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Few kids meeting TV-time standards
And 7 percent of kids this age reported watching five hours or more a day of TV, while 5 percent said they used a computer for five hours or more,…
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Report: Financial knowhow mystery to most teenagers
The picture is no better in the United States, where only 9.4 percent of 15-year-olds were able to answer the most difficult questions on an international test of their financial…
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Peace efforts to end Gaza fighting begin
Palestinians carry the bodies of seven people killed in a strike during their funeral in Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. World leaders are pressing Israeli…
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WASHINGTON – Newly revealed testimony from top military commanders involved in the U.S. response to the Benghazi attacks suggests that the perpetrators of a second, dawn attack on a CIA…
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Germans probe 2nd spy case reportedly involving U.S.
Germany is investigating a second alleged case of a German official reportedly spying for the United States, sending U.S.-German relations to a new low. Relations have been strained between the…
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Troops on border OK with Obama
Emerging from a highly anticipated meeting with Texas Gov. Rick Perry in Dallas, Obama said he was open to suggestions from Perry and others that he dispatch National Guard troops…
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Colorado, Washington going head to head
A worker cultivates a special strain of medical marijuana known as Charlotte’s Web inside a greenhouse, in the mountains west of Colorado Springs. When it comes to whose pot will…
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They may not like it, but Americans still love a party
Residents rally outside the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Even though many American voters feel little love for the Democratic and Republican parties, more than half of Americans still belong…
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GOP is Cleveland bound
Ohio’s electoral votes played a key role in the Republican National Convention Committee’s decision to recommend the GOP hold its 2016 presidential convention in Cleveland. The full RNC is expected…
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Bankruptcy threat haunts Flint
Michigan is still reeling from the effects of the retrenching of the automobile industry and the recession, with many cities and school districts facing bankruptcy. Flint, the birthplace of General…
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WASHINGTON – A federal investigative agency is examining 67 claims of retaliation by supervisors at the Department of Veterans Affairs against employees who filed whistleblower complaints – including 25 complaints…
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MANAMA, Bahrain – A senior U.S. diplomat who was ordered to leave the Middle Eastern nation of Bahrain after meeting with a leading Shiite opposition group said Tuesday the American…
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Iraqi parliament to meet
A member of an Iraqi volunteer forces group trains near the Imam Ali shrine in the southern holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, Iraq’s parliament will meet Sunday to…
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Israeli offensive against Hamas kills 25
Israel is carrying out rocket attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for attacks on Israel. The aerial assault, the largest in nearly two years, could be…
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Smallpox virus discovered at lab
An electronmicrograph photo from the Centers for Disease Control shows the smallpox virus. Government officials say a scientist cleaning a storage room at the National Institutes of Health’s campus in…
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Obama seeks funds for immigration crisis
A group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped in Granjeno, Texas, on June 25. Just since October, the Border Patrol’s Rio…
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Some U.S.-bound air travelers must turn on phones
The Homeland Security Administration will start requiring passengers flying to the United States from some foreign airports to power up their cellphones and electronic devices before being allowed to board…
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Suspects confess to killing Palestinian teen
Hatem Moussa/Associated PressSmoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, early Monday. The Islamic militant group Hamas that rules Gaza vowed revenge on Israel for…
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WASHINGTON – Passengers at some overseas airports offering U.S.-bound flights will soon be required to power on their electronic devices in order to board their flights – a measure intended…
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4 in 10 households use only cellphones
more likely to hang up their landlines than women
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Obama backpedals on immigration
requests drew opposition from migrant-advocacy community
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Most NSA peeking involves Americans
90 percent of information gathered has been our own data
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WINTERS, Calif. – A rural fire in Northern California raged throughout the night, challenging firefighters as temperatures rise. State fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said Sunday the so-called Monticello Fire grew…
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How much distance from an immoral act is enough?
Nonprofits’ contraception cases upcoming for Supreme Court
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Mining making comeback in Midwest
A new nickel and copper mine planned for Marquette, Mich., is expected to pump $4 billion into the county over its eight-year lifespan and create hundreds of new jobs.Eagle Mine/Associated…