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Officer’s dismissal sought

Witness: Pool incident ‘not another Ferguson’

June 8, 2015

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HONOLULU – A parachute failed to inflate during a NASA test of new technology for landing larger spacecraft – and…

June 8, 2015

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Detained reporter’s mother said her son ‘is very tired’

is trying journalist on spy charges

June 8, 2015

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Obama insists his health-care plan ‘is working’

U.S. President Barack Obama Monday told reporters covering the G-7 conference in southern Germany that Congress intended for his Affordable…

June 8, 2015

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GOP seeks more logging

Lawmakers say cuts would help heal forests

June 8, 2015

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Industrial nations vow to ‘decarbonize’

activists are unhappy with far-off goal

June 8, 2015

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DANNEMORA, N.Y. – Two murderers who used power tools to escape from prison must have taken days to cut through…

June 7, 2015

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Friends seek bikers’ release from Waco jail

still investigating shootout that killed nine

June 7, 2015

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Abortions are down in most states

effective contraceptives cited as reason

June 7, 2015

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ELMAU, Germany – A top European Union official said Sunday that Greece’s creditors didn’t deliver a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum to end…

June 7, 2015

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Violence breaks out during Mexican vote

Teachers’ groups demand big wage hikes

June 7, 2015

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Rape kits help to bring answers and closure for two women

On the one hand, results from an old rape kit can bring relief. On the other, the news can upend…

June 7, 2015

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Thousands protest G7 summit in southern Germany

A police officer’s eye is rinsed by a colleague after he had contact with an irritant during a protest Saturday…

June 6, 2015

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ROME – Naval vessels from Italy, Britain, Ireland and other countries steamed toward the waters off Libya on Saturday, bracing…

June 6, 2015

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WILMINGTON, Del. – Politicians, military leaders and celebrities from across the country came to bid farewell Saturday to former Delaware…

June 6, 2015

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Scud heats up Shiite tension

Arabia shoots down missile fired from Yemen

June 6, 2015

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‘Female Viagra’ pill makes a comeback

two rejections, panel OKs sex drug

June 6, 2015

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Obama remembers Joe Biden’s son for living ‘life of meaning’

Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his family, watches an honor guard carry a casket containing the remains of his…

June 6, 2015

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U.S. says recent hacks may be linked

Chinese intelligence may want data on government workers

June 5, 2015

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Carter: U.S. must boost military exercises to counter Russia

U.S, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, admitted Friday that Western sanctions have failed to force Russia to change its tactics…

June 5, 2015

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2 die in blasts at Kurdish rally

Incident comes days before Turkish election

June 5, 2015

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Taliban meets Afghans

Several female lawmakers seek to bridge chasm

June 5, 2015

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Probe will give insight on Pluto’s ‘ornery teens’

Scientists are anxiously awaiting New Horizon’s approach to Pluto so they can learn more about the distant dwarf planet and…

June 5, 2015

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Aziz BAGHDAD – Tariq Aziz, the debonair Iraqi diplomat who made his name by staunchly defending Saddam Hussein to the…

June 5, 2015