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Trump isn’t first to claim fraud
most presidential losers have respectfully conceded their loss
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Bomb kills U.S. soldier during attack in Iraq
Members of Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism forces joined Iraqi and U.S. troops in an attack on a town east of Mosul, Iraq. Iraq is preparing for an assault to retake Mosul…
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WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency had sufficient authority and information to issue an emergency order to protect residents of Flint, Michigan, from lead-contaminated water as early as June 2015…
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Lawmakers seek railroad probe in wake of station crash
A photo from the National Transportation Safety Board shows damage to the Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, N.J., after a commuter train crash that killed one person and injured more than…
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Trump refuses to say he will accept election results
Trump has spent the days leading up to third and final presidential debate warning voters that the election will be “rigged.” Asked whether he would accept the outcome if Clinton…
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Fate of Mars lander uncertain
European Space Agency hopes to regain contact with spacecraft
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WASHINGTON – Facing new challenges to a legacy law, the Obama administration on Wednesday set modest expectations for the president’s final health care sign-up season. The biggest worry: rising premiums…
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Iraqi town near Mosul rises up against militants
Iraqi army soldiers celebrate on the outskirts of Qayyarah, Iraq, as Iraqi troops move closer to launching their assault to retake Mosul, Iraq, from the Islamic State militants.Marko Drobnjakovic/Associated Press…
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13.8M goal set for Obama’s final health care sign-up season
Health and Human Service Secretary Sylvia Burwell said she expects 13.8 million people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act when the new enrollment begins next…
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Eureka! Gold mining is booming again
generation rushing to fill prospectors’ dusty waders
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Motown museum to get more
$50 million expansion to include interactive exhibits, theater
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Cat poo fuels feral feline debate
Federal researchers believe feces from the legions of feral cats roaming Hawaii is spreading a disease that is killing Hawaiian monk seals, some of the world’s most endangered marine mammals.…
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$4 a month? Social Security recipients to get tiny increase
Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get only tiny increases in benefits next year, the fifth year in a row that older Americans will have to settle…
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Obama slaps Trump’s ‘whining’
candidate renews his claim that the election is ‘corrupt’
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People who identify as journalists on federal campaign finance reports overwhelmingly donated to the Clinton campaign over the Trump campaign. The margin is 430 journalists combining to give $382,000 to…
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California police chief: Officers spared when gunman’s weapon jams
Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou called it an “attempted assassination” of the two officers, who were on break when the confrontation occurred. The officers were caught off-guard and “were ambushed…
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Trump says his own party being ‘naive’ about voter fraud
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the Republican Party is “so naive” to believe that election fraud is a serious issue.Evan Vucci/Associated Press Trump’s claims were part a Monday morning…
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U.S. factory production rebounded in September
A group of workers at the C.C. Filson Co. manufacturing facility work at their sewing machines in Seattle.Ted S. Warren/Associated Press file The Federal Reserve said Monday that factory production…
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WASHINGTON – FBI Director James Comey says the absence of reliable data about how often police use force is fueling a regrettable narrative about law enforcement. He says videos of…
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Idaho firm debuts solar sidewalks
He believes the solar-powered glass pavers his company makes could transform thousands of miles of pavement into a new energy source. His business, Solar Roadways, recently unveiled its first public…
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Emails show concern over Bill Clinton’s Wall Street speech
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to volunteers at a campaign office in Seattle. Thousands of hacked emails released in daily dispatches this past week by the WikiLeaks group has…
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Pumpkins go ballistic
N.H. racetrack, ingenious contraptions launch fall’s favorite gourds
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Iraqis poised to retake Mosul
Iraq’s elite counterterrorism forces gather ahead of an operation to re-take the Islamic State-held City of Mosul, outside Irbil, Iraq. Iraqi forces appear poised to launch their most complex anti-IS…
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U.S., UK say all options possible in Syria
men note unpopularity of military action by the West