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UPS rushing to fill 95,000 holiday jobs
Robert Ramaseur, a seasonal hire at United Parcel Services, learns to use a Delivery Information Acquisition Device during an orientation at a United Parcel Service Inc. facility in New York.Michael…
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Is your pet hounding you for a holiday gift?
Retailers have a host of ideas on what to get Fido this Christmas
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Got a pet who is feeling stressed? Try a massage
Shelah Barr of Happy Hounds Massage gives a massage to Dewie, 2, at the home of Laurie Ubben in San Francisco.Jeff Chiu/Associated Press “People call me because their dogs are…
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Blu-rays could help make world greener
Turns out those old Blu-ray discs may be good for more than killing a few hours. A new study says the nanoscopic pits and grooves on the DVDs also may…
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Space station pops out 3-D creation
The 3-D printer delivered to the International Space Station two months ago made a sample replacement part for itself last week. NASA says it churned out a replica of the…
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Drivers stuck for weeks at Mexico teachers college
A masked protester carries a jug of water past a line of passenger buses that have been taken over by protesters during a march in Acapulco, Mexico, on Nov. 10.…
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For some Native American kids, incarceration a dead end
Rehabilitation rarely offered, only detention
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Out of a protest, the hug seen around the world
Boy’s mother explains the sentiment of viral photo
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Nation Briefs
SEATTLE – The grand jury that declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was focused on whether he might have acted in self-defense when he shot and killed unarmed,…
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World Briefs
ISTANBUL – Pope Francis stood Saturday for two minutes of silent prayer facing east in one of Turkey’s most important mosques, a powerful vision of Christian-Muslim understanding at a time…
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In their memories
Central American mothers lay pictures of their children who went missing while crossing Mexico for the United States on the steps of the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City on…
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Killing of hunter likely to go unsolved in Guatemala
‘You don’t call the police. ... You deal with it yourself’
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Scores of Russian gays seek asylum in the U.S.
Andrew Nasonov, right, and Igor Bazilevsky, were married at Meridian Hill Park in Washington. They both came to the U.S. from Russia in July, and are preparing to file an…
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$2 gas in sight for some in U.S.
Retail stations scattered across the U.S. South and Midwest are about 20 cents shy of the $2-a-gallon mark. In New York, gasoline futures slid more than 13 cents Friday in…
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Court dismisses Mubarak murder charges
praises Arab Spring, saying its goals were legitimate
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Nation Briefs
BOSTON – The highest court in Massachusetts is being asked to decide whether a state law that prohibits private citizens from possessing stun guns infringes on their Second Amendment right…
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Gunman dies after shootout
Police tape marks off the scene after authorities shot a man who they say opened fire on the Mexican Consulate, police headquarters and other downtown buildings early Friday in Austin,…
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World Briefs
MOSCOW – The Russian navy on Friday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile for a second time in as many months, proving its reliability following a troublesome development. The…
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Australia losing climate fight
Country’s global-warming policies out of step with global trend
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Ferguson protests move to retail stores
Protesters of the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown shooting chant slogans at the St. Louis Galleria mall Wednesday evening in Richmond Heights, Mo. Demonstrators were staging more protests…