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Senate candidates campaign in Georgia’s GOP stronghold
potential winner is from district with many votes
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Surviving Turkish miner says company to blame
owners tipped off up to a week before inspection, says lawmaker
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Thousands of people welcomed India’s next prime minister in the capital New Delhi on Saturday after he led his party to a resounding election victory, with Narendra Modi telling his…
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Lao defense chief among five killed in plane crash
to country’s secrecy, news of tragedy came from neighbor Thailand
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Eastern Ukrainians criticize Kiev in talks
show the majority supports a united Ukraine
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Organic farmers in Oregon wage battle over GMOs
State’s governor signed legislation barring counties from enacting bans
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Most drivers agree: You need to stop your texting
A new survey finds most people agree texting while driving is annoying to other drivers.Pat Wellenback/Associated Press Extremely annoying – according to a survey out Friday. Almost 7 in 10…
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GM agrees to $35M fine
The head of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety says a $35 million fine General Motors has agreed to pay for failing to notify federal regulators about safety problems with…
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Arkansas court puts gay ruling on hold
Pastor Randy Eddy-McCain, right, concludes a wedding ceremony at the Pulaski County Courthouse in Little Rock, Ark., for a same-sex couple who did not wish their names used Thursday. Arkansas…
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Opposition to head India’s government
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters wear masks of party leader Narendra Modi after learning he will be the country’s new prime minister.Channi Anand/Associated Press Modi, a career politician whose campaign promised…
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SOMA, Turkey – The Turkish government and mining company officials vehemently denied Friday that negligence was at the root of the country’s worst mining disaster, even as opposition lawmakers raised…
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No deal yet in Iran talks
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says negotiators will continue meeting to try to reach a final agreement on restricting Iran’s nuclear program and lifting international sanctions against his company.Ronald…
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WASHINGTON –The top official for veterans’ health care resigned Friday amid a firestorm over reported delays in care and falsified records at veterans’ hospitals. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says…
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Ready, set, travel
AAA is crediting an improving economy for an expected boost in Memorial Day travel this year. The agency expects 36.1 million will travel 50 miles or more this holiday weekend,…
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Watergate conspirator Jeb Stuart Magruder has died
Jeb Magruder, an aide to President Nixon who spent seven months in prison for his role in covering up the 1972 break-in at Washington’s Watergate complex, died Sunday.Kiichiro Sato/Associated Press…
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25 states see jobless rate slip below 6%
Colo.’s unemployment level lowest since recession began
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Immigration program to be reviewed, official says
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says his department is still reviewing the idea of expanding a program that grants work permits and protection from deportation to immigrants who…
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Segregation still widespread at U.S. schools
Sixty years after the Supreme Court struck down “separate but equal” schools in America, segregation is back, according to a new report from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA. According…
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Cost-control plan could get costly
President Barack Obama is flanked by outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, and his nominee to replace herSylvia Mathews Burwell.Susan Walsh/Associated Press file photo Some experts worry…
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VA chief rejects calls to resign
Shinsekidu1-i-syn VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said he was “mad as hell” about allegations of severe problems and said he was looking for quick results from a nationwide audit. He rejected…
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SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi says his country is an “open war” with al-Qaida as one of the country’s largest offensive against the terror group in…
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Japan re-examining pacifist constitution
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plans to try to reinterpret the country’s constitution to allow Japan’s military to help defend its allies faces opposition from many of his own party…
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Anti-China protest turns deadly
China is demanding that Vietnam punish rioters who stormed a Taiwanese steel mill near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and killed one worker and injured 141. Vietnamese citizens have been…
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. military says it fired or disciplined nearly 500 workers for sexual harassment in a 12-month period, and nearly 13 percent of the complaints filed involved repeat…
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Judge strikes all Arkansas bans on gay marriage
Kristin Seaton, center, of Jacksonville, Ark., leaves the Carroll County Courthouse with her partner, Jennifer Rambo, left, of Fort Smith, Ark. An Arkansas judge Thursday expanded his court order to…
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Museum revisits Sept. 11
“I just think it would be a little too overwhelming today,” she said, unsure when she would return. “It’s a lot to digest, to absorb. Not anytime soon.” Victims’ friends…
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Obama orders review in wake of VA claims
Naborsdu1-i-syn White House deputy chief of staff Rob Nabors will be temporarily assigned to the VA to work on a review focused on policies for patient safety rules and the…