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Texas rethinking testing, curriculum standards

Socar Chatmon-Thomas, center, a Realtor in Austin, Texas, has joined a group of mothers worried that testing and curriculum standards…

April 13, 2013

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Soviet Mars craft may be found

Photos taken by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter circling the red planet pointed to what may be the Mars 3 lander…

April 13, 2013

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South African creature shows evolution in action

Ancestor mixed human and apelike traits

April 13, 2013

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Rise of anti-Thatcher tune challenges BBC

By Friday, the online campaign had propelled the Wizard of Oz song to No. 1 on British iTunes and into…

April 12, 2013

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Auction of Hopi masks decried

sale includes dozens of artifacts with religious significance

April 12, 2013

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U.S. says North Korea’s nuclear firepower limited

Likelihood of missile launch is strong, defense official says

April 12, 2013

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Bipartisan bill would ease state-federal marijuana conflict

California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said his bill, which has three Republican and three Democratic sponsors, would ensure that state…

April 12, 2013

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Kerry to North Korea: Don’t test missile

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and South Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se share a few words while waiting…

April 12, 2013

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Groundbreaking improv comic Jonathan Winters dies

Jonathan Winters, who inspired Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and many others, died Thursday at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural…

April 12, 2013

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U.S. intelligence: N. Korea may have nuclear warhead

President Barack Obama listens as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discusses North Korea’s escalating rhetoric about a missile launch. Obama says…

April 11, 2013

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Global warming not cause of U.S. drought, study says

Scientists say the lack of moisture usually pushed up from the Gulf of Mexico was the main reason for the…

April 11, 2013

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg launches political group

Zuckerberg announced the formation of Fwd.us (pronounced forward us) in an op-ed article in The Washington Post late Wednesday. In…

April 11, 2013

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Senate group wraps up work on immigration bill

After months of arduous closed-door negotiations, the Gang of Eight senators, equally divided between the two parties, had no issues…

April 11, 2013

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N. Korea hints it will soon launch a missile

U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets prepare to take off from a runway during their military exercise at the Osan…

April 11, 2013

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Gun-control bill clears first hurdle in Senate

With the Capitol in the background, an unidentified man walks past thousands of grave markers erected in a mock cemetery…

April 11, 2013

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Maine hermit, living in wild for 27 years, arrested

Christopher Knight, 47, was arrested last week when he tripped a surveillance sensor set up by a game warden while…

April 10, 2013

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Malawian government harshly criticizes Madonna

A spokesman for the pop star denied the accusations and suggested they were prompted by the recent removal of the…

April 10, 2013

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Senate endorses Sally Jewell for interior chief

The Senate approved her nomination, 87-11, with all the no votes coming from Republicans. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,…

April 10, 2013

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Obama budget: Trim Social Security, tax wealthy

President Barack Obama, accompanied by acting Budget Director Jeffrey Zients, talks about his fiscal 2014 federal budget. The president’s proposed…

April 10, 2013

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Senators unveil deal on gun sales background check

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. listens at left, as Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa. announce that they have reached a bipartisan deal…

April 10, 2013