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WASHINGTON – Federal regulators are expected to vote next month on rules to govern how Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast deal with the flow of content on…
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Immigrants seek California driver licenses
California Highway Patrol officer Armando Garcia explains to immigrants the process of getting a drivers license during an information session at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego.Lenny Ignelzi/Associated Press file…
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Some AirAsia victims found belted in seats
Officers of the National Search And Rescue Agency on Thursday carry the body of a victim on board the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 from a helicopter upon arrival at the…
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Ex-N.Y. Gov. Cuomo dies at 82 of heart failure
for oratory, agonized publicly over seeking presidency
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China probing what caused fatal stampede
A man prays after laying flowers at the site of a deadly stampede in Shanghai, China. Chinese officials are investigating the cause of the stampede, which killed 36 people and…
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FERNDALE, Calif. – The U.S. Geological Survey has downgraded an earthquake off the coast of Northern California to a magnitude-5.1 shaker. The USGS says the quake was centered in the…
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Bar scene re-created to help addicts
Researchers test formulas with realistic temptations
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1st of 9 bodies from AirAsia crash identified
Members of the National Search And Rescue Agency Thursday carry a coffin containing the body of one of the victims on board the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 to transfer to…
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WASHINGTON – Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they were seeking answers from the Obama administration about federal law enforcement’s use of surveillance technology that sweeps up basic…
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Palestinians agree to join International Criminal Court
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that he is still weighing his options after a resounding defeat in the U.N. Security Council. But the Palestinian leader is hinting that he…
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Higher minimum wages on New Year’s Day for workers in 20 states
A crowd of fast-food workers and their supporters picketing outside of a McDonald’s restaurant in Memphis, Tenn., in 2013. This year, thousands of people stated protests across the country to…
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Wine shipments are OK, but tiger selfies are not
nation, a spate of new laws go into effect
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The first 50-state report on the latest sign-up season under President Barack Obama’s health-care law shows that more than 4 million people registered for the first time or re-enrolled in…
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Make your New Year’s Eve look way cooler than it is
media can give people superficial boost
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In crowded skies, lost plane’s request for new path denied
Relatives and next-of-kin of passengers on AirAsia Flight 8501 wait Monday for the latest news on the search of the missing jetliner at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia. Search…
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MONROVIA, Liberia – Dozens of new Ebola cases have erupted in Liberia, near the border with Sierra Leone, Liberian health officials warned Monday, marking a setback amid recent improvements. The…
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5 things about Americans’ slipping sense of duty
of citizens say there’s no obligation to stay fully informed
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LOS ANGELES – An autopsy report released Monday on a 25-year-old black man killed in a confrontation with Los Angeles police appears to affirm initial statements by officers about the…
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U.S. predicted to outperform in 2015
Economies in China, Russia, Japan, Europe all struggling
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ATHENS, Greece – Hundreds of passengers and crew endured a second night of smoke, frigid temperatures and gale-force winds as they waited to be evacuated from a burning ferry adrift…
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Poll: Americans are feeling positive about 2015
Veronica Boshen of Allentown, Penn., took part in the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York City’s Times Square last year. About half of the respondents in a new poll…
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Egypt tattoo artists show off ink
Enthusiasts met over the weekend in the city’s leafy upscale Zamalek neighborhood to check out the latest designs and watch the pros at work at the 2014 Cairo Tattoo Expo.…