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Off-duty captain warned ferry had stability risks

Relatives of a passenger aboard the sunken Sewol ferry look toward the sea at a port in Jindo, South Korea,…

April 30, 2014

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LOS ANGELES – Flights from airports in the Los Angeles area were grounded for more than an hour Wednesday because…

April 30, 2014

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Leader admits Ukraine can’t stop insurgent forces

Pro-Russian insurgents captured two more government buildings in Ukrainian cities Wednesday. A gunman in camouflage uniform is guarding an administration…

April 30, 2014

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Hundreds rescued from floodwaters in Florida, Alabama

Residents of the Forest Creek Apartments in Pensacola, Fla., are helped ashore by rescue workers Wednesday after having been rescued…

April 30, 2014

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Botched execution fuels further debate

Sam Jennings of Oklahoma Coalition Against the Death Penalty protests outside the state Capitol Tuesday. Clayton Lockett’s attorney, David Autry.…

April 30, 2014

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GOP senators block bill to raise minimum wage

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday before the Republicans…

April 30, 2014

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Obama approval continues to fall

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll may be bad news for Democratic candidates in this fall’s congressional elections. The poll…

April 29, 2014

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Bomb, mortar attacks kill dozens in Syria

No group has claimed responsibility for two car bombings that killed scores in the Syrian city of Homs. The attack…

April 29, 2014

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KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai accused British and U.S. forces Tuesday of continuing to operate “illegal” detention facilities in…

April 29, 2014

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Court says Knox killed her roommate

Knoxdu1-i-syn Presiding Judge Alessandro Nencini concluded in a 337-page document that the evidence ‘’inevitably leads to the upholding of the…

April 29, 2014

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Cross-state pollution rule gets court OK

Emissions rise above the coal-fired Colstrip Steam Electric Station in Colstrip, Mont. More than two dozen states will have to…

April 29, 2014

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McALESTER, Okla. – An Oklahoma inmate whose execution was halted Tuesday because the delivery of a new drug combination was…

April 29, 2014

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Doctor: 3 victims critical in Georgia FedEx shootings

Three of the victims were in critical condition at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Two of them – a 28-year-old man and…

April 29, 2014

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Driverless cars sidestep cyclists

Self-driving vehicles years from large-scale production

April 28, 2014

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17 killed from deadly tornadoes

Half-mile wide tornado carves Little Rock

April 28, 2014

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Ukraine mayor shot; US announces new sanctions

Pro-Russian masked armed men guard the city hall in Kostyantynivka, 22 miles south of Slovyansk, in eastern Ukraine Monday after…

April 28, 2014

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MINYA, Egypt – The Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader and more than 680 other people were sentenced to death Monday, stemming…

April 27, 2014

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Should warrants be required for search of your cellphone?

Privacy in digital age will up before the Supeme Court

April 27, 2014

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Obama weighs in on NBA’s Sterling

Owner’s statements were ‘racist’

April 27, 2014

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SLOVYANSK, Ukraine – Eight European military observers held prisoner by pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine were marched out under armed…

April 27, 2014

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Sainthood celebrated, rules tweaked

Second miracle wasn’t required for John Paul II

April 27, 2014

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4 out of 5 graduate from high school

Among best are Vermont, Iowa; N.M. at the bottom

April 26, 2014

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Tornadoes strike central, southern U.S., killing 2

Sunday marked third anniversary of a deadly 122-tornado day

April 26, 2014

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2 popes canonized

Pope Francis Pope Francis on Sunday declared two of his predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an…

April 26, 2014