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Buffalo area hit with epic snow – with more coming
A vehicle with a large chunk of snow on its top drives along Route 20 after digging out after a massive snow fall in Lancaster, N.Y. Wednesday. Another two to…
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Driverless cars hit an ethical road bump
vehicles react in accidents raising moral questions
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – The military colonel who briefly seized control of Burkina Faso after the longtime president stepped down was chosen Wednesday to serve as prime minister, casting doubt…
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WASHINGTON – Years before Edward Snowden sparked a public outcry with the disclosure that the National Security Agency had been secretly collecting American telephone records, some NSA executives voiced strong…
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Jerusalem attacks spur fears of ‘religious war’
Sheikh Samir Assi, the imam of the Al-Jazaar mosque in the northern Israeli city of Acre, meets with Christian, Muslim and Jewish clerics to urge tolerance amid spiking regional tensions.Olivier…
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Worried about kids accidently eating pot? Well, don’t
Colorado’s market for edible marijuana products – pot-infused baked goods, candies, beverages and the like – has been a particular area of concern. The accidental ingestion of edibles by kids…
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MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the United States wants to make Russia submissive, but won’t succeed in doing so. Speaking at televised meeting with pro-Kremlin activists Tuesday,…
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Four people died during a storm that dumped more than 4 feet of snow around Buffalo and forced 150 motorists, including a women’s basketball team, to ride…
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Kenyan mob strips woman after protest
Kenyan women protest for the right to wear whatever clothes they want during a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya.Ben Curtis/Associated Press Police responded by arresting nearly 100 people, a police…
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Irish bull getting life-saving reprieve
Ireland’s Animal Rights Action Network said Tuesday that Simon is paying for Benjy’s transportation to an animal sanctuary in England. Simon, who is battling colon cancer, has been giving away…
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Study: Genes may influence homosexuality
Julio Cabrera and his brother Mauricio, of Fort Worth, Texas, are among almost 800 gay brothers nationwide who donated blood or saliva to help scientists search for genetic clues about…
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Study: Polar bear population falling
Researchers chiefly blame shrinking sea ice from global warming. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and Environment Canada tagged and released polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea from 2001…
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Hospitals improvise Ebola defenses, at a cost
A nurse sits beside a closed-circuit monitoring system outside a patient care room in a new custom-built bio-containment unit for potential Ebola cases at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.John…
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Obama orders review of U.S. hostage policy
President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how the United States responds when citizens are taken hostage overseas.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press The review comes as some family members of…
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NEW YORK – U.S. airlines are saving tens of millions of dollars every week because of lower prices for jet fuel, their largest expense. So why don’t they share some…
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LA PORTE, Texas – DuPont officials said Sunday it’s still not clear what caused a toxic chemical to leak from a valve at a suburban Houston plant, killing four workers…
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Marijuana has been savior, stigma for revived hemp crop
urged WWII farmers to grow it