Nation News
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Obama says nation must do more for fallen heroes
Saturday, May 25, 3:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the country... Read more...
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Jury foreman says life or death decision unfair
Saturday, May 25, 1:26 am
PHOENIX (AP) - They were 12 ordinary citizens who didn't oppose the death penalty. But unlike spectators outside the courthouse who followed the case like a daytime soap opera and jumped to demand... Read more...
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Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos
Saturday, May 25, 1:25 am
PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first... Read more...
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No quick fix for downed bridge on holiday weekend
Saturday, May 25, 1:21 am
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - Washington state officials are scrambling to find a temporary fix for a bridge that collapsed on an important interstate highway and, incredibly, left just three motorists... Read more...
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Obama's new wordsmith believes in public service
Saturday, May 25, 12:39 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - When President Barack Obama decided to attend a memorial service in Arizona for victims of a deadly mass shooting that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he needed... Read more...
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Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
Saturday, May 25, 12:25 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - When Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala., months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wrote in The Washington Evening Star that he'd found "no discernible... Read more...
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Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions
Saturday, May 25, 12:10 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant... Read more...
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Improving economy alters political landscape
Saturday, May 25, 12:09 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers... Read more...
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Angel Flight crashes in NY, 2 killed, 1 missing
Saturday, May 25, 12:05 am
EPHRATAH, N.Y. (AP) - The crash of a volunteer Angel Flight in upstate New York that killed at least two people is under investigation, and the search for the missing pilot is ongoing, authorities... Read more...
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Quotations of the day
Saturday, May 25, 12:01 am
(AP) - "Obama said that there would be more limits on targeted killings, a step in the right direction. But a mere promise that the U.S. will work within established guidelines that remain... Read more...
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Jury convicts former South Texas DA of corruption
Friday, May 24, 8:54 pm
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A former Texas prosecutor and one-time candidate for Congress was convicted Friday of accepting bribes in exchange for court favors, including an $80,000 payment in a scheme... Read more...
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Dead Pa. baby's dad believes in 'divine healing'
Friday, May 24, 7:57 pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child... Read more...
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Sandy-damaged NYC aquarium reopens this weekend
Friday, May 24, 7:29 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - Playful sea lions and trusty penguins are welcoming visitors back to the New York Aquarium for the first time since the Coney Island marine haven was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The... Read more...
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Teen in devastated Okla. town handing out hugs
Friday, May 24, 7:21 pm
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The people of the Oklahoma town where a deadly tornado struck could use just about everything _ cleaning supplies, food, water, shelter. Thirteen-year-old Halle Carr thought... Read more...
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Suspects in Denver bar slayings plead not guilty
Friday, May 24, 7:11 pm
DENVER (AP) - Three men accused of fatally stabbing five people at a Denver bar that authorities say was set on fire to cover up the killings have pleaded not guilty. Dexter Lewis and brothers... Read more...
