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NEW YORK – The flu vaccine is doing a better job this year. Preliminary data suggest it is 59 percent…

February 24, 2016

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Analysis Obama’s sacrificial lamb High-court pick to face long odds

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval sits in his office at the Capitol in Carson City, Nev., on April 17, 2015. Sandoval,…

February 24, 2016

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Republicans barrel toward Super Tuesday

Clinton receives endorsement from Reid

February 24, 2016

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NEW YORK – Bill Gates is supportive of investigators’ efforts to force Apple to help them crack into an iPhone…

February 23, 2016

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U.S. voters want next president to protect Social Security

finds economic concerns bind Americans of all parties

February 23, 2016

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American drivers rack up record miles in cars

Drivers traveled record 3 trillion miles last year

February 23, 2016

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DA notes Scalia’s health issues

Presidio County District Attorney Rod Ponton cited the letter Tuesday when he told The Associated Press there was nothing suspicious…

February 23, 2016

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Colorado woman guilty of cutting baby from stranger’s womb

From left, defense attorneys Kathryn Herold and Jen Beck stand with Dynel Lane as the jury leaves a Boulder District…

February 23, 2016

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Obama: Guantanamo Bay undermines security, must be closed

President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter, discusses his administration’s new proposals for…

February 23, 2016

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GOP Senators: No hearing, no vote for Obama court pick

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Republican committee members have decided they will not…

February 23, 2016

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KATY, Texas – When a boy’s mother found out he had allegedly shot someone, she argued that he needed to…

February 22, 2016

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U.S. officials say Russia agrees to Syria truce

Secretary of State John Kerry announced a tentative agreement for a cease-fire in Syria during a visit with Jordanian Foreign…

February 22, 2016

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Chief justice remembers Scalia’s ‘irrepressible spirit’

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, right, and Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, left, greet Washington Archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl…

February 22, 2016

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Some victims in mass shooting support efforts to hack iPhone

FILE – In a Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 file photo, FBI Director James Comey attends the 27th Annual Remembrance Ceremony…

February 21, 2016

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Health care issue, longtime uniter of Democrats, now divides

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally Sunday in Greenville, S.C.John Bazemore/Associated Press Now Bernie Sanders…

February 21, 2016

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Obama sends Congress $1.9B request to combat Zika virus

He is also requesting flexibility to use a limited portion of leftover funds provided in 2014 to fight Ebola to…

February 21, 2016

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Man recounts harrowing Uber ride with Kalamazoo suspect

Jason Dalton is arraigned via video before Judge Christopher T. Haenicke, on Monday in Kalamazoo, Mich. Dalton is charged with…

February 21, 2016

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Islamic State bombings rock Syria as world powers seek truce

The blasts came as Secretary of State John Kerry said that a “provisional agreement” has been reached on a cessation…

February 21, 2016

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What to do if U.S. begins capturing more suspected terrorists?

In this Feb. 2, 2016 photo, a sign for Camp 6 is posted outside the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo…

February 21, 2016

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LONDON – A new battle for Britain erupted Sunday, with London Mayor Boris Johnson saying he would join the campaign…

February 21, 2016

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Free to good home: Horses who have served country

Meanwhile, his buddy started out with similarly good reviews – “a big morale booster” – but found his military service…

February 21, 2016

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Rubio, Cruz jostle to claim ‘alternative-to-Trump’ vote

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, autographs a bumper sticker after speaking at a rally on Sunday in Franklin,…

February 21, 2016

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Gunman kills 6 at apartment complex, dealership, restaurant

Authorities identified the shooter as Jason Dalton, a 45-year-old Uber driver who police said had no criminal record. They could…

February 21, 2016

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Massachusetts plans rattlesnake colony on uninhabited island

FILE– In this Sept. 2008 handout file photograph from the Mass. Div. of Wildlife and Fisheries, a timber rattlesnake slithers…

February 20, 2016