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Ebola patient told hospital he was from Liberia
Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at a news conference at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Wednesday in Dallas. Perry and other health officials assured the public that the recent Ebola case…
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Secret Service chief resigns over lapses
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TOKYO – Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader who has mysteriously been missing from the public eye for almost a month, sparking rumors covering every possibility from a stroke…
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WASHINGTON – From research grants to travel junkets, drug and medical device companies paid doctors and leading hospitals billions of dollars last year, the government disclosed Tuesday in a new…
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Weather forecasts get more local
These handout images provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a comparison of two weather forecast models for the New Jersey area. The photo at left shows the…
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California becomes first state to ban plastic bags
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Tuesday imposing the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.Rich Redroncelli/Associated Press A national coalition of plastic bag manufacturers immediately said it…
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Cost of U.S. campaign against the Islamic State closing in on $1B
Those costs would grow to between $350 million and $570 million per month if the pace of the airstrikes increases and 5,000 U.S. troops are deployed, according to the report,…
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WASHINGTON – The intruder who climbed a fence made it farther inside the White House than the Secret Service has publicly acknowledged, the Washington Post and The New York Times…
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Netanyahu: Hamas, Islamic State share creed
Netanyahu Netanyahu also lashed back at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who accused Israel last week of carrying out war crimes and waging a “war of genocide” during the fighting in…
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Colo. could see $175M in pot revenue
The estimates, both released in recent days, differ greatly in what they predict and over what time period. But together, they show that the plant, now legal to purchase in…
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Reports: White House intruder gets far past front door
A uniformed Secret Service police officer stands outside the White House in Washington. The intruder who climbed a fence made it farther inside the White House than the Secret Service…
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FAA chief orders review Chicago air traffic snarl
Breanne Eging checks on her flight to Greenville, S.C., at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago Friday.Paul Beaty/Associated Press The fire brought flights at the city’s two busy airports to a…
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Afghan president sworn in, paving way for U.S. pact
Afghanistan’s security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack near the International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Two bomb attacks took place on the road connecting the country’s…
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Obama: ‘Contradictory’ Syria policy helps Assad
Obama “I recognize the contradiction in a contradictory land and a contradictory circumstance,” Obama said in an interview aired Sunday on CBS’ “60 Minutes.” “We are not going to stabilize…
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HONG KONG – Pro-democracy demonstrators defied onslaughts of tear gas and appeals from Hong Kong’s top leader to go home, as the protests over Beijing’s decision to limit political reforms…
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Middle class feeling the squeeze
Excluding electronics, costs rising faster than paychecks
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Scientists find water on planet
Exoplanet HAT P-11b is the smallest planet beyond our solar system to reveal the contents of its atmosphere. Until now, planets of this size have always been surrounded by too…
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Fighting Ebola means sweating in protective suit
A volunteer demonstrates the removal of a protective suit used when treating Ebola patients at a training camp operated by Doctors Without Borders in Brussels. Getting out of a protective…
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Traficantdu1-i-syn WASHINGTON – The parents of Michael Brown said Saturday in an interview with The Associated Press they were unmoved by the apology of the Ferguson, Missouri, police chief gave…