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Government data retention raises privacy concerns

A government data warehouse stores information forever on millions of consumers seeking coverage under President Barack Obama’s health-care law. That’s…

June 15, 2015

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Jeb Bush offers optimism

Republican will face challenges in 2016 bid

June 15, 2015

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Prison worker charged with aiding escapees appears in court

New York State Police via Associated PressPrison worker Joyce Mitchell waived a preliminary hearing Monday in her case accusing her…

June 15, 2015

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British gather to commemorate Magna Carta

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II unveils a plaque at Runnymede, England, during a commemoration ceremony Monday to celebrate the 800th anniversary…

June 14, 2015

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DANNEMORA, N.Y. – Two convicted murderers who used power tools to cut their way out of a prison near the…

June 14, 2015

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Thousands of Syrians flee into Turkey

Intense fighting causes people to scatter

June 14, 2015

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Disney sets theme for rising prices

Escalating parks’ and resorts’ costs are muscling out the middle class

June 14, 2015

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Video no guarantee of better policing

experts say it can help alter behavior

June 13, 2015

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Flights fall to Earth at smaller airports

Airfields close as private pilots take off

June 13, 2015

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Polar swirls cast dark cloud over Earth

Electric-blue clouds’ appearance farther south may be proof of climate change

June 13, 2015

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Cold, hard facts suggest dinosaurs were warm-blooded

Stony Brook University professor Michael D’Emic says his review of data on dinosaur bone growth suggests that dinosaur metabolism was…

June 13, 2015

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DALLAS – A man planted pipe bombs outside Dallas’ police headquarters early Saturday before opening fire on the building and…

June 13, 2015

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Between the prison bars

break casts spotlight on staff-inmate relationships

June 13, 2015

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A man on a mission

Finding Earhart is Ric Gillespie’s lifelong quest, despite doubters

June 13, 2015

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Agency condemns Yemen strike

Ancient, historic old town area hit by Saudis

June 12, 2015

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U.S. reports another hack

Federal security clearance data apparently stolen

June 12, 2015

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Water shamers flooding the streets

posting videos to shame wasteful users

June 12, 2015

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Greece readies new proposals on debt

official confident of reaching agreement

June 12, 2015

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DANNEMORA, N.Y. – A worker at an upstate New York maximum-security prison has been arrested on charges she helped two…

June 12, 2015

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World Briefs

A canal worker looks over a railing as water from the Atlantic begins to flood the Gatun flood chambers that…

June 12, 2015

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House rebuffs Obama on trade

leaders say they may try to revive bill

June 12, 2015

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Iowa Republicans ending straw poll, a tradition born in 1979

About 17,000 people turned out for Iowa’s Republican straw poll in 2011, which was won by candidate Michele Bachmann. The…

June 12, 2015

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Prison employee arrested on charges of aiding escape

Authorities are continuing their search in the Dannemora, N.Y., area for two escaped prisoners from the local prison. The district…

June 12, 2015

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Prosecutor: Germanwings co-pilot feared going blind

French prosecutor Brice Robin Thursday said Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had increased his use of medication prior to flying his…

June 11, 2015