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UK leader: British hostage’s killers must be found

A Kurdish peshmerga soldier prays at a battle field in Mahmoudiyah, Iraq, on Wednesday after Kurdish fighters took control of…

October 4, 2014

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Schools grapple with transgender atheletes

At issue: Which team should they plan on?

October 4, 2014

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Main Hong Kong protest resurges

Authorities demand that protesters go home

October 4, 2014

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BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare public appearance on Saturday by attending prayers for a key Muslim…

October 4, 2014

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Ousted Haitian dictator Duvalier dies

Duvalier Duvalier died Saturday from a heart attack at the home of a friend in Port-au-Prince where he had been…

October 4, 2014

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Crew rids apartment of Ebola

In Dallas, family moved to a private residence

October 3, 2014

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EL PASO, Texas – Abortion-rights lawyers are predicting “a showdown” at the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appellate judges allowed…

October 3, 2014

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Islamist group claims killing of hostage

Briton beheaded in new video

October 3, 2014

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Forget fall; California is hot

Despite temps, heat wave isn’t unprecedented

October 3, 2014

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Men try to force Hong Kong protesters off streets

Residents and pro-Beijing supporters tear down a pro-democracy activist tent in Kowloon’s crowded Mong Kok district Friday in Hong Kong.…

October 3, 2014

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Surge of hiring cuts U.S. jobless rate to 5.9 percent

Illinois Department of Corrections employment recruiter Forrest Ashby, left, speaks to students attending The Foot in the Door Career Fair…

October 3, 2014

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Justices let gay-marriage cases sit

The Supreme Court Wednesday did not agree to take up the same-sex issue, although experts say they expect the justices…

October 2, 2014

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Hong Kong protesters agree to talks

Former colony’s leader refuses to step down

October 2, 2014

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Armed groups threaten upheaval in Mideast

Experts: Region returning to warlord era

October 2, 2014

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Secret Service moving forward in wake of scandal

A member of the Secret Service Uniformed Division looks out from the North Portico of the White House in Washington.Carolyn…

October 2, 2014

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Family confined in Ebola case

Liberia may charge man who brought virus to U.S.

October 2, 2014

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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s parliament gave the government new powers Thursday to launch military incursions into Syria and Iraq, and…

October 2, 2014

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WASHINGTON – The United States announced Thursday it was partially lifting its ban on sales of weaponry to Vietnam to…

October 1, 2014

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Hong Kong protests grow larger

Protesters demand leader quit

October 1, 2014

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WASHINGTON – It’s not Obamacare or climate change. It’s not yet terrorism or fear of the Islamic State group. Those…

October 1, 2014

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Animal species dying off

Report warns about dwindling resources

October 1, 2014

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Ebola patient told hospital he was from Liberia

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at a news conference at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Wednesday in Dallas. Perry and other…

October 1, 2014

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Secret Service chief resigns over lapses

Aides say Obama decided new leadership needed at agency

October 1, 2014

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Turkey sends troops to border

Government considers joining attacks

September 30, 2014