – Federal prosecutors Wednesday said they are “gratified” by the guilty verdict against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and thank everyone who played a role. U.S. Attorney Carmez Ortiz…
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Poll: Cubans expect ties to U.S. will help economy
Some Cubans are already benefiting from the announcement that the United States and Cuba will re-establish diplomatic ties. A new poll shows most Cubans believe normalization with the U.S. will…
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White House criticizes ruling on Obama’s immigration action
Various human rights organizations gather outside the federal courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, while U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen was deciding earlier this year whether to delay the implementation of President…