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Holder seeks sentencing changes

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for changes in the criminal justice system to give federal judges more discretion…

August 12, 2013

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Verdict leaves some unhappy

The federal jury found Bulger had a role in 11 murders, assuring the 83-year-old will die in prison, but found…

August 12, 2013

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56%: No thanks to 120

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON – Ninety birthdays maybe, but not 120: Americans hope to stretch out life…

August 10, 2013

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Ancient Pa. dwelling still divides archaeologists

Archeology students, Jessica Higley, left, Michael Way, right, and Jamie Badams, bottom, work in the area that was damaged by…

August 10, 2013

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Immigration campaign passes by some in GOP

Harrisdu1-i-syn The overflow crowd in the board of commissioners meeting room was overwhelmingly white and older, and booed loudly when…

August 10, 2013

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Havana skaters defy scarcity to keep on rolling

Like listening to rock music in the 1960s, interest in such a uniquely American import marked the young skaters as…

August 10, 2013

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Criminal-justice system changes are proposed

Attorney general wants shorter sentences for drug-related crimes

August 10, 2013

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Egypt police to clear sit-ins

A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi stands guard by sand barriers that have set up by supporters of…

August 10, 2013

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12-year-old boy unearths 5.16-carat brown diamond

The North Carolina boy was on vacation with his family at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park when he found…

August 10, 2013

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Progress made for hurt veterans

assures crowd in Florida

August 10, 2013

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Consumers soon to see relief at gas pump

Gasoline prices typically head lower after the peak summer driving season, and despite a blip Friday, wholesale prices reflecting September…

August 10, 2013

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Obamas return to Martha’s Vineyard

Meghan Ford of Marshfield, Mass., left, looks through a rack of clothes near a cut-out photograph of President Barack Obama,…

August 10, 2013

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Spelling still matters? Y-E-S, say the experts

The orthographic schism between the YOLO generation and its elders came into stark relief last weekend when a Connecticut eighth-grader…

August 10, 2013

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Arizona denied federal aid after Yarnell Hill Fire

Gov. Jan Brewer ‘deeply troubled’ by the decision

August 10, 2013

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Iowa Democrats worry Clinton might snub them

Iowa democrats worry that, after finishing in third-place in the 2008 caucus, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could focus…

August 10, 2013

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Teen found safe in Idaho; alleged abductor killed

Forty-year-old James Lee DiMaggio was killed by FBI tactical agents after a campsite was spotted from the air, said Gore.…

August 10, 2013

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Endangered species thrive on military ranges

Wayne, a San Clemente fox that was rescued by a civilian wildlife biologist, entertains visitors in his cage on San…

August 10, 2013

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Fight over private stake brewing in Mexican icon

The Los Pajaritos petrochemical complex in Coatzacoalcos in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, belongs to the country’s state-owned oil company…

August 10, 2013

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End-of-Ramadan bomb kills 69 people in Iraq

Black smoke from a car bomb attack is seen in Baghdad on Saturday, part of a wave of car bombings…

August 10, 2013

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Federal gun charge filed in slaying of prisons chief

Stevie Marie Vigil, 22, was taken into custody without incident during the court hearing after a federal grand jury charged…

August 9, 2013

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Swiss apologize for encounter Oprah calls racist

Oprah Winfrey, one of the richest women in the world, says she encountered racism during a visit to Zurich when…

August 9, 2013

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Suburban poverty on the rise

Poverty rises in city suburbs

August 9, 2013

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FCC OKs cap on inmate phone fees

The Federal Communications Commission agreed to limit how much prisons and prison management companies can charge inmates for phone calls.…

August 9, 2013

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Obama vows more NSA program oversight

“It’s not enough for me to have confidence in these programs,” the president declared of NSA domestic intelligence-gathering programs at…

August 9, 2013