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Census: Florida city tops list of fastest-growing areas

Vacationers enjoy the beach in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the second-fasting growing metropolitan area in the nation between July 2013 and…

March 26, 2015

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Alone at controls, co-pilot sought to ‘destroy’ the plane

Travelers observe a minute of silence to remember the plane crash victims as they queue at the airport in Duesseldorf…

March 26, 2015

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NEW YORK – An apparent gas explosion leveled an apartment building, largely destroyed another and launched rubble and shards of…

March 25, 2015

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Nation & World Briefs

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who slipped away from his patrol base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held…

March 25, 2015

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GOP-controlled House passes budget to erase deficits

Final passage, 228-199, came shortly after Republicans bumped up recommended defense spending to levels proposed by President Barack Obama. Much…

March 25, 2015

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Distraction a factor in 6 in 10 teen driver crashes

In this frame grab from a video provided by The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, a teen driver loses control…

March 25, 2015

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Germanwings audio shows pilot locked out

can be heard trying to ‘smash the door down’

March 25, 2015

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World Briefs

SAN QUINTIN, Mexico – Workers at large, export-oriented farms in the Mexican border state of Baja California have led a…

March 24, 2015

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UN nuclear watchdog says Iran not providing needed information, access

WASHINGTON – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iran has failed to provide the information or…

March 24, 2015

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150 dead in plane crash in French Alps

box recovered

March 24, 2015

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Students have sound idea for firefighting

Engineering majors use bass waves to snuff flames

March 24, 2015

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Scientists track life-giving stardust

Researchers get first glimpse of cosmic dust

March 24, 2015

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Jet with 150 people crashes in French Alps; Europe in shock

A family of people involved in a crashed plane arrives at the Barcelona airport in Spain on Tuesday. A Germanwings…

March 24, 2015

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New police video shows Secret Service SUV nudge barrier

This frame grab image from a Metropolitan Police Department surveillance video shows Secret Service agents in their government vehicle driving…

March 24, 2015

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Higher gasoline costs lift U.S. consumer prices after 3 declines

Shoppers walk past an advertisement for retailer “bebe” along Lincoln Road Mall, a pedestrian street featuring retail stores and outdoor…

March 24, 2015

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Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly says he thinks television viewers trust him despite accusations he stretched…

March 23, 2015

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Gender-bias case presents contrasting portraits of women

Ellen Pao leaves the Civic Center Courthouse during a lunch break in her trial in San Francisco. Pao has said…

March 23, 2015

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Homeland Security No. 2 faces accusations

Inspector general finds U.S. visa favoritism

March 23, 2015

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Nation & World Briefs

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah became the only state to allow firing squads for executions when Gov. Gary Herbert signed…

March 23, 2015

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Grave issues on Iran cited by 367 House members

Congress wants reassurances a bomb isn’t possible

March 23, 2015

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Police unable to confirm gang rape at University of Virginia

Steve Helber/Associated Press file photo<br><br>University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the…

March 23, 2015

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U.S. home sales rebound slightly in February

A “For Sale” sign pokes out of about 4 feet of snow in the front yard of a home listed…

March 23, 2015

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At Pentagon, Afghan president thanks U.S. troops

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the Pentagon during a Monday ceremony. Afghanistan’s president thanked U.S. troops and taxpayers for…

March 23, 2015

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Justices struggle with free speech case over license plates

The Supreme Court is weighing a free-speech challenge to Texas’ decision to refuse to issue a license plate bearing the…

March 23, 2015