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EDDYVILLE, Ky. – Sailor Guztler – the 7-year-old girl who survived a plane crash, walked a mile through the cold,…

January 4, 2015

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistani airstrikes killed 31 jihadists, and a suspected U.S. drone strike killed another seven, officials said Sunday,…

January 4, 2015

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Weather blocks divers from AirAsia site

Passengers now fearful of flying with airline

January 4, 2015

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Myths about weather forecasting worth discussing

Variables from polar vortex to global warming tint public’s views

January 4, 2015

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Troop presence lingers overseas

Bringing U.S. soldiers home harder than Obama thought

January 3, 2015

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Penny parking thriving in Illinois town

Parking enforcement officer Giovanni Serra watches as Sycamore Police Department intern Justin Keller writes a ticket in downtown Sycamore, Ill.…

January 3, 2015

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Child’s toy could be NASA’s solution for spacecraft

Engineers think inflatables could fly us out to Mars

January 3, 2015

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BOSTON – Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to…

January 3, 2015

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15 ways things will get worse in 2015

Syria’s civil war and Iraq’s spiraling violence: Yes, the extremist militants of the Islamic State are on the back foot,…

January 3, 2015

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Plans, policies laid out for Obama’s last years

President ready to work after winter vacation

January 3, 2015

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Plane crash kills all but one of Kentucky family

the 7-year-old daughter survives

January 3, 2015

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Powerful Arctic blast poised hit Midwest, East

National Weather Service meteorologist Paul Kocin, an expert on winter storms, said it is a classic pattern of massive blasts…

January 2, 2015

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Sen. Reid suffers broken ribs, bones in accident

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada broke several ribs and facial bones when a piece of exercise equipment broke…

January 2, 2015

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Envoys report progress on Iran nuke talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif head to a bilateral meeting on Iran’s…

January 2, 2015

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U.S. imposes sanctions on North Korea

administration says more actions coming

January 2, 2015

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Texas city could be test of new voting-rights law

Hispanics say at-large seats will dilute their votes

January 2, 2015

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U.S. piano stores hit sour note

closing shops as fewer children take lessons

January 2, 2015

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WASHINGTON – Federal regulators are expected to vote next month on rules to govern how Internet service providers like AT&T,…

January 2, 2015

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Immigrants seek California driver licenses

California Highway Patrol officer Armando Garcia explains to immigrants the process of getting a drivers license during an information session…

January 2, 2015

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Some AirAsia victims found belted in seats

Officers of the National Search And Rescue Agency on Thursday carry the body of a victim on board the ill-fated…

January 2, 2015

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Ex-N.Y. Gov. Cuomo dies at 82 of heart failure

for oratory, agonized publicly over seeking presidency

January 1, 2015

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China probing what caused fatal stampede

A man prays after laying flowers at the site of a deadly stampede in Shanghai, China. Chinese officials are investigating…

January 1, 2015

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GOP thwarting Medicaid expansion

governors want to take advantage of subsidies

January 1, 2015

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FERNDALE, Calif. – The U.S. Geological Survey has downgraded an earthquake off the coast of Northern California to a magnitude-5.1…

January 1, 2015