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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Archbishop Oscar Romero was beatified by Roman Catholic officials Saturday in an emotional ceremony elevating…

May 23, 2015

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LOS ANGELES – The pipeline that leaked thousands of gallons of oil on the California coast was the only pipe…

May 23, 2015

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New York weighs allowing outdoor dining with dogs

Opponents cite biting, begging and risk of germs

May 23, 2015

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Congress’ familiar path: short-term solutions

WASHINGTON (AP) – Long is the list of problems Congress has addressed with short-term answers. When senators left town early…

May 23, 2015

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Nigerian airlines cancel flights amid fuel crisis

Africa’s biggest oil producer struggles through delivery-strike

May 23, 2015

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Ireland says ‘I do’ to gay marriage

Country votes resoundingly to amend its constitution

May 23, 2015

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NSA dials down once-secret phone program

The National Security Agency began winding down its collection and storage of American phone records this week after the Senate…

May 23, 2015

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Ahead of vacation, Congress wrestles with trade, security

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is slated to deliver a sunset piano performance of “Ol’ Man River” on Saturday on the…

May 22, 2015

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A suicide bomber killed at least 19 people Friday in a blast inside a Shiite mosque…

May 22, 2015

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Workers’ fears about crime shut Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower workers are demanding that Paris police begin permanently patrolling the area around the tourist attraction because of an…

May 22, 2015

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Obama downplays U.S.-Israeli rift

new assurances on Iran deal

May 22, 2015

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WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email account about the deadly attack…

May 22, 2015

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Russia casts shadow over European talks

offers some aid to ex-Soviet republics

May 22, 2015

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California OKs farmers’ plan to cut water use

California’s Water Resources Control Board on Friday accepted an offer from farmers in the state’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to…

May 22, 2015

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Clinton got now-classified Benghazi info on private email

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email server that has now been classified about the…

May 22, 2015

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U.S. consumer prices up a slight 0.1 percent in April

Richard Vogel/Associated Press<br><br>Consumer prices were up slightly in April, the third consecutive month that prices have risen, the Labor Department…

May 22, 2015

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Finding cause of California oil spill could take months

Workers prepare an oil containment boom at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif. More than 7,700 gallons of oil…

May 22, 2015

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Whites coming home to Detroit

housing, programs helping to refuel Motor City’s population

May 21, 2015

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Russian space industry adrift

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin says a recent investigation found several instances of fraud and inefficiencies in the practices of…

May 21, 2015

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NEW YORK – The national president of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, said Thursday that the organization’s longstanding…

May 21, 2015

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DAMASCUS, Syria – Fears mounted over the fate of one of the Mideast’s most prominent archaeological sites after Islamic State…

May 21, 2015

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China asserts authority over airspace

Country may be raising stakes in disputed seas

May 21, 2015

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Deal advances trade bill

Measure’s future still in doubt

May 21, 2015

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House presses Senate to pass domestic surveillance changes

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Thursday urged Senate leaders to consider the House-passed bill to renew the USA…

May 21, 2015