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AP releases dispatches for Pearl Harbor attack

In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, a small boat rescues a crew member from the water as heavy smoke…

December 6, 2013

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Obama inspired by anti-apartheid campaign

During a visit to Senegal this past June, President Obama said his “first act of political activism” was an event…

December 6, 2013

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Airline safety under review

The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into whether airline pilots are “tuning out” to possible safety hazards during flights.…

December 6, 2013

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6 detained in Mexico theft of radioactive material

MEXICO CITY – Six people being tested for possible radiation exposure in a hospital in central Mexico are suspects in…

December 6, 2013

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Biden: Asia’s growth ‘a chance to bend history’

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye as he signs the guest book upon…

December 6, 2013

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New jobs raise hope for U.S. economy

Unemployment rate falls to 7% as 203,000 find work

December 6, 2013

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Budget deal? Big obstacles, New Year’s deadline

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio says there will not be time for Congress to act on a budget and…

December 5, 2013

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Mandela, anti-apartheid icon, mourned world over

Former South African President Nelson Mandela, right, shakes hands with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in May 2010 during a…

December 5, 2013

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Negotiators see hope for farm bill renewal

From left, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., House Agriculture Committee Chairman Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and Rep.…

December 5, 2013

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Kerry seeks to soothe Israeli security concerns

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Israel trying to ease Israel’s concerns about an international agreement that eases…

December 5, 2013

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Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – Dozens of current or former Russian diplomats and their spouses enjoyed luxury vacations and spent tens of…

December 5, 2013

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World Briefs

TRIPOLI, Libya – An American chemistry teacher was shot to death as he was jogging in Benghazi on Thursday, highlighting…

December 5, 2013

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CDC: U.S. measles cases up sharply

That’s about three times the usual number of cases of measles, CDC Director Thomas Frieden said Thursday. The U.S. has…

December 5, 2013

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Economy appears on mend

It’s growing faster, corporate profits are rising and companies are laying off the fewest workers in six years, government reports…

December 5, 2013

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South Africans mourn Nelson Mandela

South Africa’s first black president spent nearly a third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, yet he sought…

December 5, 2013

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Violence erupts in Africa nation

France is promising to double the number of troops it has in the Central African Republic “within a few days,…

December 5, 2013

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Obama pushes renewable energy

Environmental groups are hailing President Barack Obama’s Thursday announcement that he is ordering federal agencies to expand their use of…

December 5, 2013

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Kerry to present security plan in Mideast visit

Yuval Diskin, a former director of the Israel Security Agency, Shin Bet, says Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian lands poses…

December 4, 2013

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Ancient DNA raising hopes

The feat surpasses the previous age record of about 100,000 years for genetic material recovered from members of the human…

December 4, 2013

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FAA has road map for drones, but is behind schedule

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta released the five-year road map a month ago, which projected 7,500 unmanned aircraft in the skies…

December 4, 2013

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Harvard poll: 57% of millennials disapprove of Obamacare

The new poll shows that Obama’s approval rating with 18- to 29-year-olds now stands at 41 percent, a dramatic 11-point…

December 4, 2013

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Lawyer: Engineer in ‘daze’ before NYC train crash

A train passes by the scene of repair efforts at the site of a train derailment in the Bronx borough…

December 4, 2013

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Nation/World Briefs

HARTFORD, Conn. – As gunfire boomed over and over in the background, a janitor begged a 911 dispatcher to send…

December 4, 2013

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Authorities find missing cobalt

Authorities believe a cargo truck containing highly dangerous radioactive material was not targeted by terrorists. The truck was taken from…

December 4, 2013

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Report: Cellphone tracking pervasive

computer program crunches data to find patterns of relationships

December 4, 2013

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U.S.-China talks reach no consensus on air zone row

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in China. After a state welcoming ceremony hosted by Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao,…

December 4, 2013

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Obama targets income gap

President Barack Obama is promising to devote the remainder of his second term to trying to restore economic opportunity for…

December 4, 2013

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Texas executes man for corrections officer’s death

Inmate Jerry Martin is the last Texas inmate scheduled to be executed in Texas this year. Martin was executed Tuesday…

December 3, 2013

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North Korea’s treatment of American veteran called ‘bizarre’

South Korean media, quoting the South Korean intelligence agency, reported that North Korean Kim Jong Un’s 67-year-old uncle – long…

December 3, 2013

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Judge says he broke ethics code

District Judge G. Todd Baugh says he shouldn’t be removed from the bench because of comments he made about a…

December 3, 2013