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Plane makes emergency landing on NYC highway NEW YORK – A small plane made an emergency landing Saturday on an…

January 4, 2014

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Gloomy Americans foresee downhill slide to 2050

Kelly Miller, 22, a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, said she looks forward to some great things in…

January 4, 2014

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A compliment or a curse?

‘Putin Games’ draws assorted criticism, praise

January 4, 2014

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Cruz ‘soon’ to renounce citizenship

Cruzdu1-i-syn Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for the junior senator from Texas, said lawyers are preparing the necessary paperwork. The 43-year-old…

January 4, 2014

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Marking 50 years of anti-smoking

1964 report was catalyst to change

January 4, 2014

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World Briefs

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has made another one of his cold calls to wish a group of nuns in…

January 4, 2014

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Al-Qaida group says it bombed Beirut

set of rebel fighters is alligned against Assad regime

January 4, 2014

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Bangladesh vote unlikely to stem wave of violence

Opposition demands current prime minister to step down

January 4, 2014

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Gun limits sought for mentally ill

In a plan unveiled Friday, the Justice Department is requesting current prohibitions related to mental illness be extended to those…

January 4, 2014

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Obama pushes to extend benefits

Pressure mounts on GOP to help unemployed

January 4, 2014

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Feds want to expand birth control

Administration asks Sotomayor to lift stay

January 3, 2014

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NSA working to build computer to crack encryption

But the spy agency is apparently far from achieving a breakthrough in creating a “cryptologically useful quantum computer,” The Washington…

January 3, 2014

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Jahi McMath’s mom clear to take her from hospital

Nailah Winkfield can take her daughter, 13-year-old Jahi McMath, to another facility if she assumes full responsibility, a judge said…

January 3, 2014

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Bernanke: 2014 could be better year for U.S. economy

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke believes the U.S. economy will be stronger next year. Bernanke said Friday that factors that…

January 3, 2014

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Czech, Palestinian ties sour after envoy’s death

The discovery of illegal weapons at the Palestinian Embassy in Prague, the Czech Republic, is threatening relations between the two…

January 3, 2014

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Scientists document cases of rare ‘earthquake lights’

Earthquake lights are a rare phenomenon resulting from specific geological conditions. Rocks subjected to great stress produce electrical charges that…

January 3, 2014

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Papers: Hoax spurred hunt

British intelligence officials investigated a fake tape of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arguing about…

January 3, 2014

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Kerry upbeat about talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, says progress is being made in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.…

January 3, 2014

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Second winner of $648M jackpot comes forward

“I remembered, I think I went to San Jose,” the Northern California delivery driver told California lottery officials, who had…

January 3, 2014

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Justice Department opposes block on contraceptive mandate

The Justice Department said in court papers filed Friday that the challenge to the contraceptive requirement, filed by the Catholic…

January 3, 2014

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Adding a baby to new health law plans not easy

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says it’s “a new day in health care,” although the Obama administration is…

January 3, 2014

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Winter storm brings snow, kills at least 11

A man clears snow from a vehicle on Friday in Albany, N.Y. A winter storm slammed into the U.S. Northeast…

January 3, 2014

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Who’s at the door? Oh, it’s Gorbachev

Associated Press file photo<br><br>Mikhail S. Gorbachev poses with Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the prime minister’s official country residence…

January 2, 2014

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SALEM, Ore. – A new study has found that previously uninsured people enrolled recently in Medicaid went to the emergency…

January 2, 2014