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Matthew’s damage costs may hit $10 billion

Ryan Christian and Delores Miller canoe down West 5th Street after checking on Miller’s elderly mother’s home in downtown Lumberton,…

October 12, 2016

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Connecticut looks to keep its doctors

Some worry state’s malpractice laws driving many new physicians to leave

October 11, 2016

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McDonald’s mascot laying low amid scare

McDonald’s Corp. said Tuesday that it is being “thoughtful in respect to Ronald McDonald’s participation in community events” as a…

October 11, 2016

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Ginsburg blasts anthem protests

In a wide-ranging interview posted on Yahoo, Ginsburg said she had the same opinion about flag burning. “I think it’s…

October 11, 2016

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Trump lashes out at fading party support

Candidate promises ‘I will teach them’ how to win

October 10, 2016

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Wildfire seasons growing worse

Study confirms global warming creating more fire hazards

October 10, 2016

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GREENVILLE, N.C. — A state trooper shot and killed an armed man during a search for flood victims in a…

October 10, 2016

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Beware extremes: Exercise, anger may trigger heart attack

A large, international study released on Monday ties heavy exertion while stressed or mad to a tripled risk of having…

October 10, 2016

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Medics plead for access to Syria’s embattled Aleppo

This frame grab from video provided by Doctors Without Borders, shows a house on fire in Aleppo, Syria. The international…

October 10, 2016

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Call that ended officers’ lives was among most unpredictable

For no matter how much training and experience officers receive, they often have little idea what awaits them when they…

October 10, 2016

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Trump puts Clinton sex abuse claims at center of campaign

Paul Ryan will no longer campaign for billionaire

October 10, 2016

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Hart, Holmstrom share economics Nobel for contract theory

British-born Oliver Hart of Harvard University and Finnish economist Bengt Holmstrom of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Finland will share…

October 10, 2016

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Train service resumes after deadly New Jersey crash

New Jersey Transit employees talk to one another after a train arrives to Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, N.J. Rail service…

October 10, 2016

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Insults and accusations

Trump attacks Clinton, says she has ‘hate in heart’

October 9, 2016

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Father: Suspect in officers’ slaying wanted to shoot police

Man arrested Sunday after standoff

October 9, 2016

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Flooding rescues abound in North Carolina

Death toll at 16 in U.S. from Matthew

October 9, 2016

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Time for candidates to keep calm, debate on

For many people, the jaw-dropping 2005 video of Trump’s vulgar comments about women trumps anything else that has come out…

October 9, 2016

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WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Fire officials in Texas say a man who apparently was sleeping in a dumpster survived when…

October 8, 2016

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First lady wants to keep garden

No word on whether Clinton, Trump will maintain it

October 8, 2016

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Police: Doughnut heist leads to capture of wanted man

The Hobbs News-Sun reports that Gregory Mendoza was arrested Monday outside a bakery after police received a report he stole…

October 8, 2016

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Clowns were creepy before they were fun

They didn’t start out for kids

October 8, 2016

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A weakening Matthew rakes Atlantic coast

U.S. death toll at 9; 470 dead in Haiti

October 8, 2016

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Trump apologizes for ‘foolish’ comments about women … then attacks the Clintons

“I’ve never said I’m a perfect person, nor pretended to be someone that I’m not. I’ve said and done things…

October 8, 2016

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Utah exhibit shows nuclear testing’s downwind effects

Goal is to educate future generations

October 8, 2016