2 COYOTE ATTACKS IN 1 HOUR IN NYC SUBURB; TOT HURT
RYE BROOK, N.Y. (AP) -- A teen and a toddler have come face-to-face with a coyote in two separate incidents...
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LITTLE ROCK NINE MEMBER JEFFERSON THOMAS DIES
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Jefferson Thomas, one of the first nine black students to enroll in desegregated Arkansas' schools...
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GIANTS SUED BY WOMAN CLAIMING INJURY AT '09 GAME
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- The New York Giants have been sued by a woman and her husband who claim...
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MAN CAUGHT IN LOVE TRIANGLE KILLING IS SENTENCED
PHOENIX (AP) -- A 21-year-old Arizona man who was engaged to his former high school teacher has been sentenced to...
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LA SHERIFF SAYS ALMOST ALL POT CLINICS CRIMINAL
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles County's sheriff has launched a war of words against California's medical marijuana dispensaries, saying...
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FOOTBALL PLAYER IMPRISONED FOR NY REFEREE ATTACK
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- A football player has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for slamming a referee in...
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MAN WINS BIG AT CALIF CASINO BEFORE FATAL ROBBERY
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Police say a man who hit it big at a Southern California casino was robbed...
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EX-NRCC TREASURER PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former National Republican Congressional Committee treasurer has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $840,000 from several...
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RESCUE BOAT CAPTAIN: PLATFORM CREW JUMPED IN WATER
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The captain of a boat that rescued 13 crew members who escaped an oil platform in...
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MARINE GENERAL SAYS TALIBAN DRUG TRADE FALTERING
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Marine two-star general says the Taliban is experiencing a serious cash flow problem after losing an...
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HEAD OF US STRATEGIC COMMAND SAYS HE'S RETIRING
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) -- The Air Force says the commander of U.S. Strategic Command is retiring.
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GUNMAN'S BODY REMOVED FROM DISCOVERY BUILDING
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- Officials say the body of a gunman who was shot to death by police after...
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NO FATALITIES REPORTED IN RIG EXPLOSION 
GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) -- The Coast Guard says no one has been killed in an explosion and fire on...
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DISCOVERY GUNMAN SHOT BY POLICE; 3 HOSTAGES SAFE
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- Police say they have shot an armed man who took three people hostage in the...
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FEDS DOWNPLAY RISK OF LEAK WHEN WELL CAP MOVED
The federal government's point man on the Gulf of Mexico spill response says there is no "significant risk" that more...
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6TH TEEN IS SENTENCED IN NY HATE CRIME STABBING
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York teenager convicted for his role in the stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant...
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UNIONS GEARING UP TO SUPPORT DEMS IN NOVEMBER
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Union leaders are gearing up to mobilize millions of members in 26 states over the next two...
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5 MORE AMERICAN TROOPS DIE IN AFGHAN FIGHTING
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Five more American troops were killed in action in Afghanistan on Tuesday, ending the month with...
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EARL COULD FORCE US EVACUATIONS AHEAD OF LABOR DAY 
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor...
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OBAMA: END OF IRAQ COMBAT MISSION NOT VICTORY LAP 
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) – President Barack Obama told U.S. troops on Tuesday that the end of combat operations in...
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IRAQIS APPROACH END OF US COMBAT ROLE WITH WORRY 
BAGHDAD (AP) – As Vice President Joe Biden presides over the formal end to U.S. combat operations in Iraq, few...
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SOURCE: UNLIKELY 2 MEN WERE PLOTTING TERROR 
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. government official says the FBI's investigation of two men detained in Amsterdam is finding that...
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TIME TO GET YOUR FLU SHOT, BUT JUST ONE THIS YEAR
WASHINGTON (AP) – It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated...
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HOME PRICES RISE IN 17 CITIES IN JUNE 
WASHINGTON (AP) – Home prices rose in June for a third straight month as now-expired tax credits inspired a burst...
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OBAMA: GOP SHOULD LET SMALL BUSINESS BILL THROUGH 
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama exhorted Congress on Monday to make passage of a long-languishing small business aid package...
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OBAMA EXPANDS SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration on Monday expanded sanctions against North Korea by freezing the assets of individuals, companies...
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7 US TROOPS KILLED IN 2 SOUTH AFGHAN BOMB ATTACKS
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Seven American service members were killed Monday in two separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan...
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WAR AND PEACE: OBAMA NEARS PIVOTAL MIDEAST MOMENT
WASHINGTON (AP) – Straddling war and peace, President Barack Obama is about to formally end the divisive U.S. combat role...
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BECK RALLY SIGNALS ELECTION TROUBLE FOR DEMS 
WASHINGTON (AP) – If Democrats had doubts about the voter unrest that threatens to rob them of their majority in...
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US WASTED BILLIONS IN REBUILDING IRAQ
KHAN BANI SAAD, Iraq (AP) – A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million...
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HURRICANE EARL LASHES CARIBBEAN, THREATENS US 
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Hurricane Earl lashed the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and strong winds Monday, causing...
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QUESTIONS LOOM OVER DRUG GIVEN TO SLEEPLESS VETS
WASHINGTON (AP) – Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia...
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