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Obama contrasts Clinton’s pragmatism with Sanders’ idealism

President Barack Obama speaks in Detroit. During an interview with Politico posted on its website Monday Obama was extremely cautious…

January 25, 2016

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A family in New Jersey, trapped over the weekend in the massive East Coast snowstorm, was trying to dig its…

January 25, 2016

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Bomb in San Bernardino attack was poorly built

The failure compelled Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, to drive around the area of San Bernardino, California,…

January 25, 2016

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Slippery start to the work week for East Coast commuters

In Brooklyn, only one teacher at the Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School called to take the day off, despite more…

January 25, 2016

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U.S. Supreme Court Justices extend bar on automatic life terms for teenagers

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that people serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers must have a chance…

January 25, 2016

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Feds’ failures imperil migrant children in U.S.

Marvin Velasco, 15, poses for a photo at his new home in Los Angeles on Jan. 11. Velasco’s perilous journey…

January 24, 2016

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Was 2015 a record wildfire year?

Dispute fans a debate over U.S. forests

January 24, 2016

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Egypt says King Tut mask was scratched, sends 8 to trial

The 3,300-year old mask, whose beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued on with epoxy in 2014, was scratched…

January 23, 2016

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3 inmates who escaped from California jail considered armed

“I want to tell the public: Presume that they are armed and do not approach them,” Orange County Sheriff Sandra…

January 23, 2016

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East Coast feels snowfall’s impact

The timing could not have been better: Most people stayed home as the heaviest snow fell Friday evening and all…

January 23, 2016

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VIENTIANE, Laos – Secretary of State John Kerry arrived Sunday in Laos, where the United States is helping the government…

January 23, 2016

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Billionaire donors helped Cruz rise in GOP presidential bid

FILE – In this Dec. 29, 2015, file photo, Farris Wilks watches Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speak in the…

January 23, 2016

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Buttons as contemporary art

In the hands of 11 artists, the everyday, mundane objects are used to create sculptures, portraits and amazing wearable art…

January 23, 2016

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Here’s a job to sniff at

K-9 dogs help TSA keep track of bad guys

January 23, 2016

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Burglary suspect locked keys in car

Surveillance video of the burglary and the taxi led police in North Pole, a city 14 miles south of Fairbanks,…

January 23, 2016

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House-training troubles? Relax: You’re not alone

First lady Michelle Obama leaves a White House Christmas tree ceremony with the family dogs Bo and Sunny. The Obama’s…

January 23, 2016

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World Briefs

ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece – A day after 46 migrants drowned in a choppy Aegean Sea, protesters demonstrated Saturday at a Greek…

January 23, 2016

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Blizzard on East Coast brings area to standstill

At least 18 dead from monster storm

January 23, 2016

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Gunman kills 4 in Canada

Residents reeling in remote aboriginal community

January 23, 2016

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Meet the 90-year-old who’s a Reddit guru

Ron Lehker, 90, on his computer answering numerous questions on Reddit. Recently, his grandson put him on Reddit’s AMA (Ask…

January 23, 2016

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WICHITA, Kan. – The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to allow the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester…

January 22, 2016

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Trump may be closing in on nomination

Party outsider growing stronger as voting nears

January 22, 2016

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Monster storm begins pounding East Coast

The first flakes of what could become two feet or more of wet snow began falling in Washington Friday afternoon,…

January 22, 2016

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U.S. seeks to limit methane gas ‘flaring’ at drilling sites

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell Friday said proposed rules that would require oil companies to cut back on burning off methane…

January 22, 2016