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Supporters vow to continue religious fight
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Supporters vow to continue religious fight

April 3, 2015

Religious-freedom law supporters are vowing to press ahead with support for laws to protect religious objectors even after Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a reworked bill.Brian Chilson/Associated Press But these…

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April 3, 2015

SEATTLE – Finally cleared of involvement in her roommate’s 2007 murder in Italy, Amanda Knox says she will work on behalf of the wrongly convicted. Knox, 27, wrote in a…

U.S. employers added just 126K jobs in March
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U.S. employers added just 126K jobs in March

April 3, 2015

Frances Scoggins, left, discusses her resume with Michael McCall, general manager for Chattanooga Labeling Systems, during a job fair in Ringgold, Ga. The Labor Department reported Friday that U.S. businesses…

Clinton, Bush capture early – but weak – leads
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Clinton, Bush capture early – but weak – leads

April 2, 2015

At this early stage in the 2016 competition, the prospective candidates suffer from image weaknesses, but the Republicans have a more acute problem. Most Republicans are not well known, but…

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April 2, 2015

BERLIN – Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz spent time online researching suicide methods and cockpit door security in the week before crashing Flight 9525, prosecutors said Thursday – the first evidence…

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April 1, 2015

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Wednesday authorized a new U.S. government approach to deterring cyberattacks: financial sanctions against malicious overseas hackers and companies that knowingly benefit from the fruits…

Iran nuke talks stumble a day after missing deal deadline
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Iran nuke talks stumble a day after missing deal deadline

April 1, 2015

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, over Iran’s nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland.Brian Snyder/Associated Press German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier…

California tightens water restrictions
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California tightens water restrictions

April 1, 2015

Standing in dry, brown grass at a site that he said normally would be snow-covered this time of year, Brown announced he had signed an executive order requiring the State…

Support for Palestinian state hits two-decade low in U.S.
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Support for Palestinian state hits two-decade low in U.S.

March 31, 2015

Pro-Palestine demonstrators wearing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu masks and symbolic “blood stained hands” protest at the Washington Convention Center. A new poll shows dwindling American support for the creation…

Airline says it knew of co-pilot’s depression
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Airline says it knew of co-pilot’s depression

March 31, 2015

Two publications are reporting investigators have found a video where the screams of passengers aboard a Germanwings flight can be heard before it crashed into the French Alps near Seyne-les-Alpes,…

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March 31, 2015

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed a measure passed by the Republican-run Congress blocking the National Labor Relations Board from streamlining the process for union elections, saying government…

No nuke agreement yet, but Iran talks pushed past deadline
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No nuke agreement yet, but Iran talks pushed past deadline

March 31, 2015

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, holds a meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, over Iran’s nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland.Brian Snyder/Associated Press Enough progress had…

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March 30, 2015

DUESSELDORF, Germany – The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 that crashed into the French Alps last week had received treatment for suicidal tendencies several years ago, prosecutors said Monday. Duesseldorf…

U.S. offers up to 28 percent emissions cut
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U.S. offers up to 28 percent emissions cut

March 30, 2015

President Barack Obama, flanked by senior adviser Brian Deese, left, and Christina Goldfuss, managing director of the Council on Environmental Quality, talk about emissions at Energy Department in Washington.Jacquelyn Martin/Associated…

Pentagon chief may ease military enlistment standards
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Pentagon chief may ease military enlistment standards

March 30, 2015

Defense Secretary Ash Carter is considering easing some military enlistment standards as part of a broader set of initiatives to better attract and keep quality service members and civilians across…

World Briefs
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March 29, 2015

MONTABAUR, Germany – The pastor of the Lutheran church in Andreas Lubitz’s hometown said Sunday that the community stands by him and his family, despite the fact that prosecutors blame…

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March 29, 2015

WASHINGTON – A Houston housewife who has quietly collected rare Civil War images for 50 years has sold more than 500 early photographs to the Library of Congress. The library…