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Hong Kong protesters consider options

Enclave’s leader refuses to meet demonstrators

September 30, 2014

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TOKYO – Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader who has mysteriously been missing from the public eye for almost…

September 30, 2014

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WASHINGTON – From research grants to travel junkets, drug and medical device companies paid doctors and leading hospitals billions of…

September 30, 2014

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Road salt in short supply

States struggling to replenish stocks as winter nears

September 30, 2014

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Weather forecasts get more local

These handout images provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a comparison of two weather forecast models for…

September 30, 2014

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Experts downplay Ebola diagnosis

Patient brought disease from West Africa

September 30, 2014

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Congress grills Secret Service

Another security lapse comes to light

September 30, 2014

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California becomes first state to ban plastic bags

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Tuesday imposing the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.Rich Redroncelli/Associated Press…

September 30, 2014

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Cost of U.S. campaign against the Islamic State closing in on $1B

Those costs would grow to between $350 million and $570 million per month if the pace of the airstrikes increases…

September 29, 2014

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WASHINGTON – The intruder who climbed a fence made it farther inside the White House than the Secret Service has…

September 29, 2014

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Netanyahu: Hamas, Islamic State share creed

Netanyahu Netanyahu also lashed back at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who accused Israel last week of carrying out war crimes…

September 29, 2014

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Effort to oust Assad loses priority

Obama says strikes more important

September 29, 2014

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Colo. could see $175M in pot revenue

The estimates, both released in recent days, differ greatly in what they predict and over what time period. But together,…

September 29, 2014

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Reports: White House intruder gets far past front door

A uniformed Secret Service police officer stands outside the White House in Washington. The intruder who climbed a fence made…

September 29, 2014

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FAA chief orders review Chicago air traffic snarl

Breanne Eging checks on her flight to Greenville, S.C., at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago Friday.Paul Beaty/Associated Press The fire…

September 29, 2014

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Afghan president sworn in, paving way for U.S. pact

Afghanistan’s security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack near the International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Two…

September 29, 2014

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Obama: ‘Contradictory’ Syria policy helps Assad

Obama “I recognize the contradiction in a contradictory land and a contradictory circumstance,” Obama said in an interview aired Sunday…

September 28, 2014

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HONG KONG – Pro-democracy demonstrators defied onslaughts of tear gas and appeals from Hong Kong’s top leader to go home,…

September 28, 2014

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Middle class feeling the squeeze

Excluding electronics, costs rising faster than paychecks

September 28, 2014

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Last stretch of NYC park to open

Abandoned rails turned into 22-block walkway

September 27, 2014

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Amusement park genius’ rides live on

Exhibit highlights inventors’ creations

September 27, 2014

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Deer dangerous nuisance for pilots

Rising numbers create airport problems

September 27, 2014

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Water may predate sun

Study raises possibility of finding exterrestial life

September 27, 2014

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Scientists find water on planet

Exoplanet HAT P-11b is the smallest planet beyond our solar system to reveal the contents of its atmosphere. Until now,…

September 27, 2014