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In Newark, Obama to call for breaking cycle of incarceration

President Barack Obama Monday is expected to discuss his plans to make it easier for former prison convicts to find…

November 2, 2015

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U.S. factories grow at slowest pace in 2½ years; hiring falls

Oil field companies have cut bank on new orders for steel pipe and other equipment used to build new oil…

November 2, 2015

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Fred Thompson, a Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee for eight years who also acted in feature films…

November 1, 2015

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Haitians are serious about Halloween

Country flows into cemeteries to mark Voodoo day of the dead

November 1, 2015

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Cruz hopes to build momentum following successful GOP debate

“How about this time we nominate as Republicans a candidate as committed to conservative principles as Barack Obama is to…

November 1, 2015

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Russian plane broke up high in the air over Egypt, officials say

Russia held a national mourning for the plane crash victims on Sunday. Mourners gathered at Dvortsovaya Palace Square in St.…

November 1, 2015

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Region Briefs

DENVER – An art project to drape fabric panels along a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River has passed another…

October 31, 2015

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Study: Major hospital has drug mishaps in half of all surgeries

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that 124 of the 277 operations they watched in 2013-2014 included at least one…

October 31, 2015

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Molinaro WESTON, Conn. – The month before his parents disappeared, police say Kyle Navin wrote that he had the “perfect…

October 31, 2015

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Death toll rises in Texas storms

flooding in Houston, Austin areas

October 31, 2015

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Goodbye, TP: My experiment in generating minimum trash

This is the trash Darshan Karwat has produced in 2015.The Washington Post The average American produces more than 4 pounds…

October 31, 2015

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World Briefs

MANAMA, Bahrain – The United States ramped up its support for Syria’s opposition with a pledge of nearly $100 million…

October 31, 2015

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No survivors in Russian airliner crash Saturday

claims it brought down plane with 217 passengers on board

October 31, 2015

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U.S. sending special ops troops to Syria

marks big escalation of U.S. role

October 30, 2015

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California fines water suppliers for failure to cut back

A worker washes a car at Bob’s Car Wash in Roseville, Calif. To reduce water use, owner Nancy van Overbeek…

October 30, 2015

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At least 1 dead after Texas pummeled again by heavy storms

Alyssa Crawford, left, helps her mother, Deidre Russsell, center, and Marsha Zwillig, evacuate after their home flooded on Bluff Springs…

October 30, 2015

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World Briefs

Polanski WARSAW, Poland – Roman Polanski beat a U.S. attempt to extradite him as a Polish judge ruled that the…

October 30, 2015

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Fewer Americans support religious objections

56 percent say clerks should issue same-sex marriage licenses

October 30, 2015

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U.S. releases last U.K. terror suspect

suspect was never charged

October 30, 2015

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NASA photos captured images of a an icy eruption on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The rings of Saturn are visible as…

October 30, 2015

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It’s OK to dine with dogs in New York

state law allows pets on restaurant patios

October 30, 2015

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U.S. consumer spending records weakest gain in 8 months

Economists are expecting consumer spending will remain on track in the fourth quarter after it slowed at the end of…

October 30, 2015

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We’ve passed the 18,967th day since an American president died in office – a new record

President John F. Kennedy, with his daughter, Caroline, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, was the…

October 29, 2015

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Bush struggles to revive his faltering campaign

say November will be key for him

October 29, 2015