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Transportation spending bill heads for vote

The House and Senate will vote this week on a new five-year transportation bill.Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press file photo The bill,…

December 1, 2015

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Facebook CEO marks baby’s birth with big donation

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are planning to donate most of their fortune to a new…

December 1, 2015

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World Briefs

PARIS – A woman was arrested Tuesday in a Paris suburb for suspected links to an intermediary to the only…

December 1, 2015

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U.S. to send more ground troops to Iraq

Assault force will target Islamic State

December 1, 2015

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Pipe bomb explodes in Istanbul, wounding 5 at rush hour

Riot police secure the area Tuesday after an explosion on a highway overpass near a subway station, wounding five people,…

December 1, 2015

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Toymakers are tracking more data about kids

VTech, a Hong Kong-based company that sells baby monitors and digital learning toys such as children’s tablets, announced over the…

November 30, 2015

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World leaders focus on future in Paris’ climate summit

“We should ask what will we say to our grandchildren if we fail,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said as…

November 30, 2015

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Cyber Monday sales losing some luster

Still, Monday is expected to be the biggest online shopping day ever, with estimates that it will rack up more…

November 30, 2015

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CHICAGO – An online threat against the University of Chicago that led the school to cancel all classes and activities…

November 29, 2015

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Japanese vessel to kill 333 minke whales for ‘research’

Most of the whales won’t end up in laboratories, but on dinner plates. Japanese officials claim that the specimens will…

November 29, 2015

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Turkey won’t apologize over Russian warplane downing

Russian honor guard carry the coffin with the body of Russian Lt. Col. Oleg Peshkov, after being transported from Turkey,…

November 29, 2015

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Obama: U.S. leads climate change fight

President Barack Obama heads to a historic United Nations Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, outside Paris, hoping to marshal…

November 29, 2015

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What you hate about waiting in line isn’t the wait at all

It was the 1950s, and a high-rise office building in Manhattan had a problem. The tenants complained of an excessively…

November 29, 2015

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HIV-positive doctor says his dog saved his life

Dr. Rob Garofalo runs playfully with his dog, Fred, in Chicago. Garofalo, who is head of the adolescent medicine division…

November 28, 2015

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Jeb Bush says Donald Trump is ‘uninformed,’ not serious candidate

“I have great doubts about Donald Trump’s ability to be commander in chief,” Bush said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”…

November 28, 2015

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NEW FLORENCE, Pa. – A man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer who responded to a domestic dispute was…

November 28, 2015

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Sinatra’s N.J. birthplace commemorates his 100th birthday its way

Throughout 2015, Hoboken has remembered its native son, who died in 1998 at age 82, with outdoor screenings of his…

November 28, 2015

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EU expects ‘immediate’ action in deal with Turkey

Turkey will receive $3.2 billion in additional aid to improve conditions for the more than 2 million Syrian refugees in…

November 28, 2015

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Black Friday store sales fall across U.S.

Increased online shopping, ‘social backlash’ possible reasons for decline

November 28, 2015

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Pets stepping up to help Boomers training dogs, cats to assist

Gayle Krigel,65, is training her dogs Mousse, left, and Shanny to help take care of her when she can no…

November 28, 2015

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‘Put magic behind it’

Landmarks made of plants are a holiday favorite in N.Y.

November 28, 2015

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Shoppers look to dialing up sales

Smartphones overtake PCs as most popular way to shop

November 28, 2015

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What to expect this holiday

Parents can expect to pay dearly for toys this year

November 28, 2015

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World Briefs

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for sanctions against Turkey, following the downing by Turkey of a Russian warplane.…

November 28, 2015