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Rocket problem postpones SpaceX launch to space station

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is seen at launch complex 40 after an attempted early morning…

January 6, 2015

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More women, minorities in new Congress

Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate oath to Sen. Mike Rounds R-S.D., left, with wife Jean Rounds during a…

January 5, 2015

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World Briefs

BERLIN – The square around the Cologne Cathedral was plunged into darkness Monday evening after the historical landmark in western…

January 5, 2015

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AirAsia plane flew without proper permit

Airline under investigation

January 5, 2015

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Boehner in line for 3rd term as speaker

GOP readies agenda

January 5, 2015

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Hundreds line up for wake of ex-New York Gov. Mario Cuomo

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, arrives with his girlfriend, Sandra Lee, right, and one of his daughters to the…

January 5, 2015

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Stocks plunge on fears about implications of oil slump

European worries add to broad sell-off

January 5, 2015

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MIAMI – Lesbian and gay couples were wed in Miami on Monday by the same judge who approved their marriage…

January 5, 2015

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Miami judge approves early start to Florida’s gay weddings

Same-sex couples in Miami celebrate Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel’s lifting of the legal stay she had placed on her…

January 5, 2015

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Here come the freshmen: Congress’ newest class

Can its 15% approval rating be improved?

January 4, 2015

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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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World Briefs

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

Only 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