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MINSK, Belarus – The Interfax news agency is quoting Ukraine’s president as saying the leaders he met with in Minsk,…

August 26, 2014

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Surveillance flights over Syria underway

Move could lead to airstrikes on militants

August 26, 2014

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Protesters call for police reforms

Demonstrators in St. Louis seek review board

August 26, 2014

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Latest truce delays many hard decisions

Israel, Hamas cease-fire ends weeks of war

August 26, 2014

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Judges blast Indiana, Wisconsin gay marriage bans

ACLU attorney Ken Faulk, center, talks to reporters surrounded by plaintiffs and supporters of gay marriage, after Faulk participated in…

August 26, 2014

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Army: Barricaded in office, soldier shot herself

Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Lyons speaks during a news conference at the base in Fort Lee, Va., Monday. A female…

August 25, 2014

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Dempsey in Afghanistan for transition talks

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey says the Pentagon has plans to keep American forces in Afghanistan into next year…

August 25, 2014

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S&P 500 trades above 2,000 points for first time

News that Burger King is in talks to buy Canadian doughnut chain Tim Hortons helped send the S&P 500 past…

August 25, 2014

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Quiet descends on Ferguson

Funeral ceremony for Michael Brown held; scrutiny of police called for

August 24, 2014

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Strong Napa, Calif., quake causes injuries, damage

Steve Brody inspects damage to the interior of his mobile home after an earthquake at the Napa Valley Mobile Home…

August 24, 2014

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Father asks for peace in Ferguson

Michael Brown Jr. laid to rest today

August 23, 2014

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DONETSK, Ukraine – To shouts of “Fascists!” and “Hang them from a tree!” captured Ukrainian soldiers were paraded through the…

August 23, 2014

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U.S. says American journalist held in Syria is freed

Associated Press file photo<br><br>In this image made from undated video obtained by The Associated Press, which has been authenticated, a…

August 23, 2014

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Panama Canal turns 100 amid doubts

Expansion woes put nation’s future in doubt

August 23, 2014

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Farmer’s Almanac predicts hard winter

‘Supercold’ season expected on East Coast

August 23, 2014

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Rural pigs, cows and votes: Candidates try for farm cred

Wisconsin democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke talks with Malcolm Johnson, left, 13, of Evansville, Wis., about his cow at the…

August 23, 2014

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Russian aid trucks depart from eastern Ukraine

Region in dire need of assistance

August 23, 2014

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Hiding Ebola patients illegal in Sierra Leone

‘Invisible caseload’ feared as patients jam treatment centers in Liberia

August 23, 2014

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Flag waving in Nepal

Nepalese celebrate Saturday after participating in an attempt to break the record for the largest human national flag in Katmandu,…

August 23, 2014

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Myth or real, hunt is on for 270-ton bell

Myanmar searches for lost 15th century artifact in river

August 23, 2014

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Democrats adopt 2016 presidential primary calendar

Feb. 1 in Iowa scheduled as first in state voting

August 23, 2014

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Chicago’s Pullman site could become national park CHICAGO – The historic Pullman neighborhood soon may be closer to becoming a…

August 23, 2014

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Airlines on alert as eruption begins in Iceland

Unknown is how disruptive volcano can be to airspace

August 23, 2014

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Obama faces dilemma with Syria

Pressure to use military action is building

August 23, 2014