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Cuba slow to recover from Sandy

Residents walk past tree branches and power lines blown down by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 26, 2012, in Santiago de…

April 27, 2013

Officer delivers baby on freeway – again

Keogh, a traffic motorcycle officer with seven years on the force, delivered a baby girl during Thursday morning’s rush-hour commute…

April 27, 2013

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Advocates eye legal Alaska marijuana

April 27, 2013

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In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites

Lauren Howie, 27, outside the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, is indicative of the voting…

April 27, 2013

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Would Syrian gas attacks matter?

U.S. officials say Assad might have used nerve agent against rebels

April 27, 2013

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Afghan troops holding their ground at high cost

They would be on the first two helicopters to drop into the villages of the Khogyani district in the shadows…

April 27, 2013

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Bomb suspect captured on wiretap

limited probe of Russian tip, the FBI closed case

April 27, 2013

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Air-traffic systems to resume operations

Air travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta and elsewhere across the country can expect more-normal airline schedules now that the…

April 27, 2013

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Miss. man charged in ricin letters case

Dutschkedu1-i-syn The arrest of 41-year-old James Everett Dutschke early Saturday capped a week in which investigators initially zeroed in on…

April 27, 2013

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Is it OK to compliment appearance on the job?

Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks to delegates to the 2013 Democratic Party state convention in Sacramento, Calif. President Barack Obama…

April 27, 2013

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Ind. casket maker expands business into pet industry

Now it’s launched a new line of business: funeral products for pets, on which Americans spend more than $55 billion…

April 27, 2013

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U.S. tries new drug-fighting tools

Surveillance devices being tested in Caribbean

April 27, 2013

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Monkey-see, monkey-do? It’s true

Research shows wild animals follow crowd like humans

April 27, 2013

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Bangladesh building collapse death toll nears 350

29 more survivors rescued; 6 arrested

April 27, 2013

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Suspects’ mom on terror list

contacted the U.S. in 2011; FBI investigated

April 26, 2013

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Country music superstar George Jones dies at 81

George Jones, known as “The Voice,” recorded No. 1 songs in five separate decades, 1950s to 1990s. He died Friday…

April 26, 2013

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Muslims encounter little backlash after marathon bombing

Hours after the explosions, a Bangladeshi man told police he was dubbed an “Arab” and beaten in New York. A…

April 26, 2013

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Landing gear from Sept. 11 found in between buildings

Authorities believe this landing gear could belong to one of the airliners that crashed into the World Trade Center on…

April 26, 2013

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Two days after collapse rescuers find 40 survivors

toll climbs past 300 at Bangladesh garment factory

April 26, 2013

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Country superstar George Jones dead at 81

George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with…

April 26, 2013

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U.S. economy accelerates at 2.5 percent rate

The Commerce Department said economic growth accelerated to a 2.5 percent annual rate in the January-March quarter. That’s up from…

April 26, 2013

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Congress approves bill to end airport delays

Congress easily approved legislation Friday ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily, infuriating travelers…

April 26, 2013

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Midwest drought eases as fields turn to mud

problem: It’s too wet, cold

April 25, 2013

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Not all farmers receive rain

The report from the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln said the rain that caused flooding in…

April 25, 2013